14 Facts About Ivar Bentsen

Ivar Bentsen was a Danish architect and educator.

Ivar Bentsen was a central figure in the Bedre-Byggeskik movement and succeeded Carl Petersen as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts's School of Architecture in 1923.

Ivar Bentsen's father established a school for master builders at Vallekilde Folk High School.

Ivar Bentsen attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1900 to 1902 but received most of his training as an architect, draughtsman, and pupil at Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint's practice.

Ivar Bentsen later gained experience as a draughtsman and executing architect with the architects Carl Brummer and Ulrik Plesner.

Ivar Bentsen was part of a circle of young architects and artists including Vilhelm Wanscher, Carl Petersen, Hans Koch, Povl Baumann, Thorkild Henningsen and Kaare Klint.

Ivar Bentsen was a member of Den Fri Arkitektforening from its foundation in 1909, merged as Akademisk Arkitektforening in 2019.

Ivar Bentsen had designed a house for his own use at Bakkekammen 1, where he ran his private architectural practice.

Ivar Bentsen later designed many other houses in the area, both on Bakkekammen and the adjacent street, Bakkekammen.

In 1915, Ivar Bentsen was a co-founder of Landsforeningen Bedre Byggeskik.

Ivar Bentsen collaborated with Kai Nielsen on the redesign of Nlagards Plads in Copenhagen.

In 1920 Ivar Bentsen returned to Copenhagen to work at the Royal Danish Art Academy's School of Architecture, initially as Carl Petersen's assistant and then, from 1923, succeeding him as a professor.

Ivar Bentsen still focused on residential architecture in his private practice, ranging from single-family detached homes over terraced housing developments to apartment buildings.

Ivar Bentsen married Dagny Jensen on 5 May 1903 in Vallekilde, but this marriage was dissolved.