page_title: Vandkunsten 8
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Vandkunsten 8 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Vandkunsten 8 in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Vandkunsten 8 is a Neoclassical townhouse overlooking the small square Vandkunsten in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. A rear wing connects the building to a former warehouse, Kompagnihuset, wjocj faces Kompagnistræde on the other side of the block. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
context_section_description: Vandkunsten 8 was built as a brewery in 1750. At the turn of the century, it was owned by brewer Jens Lind. He moved the brewery to a new building facing Kompagnistræde on the other side of the block and converted the old one to a stately residence for his own use. The four Ionic order pilaster on the façade date from this time.  The architect Gustav Friedrich Hetsch lived in the building from 1824 to 1832.
  TWinther & Heide,a manufacturer of lamps and metalware , was later based in the building. The company Mørtel A/S was based in the building in the 1920s. Lærerstandens Brandforsikring G/S owned the building in the 1980s. It was restored by the architects O. Guldbrandsen (b.1928) and K. E. Sand Kirk (b.1922) in 1984 and their work received an award from Copenhagen Municipality the following year.
caption: Vandkunsten 8 photographed by Frederik Riise
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