Bent Helweg-Møller
Bent Helweg-Møller was a Danish architect. His works include the listed Villa Vendle in Tisvilde and Svane Apotek in Copenhagen as well as the Berlingske Building in Copenhagen and an extension of Odense City Hall in Odense. He has also renovated a number of historic properties, including the Niels Brock House and Heering House on Christianshavn and Klostergården on Amagertorv in Copenhagen.
Early life and education
Helweg-Møller was born on 8 June 1773 in Odense, the son of later savings bank manager Hans Jakob Møller and Anna Sophie née Helweg. He matriculated from Odense Technical School and completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1903. He studied attended the Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1904 to 1908 and worked at Anton Rosen architectural firm from 1906 to 1909.Career
Helweg-Møller established his own architectural firm in 1910. Some of his earliest works were large villas and renovations of historical buildings. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he turned to the new Functionalist but often combined it with Art Deco elements and an unusual attention to detail.He served as architect for Berlingske Media, expanding the company's head office in Pilestræde. He received a number of high-profile commissions from companies such as Berlingske, Magasin du Nord and A. C. Bang. In 1933, he won the first prize in the competition for an extension of Odense City Hall.
He was a member of Akademirådet in 1933–43 and again in 1946.
Porcelain and furniture
In 1910–14, Helweg-Møller worked for the Royal Porcelain Factory. His designs for the company included a series of memorial plates with architectural motifs.Exhibition architect
Danish pavilion at the World Expo in Rio de JaneiroRoyal Copenhagen pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris
Selected works
- Vejby Church, Vejby
- Holmehuset, Ved Gærdet 11, Tisvildeleje
- Extension of Fyens Stifts Sparekasse, Odense
- Villa Vendle, Ved Gærdet 1, Tisvildeleje
- Restoration of Niels Brock House, Strandgade 36, Copenhagen
- Apartment building, Klaregade 19, Odense
- Hellesens Fabrikker, Hammershusgade, Copenhagen
- Høveltegård, Høvelte
- Interiors for Royal Copenhagen, Amagertorv 6, Copenhagen
- Renovation of Klostergården, Amagertorv 29, Copenhagen
- Villa, Holmevej 10, Holte
- Renovation of Metropol/B.T. Central, Rådhuspladsen 55, Copenhagen
- Villa, Einar Holbølls Vej, Charlottenlund
- Royal Copenhagen pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris
- Renovation of the Heering House, Overgaden neden Vandet 11, Copenhagen
- Villa, Rosavej 4, Ordrup
- General Motors Building, Aldersrogade 20, Copenhagen
- Berlingske Tidendes Hus, Pilestræde 32-34
- Apartment building, Torvegade/Overgaden neden Vandet, Copenhagen
- A. C. Bang, Østergade 27, Copenhagen
- Renovation of Magasin du Nord, Copenhagen
- Forsikringsselskabet Nye Danske, Aalborg
- Svane Apotek, Østergade 18, Copenhagen
- Hansa Building, Vesterbrogade 10, Copenhagen
- A.B. Gillblads Varuhus, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Bernstorffshøj, Ved Slotshaven 6, 2820 Gentofte
- I-G-Varehuset, Vestergade 18, Odense
- Houses on the Blangstedgård estate, Hunderupvej, Odense
- Apartment block, for AAB, Blegdamsvej/Irmingergade, Copenhagen
- Villa, Solbakkevej 23, Gentofte
- Danmarks Nationalbank Building, Aalborg
- Renovation and extension of Odense City Hall, Odense
- H. C. Andersens Have, Odense City Hall, Odense *
- A/S Lastic, Lersø Parkallé 108, Copenhagen
- Interiors for Nye Danske, Stormgade 2-4, Copenhagen
- Dansk Kautionsforsikring, Gammeltorv 14, Copenhagen