Six million yellow bricks on a hilltop just outside Copenhagen form one of the world's foremost Expressionist monuments. Grundtvigs Kirke designed by architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen Klint, was built as a memorial to N.F.S. Grundtvig - a famed Danish pastor, philosopher and historian of the 19th century. Jensen Klint, inspired by Grundtvig's humanist interpretation of Christianity, merged the scale and stylings of a Gothic cathedral with the aesthetics of a Danish country church and the modern geometric forms of Brick Expressionism to create a landmark worthy of its namesake. The most striking feature of the building is its west facade, reminiscent of a westwork or of the exterior of a church organ. It includes the 49 m (160 ft) tall bell tower. Even though the construction cost for Jensen Klint's proposal ballooned to twenty times that of the other submissions, the judges felt confident that donations from the Danish people, doubled by the government, would be sufficient to sponsor the project and announced Jensen Klint as the winner.