{{Short description|Danish architect (1851–1936)}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox architect |name = Knud Tanggaard Seest |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|12|16}} |birth_place = Mølby, near Oksenvad, Denmark |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|12|18|1879|12|16}} |death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark |significant_buildings= Aarhus Central Station, Nørrebro Station }} '''Knud Tanggaard Seest''' (16 December 1879 – 18 December 1972) was a Danish architect, especially known for the numerous railway stations he designed in functionalist style in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.<ref name=WeilbachSeest/>
==Biography== Seest was born on 16 December 1879 in Mølby, near Oksenvad, then in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein.<ref name=gravsteddk>{{cite web|url=https://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=ktseest|title=K.T. Seest|website=gravsted.dk|access-date=27 June 2024|language=da}}</ref> He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1904, graduating in 1909.<ref name=WeilbachSeest/>
From 1906, Seest was employed by the Danish State Railways and worked under chief architect Heinrich Wenck. From 1922 to 1949, he was chief architect for the Danish State Railways.<ref name=WeilbachSeest/> During the years Seest held the post, he designed numerous stations, among these are {{rws|Ordrup}}, {{rws|Ringsted}}, {{rws|Padborg}}, Aarhus Central Station, {{rws|Horsens}}, {{rws|Fredericia}}, {{rws|Middelfart}}, {{rws|Vordingborg}}, {{rws|Nørrebro}} and {{rws|Næstved}} stations which are examples of his functionalist style. In the 1930's, he also built the central station in Tehran.<ref name=WeilbachSeest/>
Seest died aged 93 on 18 December 1972 in Copenhagen.<ref name=gravsteddk/>
==Selected works== [[Image:AarhusH_forhallen.jpg|thumb|250px|The entrance hall of Aarhus Central Station (1927–29)]] * Frederiksberg Kommunale Funktionærers Boligforening, Frederiksberg (1915-16) * Den Sønderjyske By, Frederiksberg (1921) * Glumsø railway station, Glumsø (1924) * Ordrup railway station, Ordrup (1924) * Ringsted railway station, Ringsted (II) (1925) * Padborg railway station, Padborg (III) (1928) * Horsens railway station, Horsens (II) (1929) * Aarhus Central Station, Aarhus (III) (1927–29) * Nørrebro railway station, Copenhagen (II) (1930) * Fredericia railway station, Fredericia (II) (1935) * Middelfart railway station, Middelfart (II) (1935) * Bernstorffsvej railway station, Hellerup (1935-36) * Vordingborg railway station, Vordingborg (II) (1936) * Peter Bangs Vej railway station, Frederiksberg (1941) * Hasselager railway station, Hasselager (II) (1945)
==See also== {{portal|Architecture|Denmark}} * Danish architecture * List of Danish architects
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= <ref name=WeilbachSeest>{{cite web|language=da|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=10486|title=K.T. Seest|publisher = Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|first= Jørgen|last=Hegner Christiansen|access-date=2022-06-18}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{commons-inline}} * {{cite web|language=da|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=10486|title=K.T. Seest|publisher = Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon}}
{{Knud Tanggaard Seest}} {{Authority control (arts)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seest, Knud Tanggaard}} Category:1879 births Category:1972 deaths Category:20th-century Danish architects Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Category:Functionalist architects