page_title: Christian Hansen (architect)
section_title: Selected buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Hansen (architect) / Selected buildings
caption_attribution_description: The former Kommunehospital (Municipal Hospital) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
context_page_description: Category:Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
  Hans Christian Hansen was a Historicist Danish architect who worked 18 years in Greece where he was active in the transformation of Athens from a small town to the country's capital and an international metropolis. Later in his career he returned to Denmark where he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and designed buildings such as the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital and the Østervold Observatory. He was the brother of Theophilus Hansen who was also an internationally successful architect, active in Athens and Vienna. He is considered to be a pioneer in the study and application of polychrome architecture.
context_section_description: The Mint, Athens (1834–6)
  National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (1837–50)
  St. Paul's Church, Athens (1838–1841)
  Eye Clinic, Athens
  Crown Prince's Palace, Athens
  Hotel for Österreichischer Lloyd, Loutraki, Greece
  Arsenal and Dockyards, Trieste (1852–56),
  Copenhagen Municipal Hospital, Copenhagen (1856–63)
  Østervold Observatory, Copenhagen (1859–61)
  Museum of Zoology, Krystalgade, Copenhagen (1863–1869)
  Valkendorfs Kollegium (student residence), Sankt Peders Stræde, Copenhagen (1865–66)
  Roman Bathhouse, Tordenskjoldsgade, Copenhagen (1868, since rebuilt)
  St. Nicolai's Church, Holbæk, (1868–72)
  Christiansdal Abbey, Næstved (1870–71)
  St. Joseph's Hospital, Griffenfeldsgade, Copenhagen (1873–75, later extensions 1881 og 1904)
  Palm House complex, University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden (1874)
caption: Copenhagen Municipal Hospital
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