Henning Larsen Architects

Henning Larsen Architects
Practice information
Partners
Founded1959
LocationCopenhagen
Significant works and honors
Buildings
Awards2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Website
henninglarsen.com

Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees.[citation needed]

In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, Germany were inaugurated. The company also have offices in New York USA, Oslo, Norway, in the Faroe Islands, and in Hong Kong, China.[1]

It is known for its cultural and educational projects. Among them Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavík that was selected as one of the ten best concert halls in the world by the British magazine Gramophone[2] and won the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.[3] It also designed the Copenhagen Opera.[citation needed]

It is part of the Ramboll Group.[citation needed]

Research and sustainability

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The practice has employed PhD students from the Technical University of Denmark, who work with different projects related to sustainable design. The aim of the collaboration is to implement sustainability in the building design and building components at the very beginning of each project.[4]

Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany
The Wave in Vejle, Vejle, Denmark
Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark
IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
Uppsala Concert Hall, Uppsala, Sweden

Selected projects

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Completed

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Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany
The Wave in Vejle, Vejle, Denmark
Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark
IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
Uppsala Concert Hall, Uppsala, Sweden

Culture

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Government

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  • Danish Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia (1979)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1984)
  • Uppsala Concert and Congress Center, Uppsala, Sweden (2007)
  • Viborg City Hall, Viborg, Denmark (2011)
  • Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre, Egedal Kommune, Henning Larsen (2014)
  • Middelfart City Hall and Town Centre, Middelfart, Danmark (2018)
  • Eystur Town Hall, Norðragøta, The Faroe Island (2018)
  • Minneapolis Public Service Building, Minneapolis, US (2021)

Education

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Office

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  • Nordea Headquarters Christiansbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (2000)
  • Ferring International Centre, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (2001)
  • Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany (2011)
  • Microsoft Domicile, Lyngby, Denmark (2015)
  • Siemens Headquarters, München, Germany (2016)
  • Nordea Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark (2017)
  • Jotun’s Waterside Headquarters, Sandefjord, Norway (2019)
  • Jyllands-Posten Headquarters, Aarhus, Denmark (2019)

Tesidential

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  • The Wave, Vejle, Denmark (2009)

Infrastructure

  • Solrødgaard Water Treatment Plant, Hillerød, Denmark (2019)

Sports and leisure

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  • Hotel Alsik, Sønderborg, Denmark (2019)

Masterplans

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In progress

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  • Campus Aas, Aas, Norway (Completed in 2021)
  • European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden (Completed in2021)
  • The Springs in Shanghai, Shanghai, China (Completed in2021)
  • Gdansk Imperial Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland (Completed in 2021)  
  • Etobicoke Civic Center, Toronto, Canada (Completed in 2021)
  • Uppsala Town Hall, Uppsala, Sweden (Completed in 2021)
  • Malmø City Courthouse, Malmø, Sweden (Completed in 2021)
  • Göthenburg City Gate, Gøteborg, Sweden (Completed in 2021)
  • Opéra Bastille, Paris, France (Completed in 2022)
  • Mission Rock Building G, San Francisco, California, USA (Completed in 2022)
  • East Harbour Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Completed in 2023)
  • Humlestaden, Gøteborg, Sweden (Completed in 2024)
  • Tibble 2.0, Täby, Sweden (Completed in 2025)
  • Cockle Bay Park, Sydney, Australien (Completed in 2026)
  • Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Zone, Shenzhen, China (Completed in 2030)
  • Esbjerg Bypark, Esbjerg, Denmark (Initiated 2018)
  • Vejlands Kvarter, Amager, Denmark (Initiated 2019)
  • Norges Arktiske Universitetsmuseum, Tromsø, Norway (Initiated 2019)
  • Nørr Saint Denis, Paris, France (Initiated 2019)
  • Belfast Waterside, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Initiated 2020)
  • Wolfsburg Connect, Wolfsburg, Germany (Initiated 2020)
  • Seoul Valley, Seoul, South Korea (Initiated 2020)

Awards

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Exhibitions

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  • 1999 "The Architect's Studio" at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark[21]
  • 2011 "what if...?" at Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark.[22] The exhibition has also been displayed in Umeå, Munich and at Danish Architecture Centre as a part of the exhibition "In Dialogue with the World". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-05-06.[23]

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henning Larsen Architects.
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  2. ^ Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. ^ "Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 winner: Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik". Dezeen. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  4. ^ "Industrial PhDs build bridges between theory and practice". Technical University of Denmark. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  5. ^ "Aga Khan Award for Architecture". Aga Khan Development Network. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  6. ^ "RIBA Announces 2008 Award Winners". Bustler. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  7. ^ "Winners of the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2010". Bustler. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  8. ^ "Announcement of the 2010 International Design Awards Winners". SBWire. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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  10. ^ "2012 Civic Trust Awards Shortlist of Winners Announced". Civic Trust Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  11. ^ "Arts Campus at Umeå University". Civic Trust Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  12. ^ "Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre win Architecture +Light Awards at Architizer A+ Awards 2013". Architizer. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  13. ^ "Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013". ArchDaily. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  14. ^ a b "2013 LEAF Award Winners Announced". ArchDaily. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  15. ^ "Civic Trust Award winners revealed". AJ. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  16. ^ "Winners in Denmark". Civix Trust Awards (in Danish). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  17. ^ "The Chicago Athenaeum".
  18. ^ "Urban Design of the Year: Vinge Train Station". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  19. ^ "The Chicago Athenaeum awards SDU Campus Kolding". Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  20. ^ "Kiruna City Hall Honored at the 2016 LEAF Awards". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  21. ^ "Exhibitions 1958-2008". Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  22. ^ ""what if...?" Henning Larsen Architects". Utzon Center. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  23. ^ "In Dialogue with the World". Danish Architecture Centre. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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