Philip Lange


Frantz Philip Nicolai Lange was a Danish architect and master mason. He made a significant contribution to the rebuilding of Copenhagen in the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. Most of his buildings have been listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.

Early life and education

Lange was born on 31 March 1756 in Copenhagen, the son of architect and master mason Philip de Lange and Anna Lucia Ehlers. He was just 1½ years old when his father died but may have been articled to his 14 years older brother Ferdinand Lange.

Career

Lange was in 1785 granted citizenship as master mason in Copenhagen. He was in 1795 appointed as director of Copenhagen Fire Insurance. Large parts of the city was that same year destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. Lange was responsible for overseeing the tent camp on Nørre Fælled. He made a significant contribution to the reconstruction of the city. Many of his buildings were constructed in collaboration with Lauritz Trane.

Personal life

He married Kirstine Pihl in 1783. She was a daughter of ship captain Christian Pihl and Kirstine Nielsdatter Holm.

Selected works

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