Banegårdsplads, Aarhus

The buildings surrounding the square were designed to complement the neoclassical central station constructed between 1926 and 1929. The square is delimited at the east and west ends by large buildings and corners projected forward while the square continues more freely northwards toward Park Allé which today functions as a portal to the City Hall constructed in 1938-41. The buildings around the square have the same heights and are constructed of the same building materials, sand colored yellow bricks with sandstone used for accentuation. Apart from the hip roof of the central station all buildings have mansard roofs with rounded dormers.^[3]

The first buildings on the north side of Sønder Allé came to inform the entire construction project; the windows are framed in ashlar and the parapets are formed with brick patterns. The buildings on Park Allé has a strong vertical expression with massive loggia-inspired porches pushed forwards from the main buildings which function as a counterweight to the length of the block. The ground floor is accentuated with horizontal brick patterns, almost a reversed shadow joint, to underline to solid character of the buildings. On Banegårdspladsen the vertical expression is different with brick columns around the main entrances which is also seen in the older Regina complex. The windows are framed in narrow lesenes and the cornices of sandstone are carried by corbels.^[3]

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  Neoclassical architecture in yellow brick
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  facade detail
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  Former post and telegraph center
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  Architectural detail
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  Aarhus Central Station in yellow brick
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  Banegårdshuset (newspaper headquarters) in yellow brick