Eggert Achen (30 November 1853 – 20 December 1913) was a Danish architect.
Biography
Eggert Christoffer Achen was born in the parish of Kvislemark in
Næstved Municipality
Næstved is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in the south of Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Gavnø. It covers an area of 681 km², and has a total populat ...
. Denmark.
He was the son of Hillerød Eggert Christoffer Achen and Johanne Georgine Wilhelmine Cecilie Tryde. He was the brother of the painter Georg Achen (1860-1912).
He attended the Copenhagen Technical College and was admitted to the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) 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 Dan ...
in January 1872. Around 1877, Achen settled in
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Architects' Association of Denmark
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History
The Danish Association of Architects was founded at the initiative of L. A. Petersen on 21 November 187 ...
between 1910 and 1914, he was a Freemason and member of the Danish Masonic Order. He designed several lodges for the Freemasons including one in
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Frits Uldall, and in Aarhus in 1908. He collaborated frequently with the Aarhus architect
Thorkel Møller
Thorkel Luplau Møller (28 July 1868 – 21 December 1946) was a Danish architect who primarily worked in and around Aarhus at the turn of the 20th century. Stylistically he worked in the National Romantic style and later Baroque Revival.
Biog ...
, mainly in Central and South
Jutland
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in the restorations of manors and hotel conversions.
Varna Palæet
Varna Palæet ( Lit.: Varna Palace) or Odd Fellow Palæet Varna (Odd Fellow Palace Varna) is a building in Aarhus, Denmark situated in the Marselisborg Forests on ''Ørneredevej''. Varna Palæet was built in 1908 by designs of the Danish architect ...
, a restaurant, and the Technical School in
Hobro
Hobro () is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 12,071 (1 January 2022). The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of Mariager Fjord, close to the ...
can also be counted amongst his works.
Achen moved to
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...
ca. 1895 where he died in 1913.
See also
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List of Danish architects
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