Christian Joseph Zuber (1736–1802) was a Danish Royal architect who was strongly influenced by Nicolas-Henri Jardin.

Early life

After completing grammar school, Zuber attended the Imperial Engineering Academy in Vienna and from 1759 the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen where he was awarded the large silver medal in 1761 and the large gold medal (for designing a barracks accommodating 10,000 men) in 1762."C.J. Zuber"
''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

Career

From 1760, he worked for seven years under Nicolas-Henri Jardin as architectural designer for the construction of

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in Helsingør (1760–1762) and

Glorup Manor Glorup is a manor house located between Nyborg and Svendborg in the south-east of the Danish island Funen. Rebuilt to the design of Nicolas-Henri Jardin and his pupil Christian Josef Zuber in 1763–65, it is considered one of the finest Baroque co ...

on the island of Funen (from 1773). From 1766, under a grant from the Academy, he spent six years travelling in France, Italy and Austria. On his return, he built

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Manor near

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(1776–1778) and

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near Vordingborg, both strongly influenced by Jardin. Rosenfeldt is considered to be his finest work. His buildings have a

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tone but he was overshadowed by the more modern

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Culture canon

Zuber is listed in the Danish Culture Canon together with Jardin in connection with the reconstruction of Glorup Manor (1773–1775)."Glorup Herregård"
, Kulturkanonen. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuber, Christian Joseph Danish architects Danish neoclassical architects 1736 births 1802 deaths