The Double Gate, is a landmark structure which spans Ny Carlsberg Vej in the Carlsberg area. It combines a double-arched gateway, from which it takes its name, with a clock tower.
The name which simply means "double gate" in Greek, refers to a gateway in the north-west of ancient Athens.
Designed by Vilhelm Dahlerup, the Dipylon structure was built in 1892, at a time when the Ny Carlsberg complex was still under redevelopment and far from finished.
The Dipylon building is designed in the ornate Historicist style which is typical both of the Carlsberg area in general and especially of Vilhelm Dahlerup's work.
The arches have granite rustication. Above them there is a diagonal pattern in glazed and red tiles.
On the front (Vesterbro) side of the building, an integrated sign above the arches simply reads "Ny Carlsberg". Similarly placed on the rear (courtyard) side of the structure, there is a plate which is inscribed with a quotation from J.C. Jacobsen's will which was later adopted by Carl Jacobsen as a motto:
"In the brewery's operations, a constant goal, regardless of immediate gain, should be to develop the art of making beer to the greatest possible degree of perfection so that the brewery and its products may ever serve as a model and, by their example, assist in keeping beer brewing in this country at a high and honourable level."