Petersen, Vilhelm Valdemar

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Petersen, Vilhelm Valdemar (1830–1913). Danish architect. His early designs were influenced by the work of Hetsch, but in a heavier Italian style. He designed the Old Meteorological Institute on the Esplanaden in Copenhagen (1872–3), and the Royal Academy of Sciences, Dante's Place, Copenhagen (1894–8—an Italian palazzo, later rebuilt).

Bibliography

Weilbach (1995)

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