The Blue Warehouse ( Danish: Det Blå Pakhus), is an 18th-century warehouse located at

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36 on the

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waterfront in

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. Completed in 1783 to the design of

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, it was converted into dwellings in the late 1970s.

History

The warehouse was originally intended for

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, a chartered company responsible for trade on

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, but prior to its completion it was ceded to the Baltic-Guinea Company which had just been founded. Designed by

and built from 1781 to 1783, it was used for the storage of goods such as

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and

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. The Baltic-Guinea Company closed down after just five years. Later the warehouse came into use as a

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store. The warehouse was listed in 1946. From 1978 to 1980 it was converted into

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s by the architect Flemming Hertz (born 1936) and Ole Ramsgaard Thomsen (1937-2001).

Today

The name is a reference to its appearance when it had a blue

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and blue shutters. Today the shutters are red while the roof is blue.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Det Bla Pakhus Caspar Frederik Harsdorff buildings Commercial buildings completed in 1783 Listed warehouses in Denmark Warehouses in Copenhagen

History

Today

See also

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