When the building at Vodroffsvej was completed in 1929, it created a stir in the public debate. The horizontal band of windows, the flat roof and the layered façade in yellow and red brick were not the typical features of Danish buildings at the time. Instead, the style was inspired by The Bauhaus School and the European modernism that thrived in the Netherlands and Germany. The modernist style of the 1930es is known as functionalism in Scandinavia and is characterized by clearly marked horizontal lines and corner windows made possible by the constructional progress.