Alf Cock Clausen


Alf CockClausen was a Danish architect. He was active during the transition from Neoclassicism to Functionalism and many of his works show influence from Art Deco. His factory for De Danske Spritfabrikker at Aalborgs harbourfrint was declared a Danish Industrial Heritage Site in 2009. Other works include the headquarters of Guttenberghus , now partly converted into the Danish Film Institute, and the Richs Building in Copenhagen.

Alf CockClaussen was born in Copenhagen, the son of Ludvig Clausen who was also an architect, working at city architect Ludvig Fengers office. He attended Technical School in Copenhagen from 1894 to 1906 and studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1905 until 1911. He won the Academys small gold medal in 1913 and worked as a draughman and executing architect from 1905 until 1917, first for Hack Kampmann and later Gotfred Tvede. He traveled in Germany in 1910 and in Italy in 1913 on a scholarship from the Art Academy. In 1816 he received Theophilus Hansens Grant.

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