Aarhus City Hall, a classic of Danish Scandinavian Modernism, was designed by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller and completed in 1941, replacing an older, medieval city hall. A competition was held in 1937 to replace the increasingly insufficient town hall from the mid-19th century, leading to Jacobsen and Møller’s winning, intentionally unmonumental design. However, after public and political requests, a towering clock tower was added, and construction continued despite the German occupation of Denmark during World War II, making the finished building a symbol of democratic governance during that time.
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