Danish Architecture and Society offers a fascinating architectural
history of the institutions and public buildings that have helped
shape the everyday lives of Danes since the eighteenth century. The
book charts the emergence and development as well as the grandeur
and ultimate demise of these institutions, tracing the underlying
and changing architectural and societal ideals that have been
influential in terms of design, organization, and furnishing. The
individual contributions detail the often dramatic historical
developments of buildings from industrialisms heyday, such as train
stations, post offices and customs houses. Although some of these
still exist, a great many have today either been adapted to other
functions or demolished. The contributing authors examine the
significance of the buildings at the time they were constructed and
attending understandings of sustainable building, contrasting these
with present-day notions of architecture and construction as a more
makeshift phenomenon. Through more than two hundred illustrations
drawings, sketches, plans and photos, many never published before
the authors provide a vivid and compelling account of Danish
architectural history and its influence in framing the Danish
welfare state as we know it today.
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