# Axel Preisler

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{{Short description|Danish architect}}
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'''Axel Preisler'''(12 May 1871 – 25 September 1930) was a Danish architect.<ref name=Kunstindeks>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do;jsessionid=421489F24D6E51F4EA8E595FC68F6F5E?kunstnerId=10277&wsektion=biografi|title=Axel Preisler|website=Kunstindeks Danmark|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>

==History==
Preisler was born in [Odense](/source/Odense) where his father was a merchant. He completed a carpenter's apprenticeship in his home town and studied at Odense Technical College before enrolling at the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts)' school of architecture in Copenhagen in 1890. He worked as an assistant in the architectural practices of Valdemar Ingemann, [Vilhelm Dahlerup](/source/Vilhelm_Dahlerup) and [Heinrich Wenck](/source/Heinrich_Wenck) prior to his graduation in 1899. He was represented at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1918, 1921 and 1922. He was also active in the [Architects' Association](/source/Architects'_Association_of_Denmark) and was its chairman in 1930.

==Selected works==
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* Værnedamsvej 4 B, Copenhagen (1897–98)
* Warehouse, [Prinsessegade](/source/Prinsessegade)/[Bodenhoffs Plads](/source/Bodenhoffs_Plads), [Christianshavn](/source/Christianshavn), Copenhagen (1898–99, demolished)
* Ulrichsens Stiftelse (rear wing), Wesselsgade 12 A, Copenhagen (1901)
* Apartment building, Ahlmanns Allé 15A/Søbøtkers Allé, [Hellerup](/source/Hellerup) (1903)
* [Frederiksholms Kanal](/source/Frederiksholms_Kanal) 6, Copenhagen (1904)
* Fredensborg Water Tower, [Fredensborg](/source/Fredensborg) (1905–06)
* Odensegade 23–25 (1906, sammen med [Povl Baumann](/source/Povl_Baumann))
* [Frederiksberg Allé](/source/Frederiksberg_All%C3%A9) 66, [Frederiksberg](/source/Frederiksberg), Copenhagen (1906)
* [Bülowsvej](/source/B%C3%BClowsvej) 40/[Rosenørns Allé](/source/Rosen%C3%B8rns_All%C3%A9) 70, Frederiksberg (1906, with [Povl Baumann](/source/Povl_Baumann))
* Julius Thomsens Gade 7/[Åboulevard](/source/%C3%85boulevard), Frederiksberg, Copenhagen (1907)
* Administration building, H.E. Gosch, [Islands Brygge](/source/Islands_Brygge) 63, Copenhagen (1908)
* [Dansk Folkeforsikringsanstalt](/source/Dansk_Folkeforsikringsanstalt) (now converted into apartments), [Otto Mønsteds Plads](/source/Otto_M%C3%B8nsteds_Plads) 11, Copenhagen (1909)
* [Nordisk Gjenforsikrings Selskab](/source/Nordisk_Gjenforsikrings_Selskab), [Grønningen](/source/Gr%C3%B8nningen%2C_Copenhagen) 21–25 (1910, gable changed)
* Railway stations_
**  Ryomgård-Gjerrild-Grenaa Railway, Jutland (1911 and 1917)
** Nakskov-Kragenæs Railway (1915)
** Frederiksværk-Hundested Railway (1916)
** Varde-Grindsted Railway (1919)
* Hammerensgade 2/[Store Kongensgad](/source/Store_Kongensgad)e 118 for Reassurancekompagniet Salamandra (1926–27, competition win)

===In collaboration with Einar Ambt===
* Pavillon i Voigts Minde, [Fåborg](/source/F%C3%A5borg) (competition held 1911)
* Railway stations (private): Nr. Nebel-Tarm, Varde-Grindsted, Ryomgård- Gjerrild og Hundested-Frederiksværk jernbaner (fra 1911)
* [Falkoner Allé](/source/Falkoner_All%C3%A9) 44-46/Skt. Nicolaivej 2, Frederiksberg (1913–14, awarded)
* [Strandboulevarden](/source/Strandboulevarden) 77A-81, Østerbro, Copenhagen (1914, awarded)
* Port building, [Nakskov](/source/Nakskov), [Lolland](/source/Lolland) (1915)
* Villa, [Gammel Vartov Vej](/source/Gammel_Vartov_Vej) 2, [Ryvangen](/source/Ryvangen) (1915, completely rebuilt)
* Villa, Borgebakken, nu [Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune](/source/Lyngby-Taarb%C3%A6k_Kommune)s plejehjem, [Brede](/source/Brede%2C_Denmark) (1915–16)
* ''Villa Strandgården'', Richelieus Allé 16, Hellerup (1915–16, awarded)
* Lille Bernstorff, [Jægersborg Allé](/source/J%C3%A6gersborg_All%C3%A9), [Charlottenlund](/source/Charlottenlund) (1916–17, awarded)
* Adaption of [Store Kongensgade](/source/Store_Kongensgade) 31 (1916 and later)
* Sommerbolig for civilingeniør Philip Gram, Skodsborg Strandvej 81, [Skodsborg](/source/Skodsborg) (1917)
* Villa, Bernstorfflund Allé 2, Hellerup (1917, awarded)
* Villa, Richelieus Allé 14, Hellerup (1917, awarded)
* Villa, Sofievej 15, Hellerup (1917–18)
* Villa, Tesdorfsvej 40–44, Frederiksberg (1917–18)
* Main building, Endrupgård ved [Fredensborg](/source/Fredensborg) (1918)
* Villa, [Hambros Allé](/source/Hambros_All%C3%A9) 30, Hellerup (1919)
* [Guldbergsgade](/source/Guldbergsgade) 72-82/Sjællandsgade/Fensmarksgade/Tibirkegade (1921)
* Villa, Rosbæksvej 22, Ryvangen (1922)
* Villaen ''Stubben'' i [Gilleleje](/source/Gilleleje) for factory owner Ferslew (1922)

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