Kun for mennesker! - et program om Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

It is a Dane who designed Paris' new trademark. In 1983, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen won the competition for the completion of the La Défense district west of Paris. It became an enormous mar... Read allIt is a Dane who designed Paris' new trademark. In 1983, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen won the competition for the completion of the La Défense district west of Paris. It became an enormous marble-clad cube which Spreckelsen called the "Triumph of Mankind", and which the French toda... Read allIt is a Dane who designed Paris' new trademark. In 1983, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen won the competition for the completion of the La Défense district west of Paris. It became an enormous marble-clad cube which Spreckelsen called the "Triumph of Mankind", and which the French today call "The Great Arch". Spreckelsen died in 1987 when the cube was only half built. The p... Read all