Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop was a Danish architect.Biography
Nyrop was born at Holmsland on Jutland, Denmark.
He attended Sorø Academy and completed his course of study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1876. From 1881-83, he studied abroad under a scholarship. From 1883-93, he was an assistant to professor Hans Jørgen Holm. Nyrop was awarded the Grand Prix for design at the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1900. In 1906, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture and served as director of the Academy of Fine Arts for periods between 1908-18.
Nyrop designed the Copenhagen City Hall in National Romantic style and the majority of the buildings for the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition in Copenhagen.
Selected buildings
- Vallekilde Folk High School,
- Gasometer at Østre Gasværk, now the Gasværket Theatre, Copenhagen
- Building for the Nordic Exhibition of 1888, Copenhagen
- Danish State Archive for Zealand, Lolland-Falster and Bornholm, Copenhagen
- Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
- Gate house at Gisselfeld Castle, Zealand, Denmark
- Elijah Church, Vesterbro, Copenhagen
- Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen
- Luther Church, Østerbro, Copenhagen
- Storm Bridge redesign, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen
Related reading
- Linvald, Steffen Den nordiske Industri-, Landbrugs- og Kunstudstilling i København 1888 : et hundredårsminde
