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Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Context · Politigården i København
1/6 · Context · Politigården i KøbenhavnPhoto: Johan Wessman / News Oresund · CC BY 2.0 · source
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Exterior · Copenhagen Police Headquarters designed in the Neoclassical style, often referred to as Nordic Classicism
2/6 · Exterior · Copenhagen Police Headquarters designed in the Neoclassical style, often referred to as Nordic ClassicismPhoto: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Exterior · Headquarters of the Copenhagen Police Department
3/6 · Exterior · Headquarters of the Copenhagen Police DepartmentPhoto: Philaweb · CC BY 3.0 · source
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Exterior · Drawing of Copenhagen Police Headquarters by its archite1910
4/6 · Exterior · Drawing of Copenhagen Police Headquarters by its archite1910Photo: Hack Kampmann · Public domain · source
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Exterior · This photo shows the "Olsenbanden"-Film Police Station
5/6 · Exterior · This photo shows the "Olsenbanden"-Film Police StationPhoto: Jörg Behrens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården): Context
6/6 · ContextPhoto: Johan Wessman / News Oresund · CC BY 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Context · Politigården i KøbenhavnPhoto 2: Exterior · Copenhagen Police Headquarters designed in the Neoclassical style, often referred to as Nordic ClassicismPhoto 3: Exterior · Headquarters of the Copenhagen Police DepartmentPhoto 4: Exterior · Drawing of Copenhagen Police Headquarters by its archite1910Photo 5: Exterior · This photo shows the "Olsenbanden"-Film Police StationPhoto 6: Context

Civic · Historic precedent

Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigården)

Hack Kampmann, Aage Rafn · Copenhagen, Denmark · 1924

Key featuresSevere Nordic-classical block on a triangular plan wrapped around a great round colonnaded courtyard.

Architect
Hack Kampmann, Aage Rafn
Place
Copenhagen, Denmark
Year
1924
Typology
Civic
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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