C. F. Møller

Christian Frederik Møller (31 October 1898 – 5 November 1988), generally referred to as C. F. Møller, was a Danish architect, professor and, from 1965 to 1969, the first rector of the Aarhus School of Architecture. His former practice, Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, which he founded in 1924, still exists and bears his name. It is today the largest architectural firm in Denmark with branch offices in several countries.^[1]

Biography

Christian Frederik Møller was born on 31 October 1898 in Skanderborg, Denmark. He first trained as a mason and later studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 1920.^[2]

He set up his own architectural office C.F. Møller in 1924, and in 1928 formed a partnership with the architect and Professor Kay Fisker which lasted until 1942. After winning first prizes in the competitions for Aarhus Community Hospital in 1930 and Aarhus University in 1931, they established an office in Aarhus in 1932. Their buildings also include the apartment blocks 2 Vodroffsvej (1930) and Vestersøhus (1935–39) in Copenhagen, the latter of which has remained a major influence on Danish housing architecture.^[3]

Their winning proposal for Aarhus University consisted of individual faculty buildings arranged along the margin of an undulating park setting. The first building at the site was completed in 1933.By the early 40s, the collaboration with Fisker had ended and C. F. Møller was left to complete the Aarhus University alone. The main building was completed in 1946 and the so-called Book Tower in 1962.

Later works include Salling Department Store im Aarhus (1949, with Gunnar Krohn), Angligården (1965, later Herning Art Museum) og Egetæpper in Herning (1984).

Møller was Royal Building Inspector from 1953 to 1968, and in 1965 he became the first rector of the newly founded Aarhus School of Architecture.

Selected projects

• Aarhus Community Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (with Kay Fisker)
• Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (with Fisker and Povl Stegmann)
• 2 Vodroffsvej, Copenhagen (1930, with Fisker)
• Vestersøhus, Copenhagen, Denmark (1935–39, with Fisker)
• Sønderjyllandshallen, Aabenraa, Denmark
• Centralinstitutionen Sølund, in Skanderborg, Denmark (1935)
• Salling Department Store, Aarhus, Denmark (1949, with Gunnar Krohn)
• Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark (1964–1965)
• Pindstrup Church, Djursland, Denmark (1968)
• Kolding Hospital
• Middelfart Hospital

Honours

• 1945 Eckersberg Medal
• 1947 C. F. Hansen Medal

Gallery

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  Main building, Aarhus University (1946)

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  Auditorium, main building, Aarhus University (1946)

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  The Book Tower of the State Library (1960-63)

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  Typical recent facade of the university in C. F. Møllers design

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  Details of an underground pathway (1946)

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  Arhus Community Hospital

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  Functionalist apartments at Vestersøhus in Copenhagen

See also

• Architecture of Denmark

Further reading

Nils-Ole Lund: Bygmesteren C.F. Møller. 1998.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christian Frederik Møller.

• The official C.F Møller homepage
• The Herning Art Museum homepage