Johan Daniel Herholdt
Architect
Died when: 83 years 241 days (1003 months)Star Sign: Leo
Johan Daniel Herholdt (13 August 1818 – 11 April 1902) was a Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector.He worked in the Historicist style and had a significant influence on Danish architecture during the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
His most famous work is the Copenhagen University Library in Fiolstræde in Copenhagen which heralded a new trend.The strong use of red brick in large-scale cultural and civic buildings was to characterize Danish architecture for several decades.
He was a leading proponent of the "national" school in Danish architecture of the period as opposed to Ferdinand Meldahl's and Vilhelm Dahlerup's "European" school.
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