Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 – 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Nyrop was born at Holmsland on Jutland, Denmark. He attended Sorø Academy and completed his course of study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1876. From 1881-83, he studied abroad under a scholarship. From 1883-93, he was an assistant to professor Hans Jørgen Holm. Nyrop was awarded the Grand Prix for design at the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1900. In 1906, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture and served as director of the Academy of Fine Arts for periods between 1908-18.
Nyrop designed the Copenhagen City Hall (1905) in National Romantic style and the majority of the buildings for the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition in Copenhagen (1888).
Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen (1892–1905)
Gasometer at Østre Gasværk, now the Gasværket Theatre, Copenhagen (1851)
Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen (1906–13)
Luther Church, Østerbro, Copenhagen (1913)
Vallekilde Folk High School, (gym from 1884, northern wing from 1907)
Eliaskirken, København (1905-08)
Stenderup Frimenighedskirke (1902-03)
Landsarkivet for Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm, Jagtvej, København (1891-92)
[building on the left, behind bus stop]
Rytterhuset, Ndr. Strandvej 230, Ålsgårde
Brøndhuset til Fraterbrønden, Sorø Akademi (1912) [well building]
Sønderborghus, Løngang 1, Sønderborg (1912-13)
Building for the Nordic Exhibition of 1888, Copenhagen (1886–88, demolished)
Kastellet and the Fortification Ring, Copenhagen, Denmark
Københavns Toldbod – Copenhagen Custom Tax Buildings
Københavns Frihavn – Copenhagen Freeport
Christiansborg Slot – Christiansborg Castle
Frederiksberg Palace, Frederiksberg City Hall / Command Central
King of the hill: Elephants, elegance and 170 years of Carlsberg
Retired crane becomes luxury-retreat
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