The Great Arch
France, 1983.The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand.Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen.Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.
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- Stéphane Demoustier
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France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.
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- Release date
- Nov 5, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
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- Language
- Danish, English
- Country
- Denmark, France
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