page_title: Peter Christian Bønecke
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Christian Bønecke / Career
caption_attribution_description: Gamle Carlsberg Fyrtårn. Arkitekt P.C. Bønecke
context_page_description: Peter Christian Bønecke was a Danish architect.
context_section_description: After his return to Denmark in 1865,  Bønecke settled as a master mason in Copenhagen but soon received a considerable amount of architectural assignments. In 1871, in collaboration with V. Friederichsen, he won third prize in the competition for the new Royal Danish Theatre at Kongens Nytorv.
  In 1863, he was appointed to Building Inspector in Copenhagen and from 1888 to 1913 he served as Stadsbygmester ("City Builder"). In 1979 he drafted a proposal for a new building act which later formed the basis for the Copenhagen Building Act of 1889
  He continued his private practice besides his public offices. He worked for Carlsberg founder J. C. Jacobsen on several projects. Their first collaboration was on an orangery (known as Pompeii) completed in 1876 for Jacobsen's home, now known as Carlsberg Academy. He also designed Carlsberg Lighthouse and the new main entrance (Stjerneporten, "Star Gate") to Old Carlsberg. It has previously been believed that he also designed the Palm House at Copenhagen Botanical Garden in collaboration with J. C. Jacobsen who sponsored its construction but it has now been established that it was most likely designed by Christian Hansen. In 1885, he designed the small Well House in the Royal Danish Horticultural Society's Garden.
caption: The Lime Tower
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