Composers' Quarter, Copenhagen

The 393 townhouses were originally built by the Workers' Building Society (Danish: Arbejdernes Byggeforening) to provide affordable and healthy housing for working-class families, though latterly they have become very desirable middle-class homes.

The name Kildevæld Quarter refers to Kildevækrd, a country house and inn which had been located at the site since the eighteenth century.

The building society had already created a number of similar developments, including Kartoffelrækkerne while Humleby in Vesterbro was still under construction.

Properties with street-facing gables are mixed with more common houses featuring dormer windows to provide variation along the long, straight streets.

After 190 metres, the street widens into a small square with a central garden complex, which features a memorial to Frederik Ferdinand Ulrik and Moses Melchior, two of the founders of Arbejdernes Byggeforening.

Kildeværdsgade
Kildevæld in 1884
Garden with Ulrik and Melchior memorial
Weysesgade2