Bernhard Ingemann (21 October 1869 28 October 1923) was a Danish architect. He was the son of architect Valdemar Ingemann with whom he collaborated in the first part of his career (19001910). His later works include Gutenberghus on

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in Copenhagen, now home to the

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History

Ingemann was born on 21 October 1869 in Copenhagen as the son of architect Valdemar Ingemann and Sophie Margrethe Madsen. He completed as mason's apprenticeship in 1887 and attended Copenhagen Technical School. He attended the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts () has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Cope ...

from February 1892 to January 1898. He also worked as a draugshman for the architects

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and

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Career

During the first part of his career, Ingemann collaborated with his father. The collaboration lasted until his father's death in 1911. His first independent work was Gutenberghus on

in Copenhagen. The design was influenced by German Hugendstil architecture, with

Alfred Messel Alfred Messel (22 July 1853 – 24 March 1909) was a German architect at the turning point to the 20th century, creating a new style for buildings which bridged the transition from historicism to modernism. Messel was able to combine the structure ...

's Wertheim department store in Berlin as a possible source of inspiration.

Personal life

Ingemann was married twice. His first wife was Anna Møller (1871-1900), a daughter of architect Georg Ebbe Wineken Møller and Constance Sophie Louise Wienberg. They were married on 6 May 1898 in Copenhagen. On 8 October 1901, he was married to Ida Karberg (1879-=, daughter of the businessman Peter Karberg and Helene Dorothea Karberg.

Selected works

With Valdemar Ingemann

* S. Seidelin Building (now

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, Copenhagen (1901) * , Fiolstræde 44, Copenhagen (1901–1902) *

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, Kongens Lyngby (1903) * County hospital,

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(1911) * , Bragesgade 26 B, Copenhagen (1909–1910) *

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4-6, Copenhagen (1907) *

7, Copenhagen * Villa Baldersbæk,

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(1910)

Independent works

Amaliegade Amaliegade () is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which makes up the longer of the two axes on which the Rococo district Frederiksstaden is centred. Amaliegade extends from Sankt Annæ Plads to Esplanaden, passing through the central pl ...

24, Copenhagen (1893, with F. Christensen) * Dansk Gardin & Textil Fabrik,

Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site ...

(1898) * Extension of Holger Petersens Tekstilfabrik, Copenhagen (1905) * Plejehjem for uhelbredelige tuberkulosepatienter (1912) * Nationalforeningens Sanatoriums plejehjem, Ry (1912) * Gutenberghus, Gothersgade, Copenhagen (1913-14) * Villa Strandtofte for Franz Norstrand, Rungsted Strandvej 77,

Rungsted Rungsted, also known as ''Rungsted Kyst'', is an affluent suburban neighborhood in Hørsholm Municipality on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The center of Hørsholm is located two kilometers west of Rungsted. At the Øresund coast ...

(1912-13) * Danish Naval Hospital, Copenhagen (1914-15, ombygget og vinduer ændret) * Landmandsbankens Fondsbankafdeling, Laksegade/ Asylgade, Copenhagen (1914-16) * Strandbjerg for Carl Levin, Rungsted Strandvej 179, Rungsted (1916-17) * Hyldehaverne,

, workers' housing for Dansk Gardin & Textil Fabrik (1917) * Hørsholm Town Hall, Hørsholm (1918) * Adaption of Emil Glückstadts Mansion, Fredericiagade, Copenhagen * Landmandsbanken, Aalborg (1920) File:Cinemateket 01.jpg, Gutenberghus, Copenhagen (1913-14). File:Asylgade - facade.jpg, Landmandsbanken, Copenhagen (1913-1016). File:Villa Strandbjerg (Rungsted) 02.jpg, Strandbjerg, Rungsted (1916-17). File:Hoersholm-Rathaus.jpg, Old Town Hall, Hørsholm (1920)

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{{Commons category, Bernhard Ingemann 20th-century Danish architects Architects from Copenhagen Burials at Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen 1869 births 1923 deaths