Christian Joseph Zuber (11 January 1736 – 16 September 1802) was a Danish Royal

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who was strongly influenced by

Nicolas-Henri Jardin Nicolas-Henri Jardin (22 March 1720 – 31 August 1799) was a French architect. Born in St. Germain des Noyers, Seine-et-Marne, Jardin worked seventeen years in Denmark–Norway as an architect to the Danish royal court. He introduced neoclassic ...

Early life

After completing grammar school, Zuber attended the Imperial Engineering Academy in Vienna and from 1759 the

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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

as architectural designer for the construction of Marienlyst Castle in

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(1760–1762) and Glorup Manor on the island of

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(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 Moesgård Manor near

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(1776–1778) and Rosenfeldt near

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, 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

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff Caspar Frederik (Friedrich) Harsdorff (26 May 1735 – 24 May 1799), also known as C.F. Harsdorff, was a Danish neoclassical architect considered to have been the leading Danish architect in the late 18th century. Early life and training ...

Culture canon

Zuber is listed in the

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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