The Special Architecture

The Improvements of the houses were placed in the hands of the architect Martin Nyrup (known for, among other things, Copenhagen City Hall and the Vallekilde style) and later his brother-in-law Martin Borch. The Lensgreven had come into contact with Martin Borch at The Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and art exhibition in Copenhagen in 1888. Martin Nyrup was the architect of the exhibition. The Architect showed here a new style of direction, using artisanal traditions in timber constructions and, in general, in a quest for the renewal of Nordic building usage.

What particularly came to characterize the building style of Gisselfeld was precisely the timber constructions that made themselves noticed by a bright red color. The red color gave Martin Nyrup himself the recipe. Many of the old houses already had a bonding work, but the bonding plant used Nyrop and Borch also for newer houses on the above floor. The Timber structures at the entrance doors of the house often had small details, just as the winds of the house were usually lengthened up over the roof ridge, with sawn animal motifs or roof fires pointing straight into the air.

Another characteristic was The uniform coating of the households. ALL building bodies were white, but the bonding and other timber constructions were kept in the red color, which gave the houses a national glow. Window frames and languages were painted Gisselfeld greens. The red winds and the freestanding pillars of The entrance particles were also decorated with geometric patterns and simple inserts in the woodwork in white and blue