Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (4 May 1929 – 16 March 1987) was a Danish architect, best known for designing the Grande Arche of La Défense in Puteaux, near Paris.

[6] His design won the international competition of the Grande Arche in Puteaux, France, as the French President François Mitterrand felt it was the best because of its 'purity and strength'.

This work of 110 meters of height, which was inaugurated in 1989, two years after his death, used with remarkable ability the technology of its time, and was inspired by the nearby Arc de Triomphe.

The monument, located in the heart of the financial district of La Défense, is built of granite and of Carrara marble.

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen died in 1987 of cancer and was buried at Hørsholm Kirkegård.