We have broken ground at Heerup Special School! We’re beaming with joy because the project will create an environment that promotes inclusion and development, but also because Municipality of Copenhagen appointed the building as a pilot project for CLT. We look forward to seeing it take shape.
RITA Arch is becoming a part of CCO Architects. RITA Arch specializes in interiors and spatial design, and has completed significant projects for DFDS, Viegand Maagøe, and Implement Consulting Group. We are excited to start a new chapter together.
We’re jumping with joy from winning the competition for the new daycare center, Horsevænget, for Rødovre Municipality. Our proposal is in collaboration with Vita Engineers Ltd and Kragh Berglund.
We will, in collaboration with the Pihl Consortium and WSP Consulting Engineers, create the framework for the new Køge stadium, which is intended to meet the requirements of being a top-tier league stadium.
A new contract has been signed at Roskilde Technical School for the expansion plan at Musicon with NCC. The new construction will be the third and final stage of the project that we were involved in initiating in 2010.
We can finally reveal that we have won a new and complex task for DTU. In collaboration with ELINDCO and Artelia, we are to create the framework for the new DTU Space and the future of space research.
We have uploaded our CSR report for 2022-23 to Global Compact. The report details our CSR activities within Global Compact’s four themes on human rights, labor rights, the environment, and anti-corruption. Find our CSR report for 2022-23 here.”
Topping-out ceremony for Building 313 at the Technical University of Denmark. The building is a climate laboratory where sustainability, aesthetics, and architectural quality come together to create the future of research architecture. The project was developed for DTU in collaboration with MT Højgaard and Artellia. Read more about the project here.
Our building 112 at the Technical University of Denmark, is a finalist for the “Building of the Year” award from Licitationen. Read more about the project here.
Nordøst Amager School is now open and ready for all the kids. Read more about the project here.
We have become a part of the Collaboration Pledge! The Collaboration Pledge is a movement of companies and organizations within the construction and civil engineering industry actively working to promote constructive collaboration and dialogue to reduce conflicts in construction projects. Companies and organizations that have embraced the Collaboration Pledge have committed to working on specific initiatives to strengthen cooperation and report on the effectiveness of these efforts.
Read more here.
We are pleased to announce that we have entered into a two-year framework agreement with SSI for architectural work. One of our initial projects is to renovate the façade of SSI’s distinctive buildings. We have secured the agreement with Cubic Group as a subcontractor.
Read more here.
Stockholm University – Campus Albano is now open! The two buildings encompass 36,000 square meters and include teaching and research facilities. This construction is part of a university area spanning 150,000 square meters, serving as the core of Science Capital, connecting Stockholm’s universities.
Learn more about the project here.
We have contributed to the Danish Association of Constructions launch of new tools that can help the country’s municipalities ensure a better alignment between the physical facilities in public schools, well-being, and pedagogy. The tools consist of an implementation tool and an evaluation tool that can help address some of the questions that municipalities and school administrations face when deciding what to construct and that can support teachers and students in making the best possible use of the new facilities. These tools have been developed with support from Realdania and in collaboration with an expert group of builders and a range of specialized consultants.
We are proud and happy to have received Nohrcon’s award for School Building of the Year 2023 for our project, Høje Taastrup Children and Community House. In October, we participated in Nohrcon’s school building event, where we presented our groundbreaking work on both the Høje Taastrup Children and Community House, HF VUC, and Nordøst Amager School. We hosted talks and guided tours to share our vision and innovative approaches to school construction.
Learn more about the Children and Community House here.
We’ve won the competition for the Large Structure Production Center for University of Southern Denmark. The new Center for Large Structure Production will develop automated solutions and robots to build large structures such as wind turbines, ships, and buildings. Our winning proposal is designed as a translucent frame that displays the innovative environment, which will unfold in the building. We’ve created the winning proposal in collaboration with ISC Consulting Engineers and 1:1 landskab. Exterior renders by Theodor Fritz.
Skævinge Community House has opened, and the multifunctional spaces are now ready to be enjoyed by the many different user groups. Read more about SKIF – Skævinge Sports hall here
We have developed a tool for dialogue. It comprises of two sets of que cards to start the conversation on universal design and how to create inclusion through multisensory architecture. Read more about our approach to Universal design here
Our Culture and Community House in the municipality of Høje Taastrup is now open. The community house presents multiple cultural activities, organized in a wealth of spaces and functions that strengthens learning within the fields of music, technology, creativity, and movement. Read more about the project.
Our partner group welcomed a new member, Marie Partoft, who is head of business Development and Communications. Read more about the partners at CCO Architects here
We’re off for the holidays from 23. december. Thank you to all clients, colleagues, collaborators and network for an eventful 2022.
We’ll return, ready for a new year full of architecture and sustainability, on 2. January.
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The expansion and transformation of DTU Risø that is dedicated to research within wind energy has just been rewarded Building of the Year 2022.
The building was created for DTU Campus Service and DTU Wind Energy. We’ve collaborated with BAM Danmark A/S, Norconsult AS, Langvad Architects and 1:1 landskab for the design build. Early client consultancy and design outline by Sweco, MIERA rådgivning and NORD Architects Copenhagen. Design and user involvment by Nord Architects.
Read more about DTU Risø here
Our new Educational building HF-VUC for adult learning is now open.
Read more about the project here
We’re creating the new Child Centre Cartesius in the Netherlands. The new child center holds primary school, daycare and sports hall, where students and athletes can thrive.
We’ve created the project for Gemeente Utrecht in collaboration with NEXT architects Bureau B+B urbanism and landscape architecture, BREED Integrated Design BV, Deerns netherlands, DGMR and Vitrivius Bouwkostenadvies.
Read about Cartesius Child Center here
The new test center for electromagnetic research called B357 located at Technical University of Denmark is now open. The building’s research facilities include radio silent laboratories, meeting facilities and classrooms and in addition a large education laboratory with an adjacent study area.
Read more about Test center B357 here
Our building Viby Library and Culture House is the Popular Choice Winner of an Architizer A+ Award in the category Community Centers! We’ve created the project for Roskilde Municipality in collaboration with Primus Architects, STED Landscape, WSP and Skou Gruppen. Photo by Niels Nygaard. Read all about the project here
We have won the competition for the renovation and modernisation of Fensmark School in Copenhagen! It’s a special school where teachers and pedagogues create individual learning goals for every student to ensure that the education supports the pupil’s functional capacity. The renovation is a collaboration with MATTERS and NIRAS and will give teachers and pupils the ideal conditions for life-long learning and personal growth.
Today, we celebrated the topping out of building B112 at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The new laboratory will host groundbreaking research on the recycling of ressources and the building itself will be certified for DGNB level Gold. The project was created for Technical University of Denmark in collaboration with Elindco, Norconsult and Langvad.
New topping out celebration. This time, we celebrated the progress for Nordøst Amager School in Copenhagen. A large school, which will also be a social hub for the local community. We created the project for Copenhagen Municipality in collaboration with Kjaer & Richter Architects, NCC, 1:1 Landscape, Lyngkilde Engineers & In_situ Arkitekter maa.
The new Community House in Skævinge is taking form. The house will be used by the local school and by the entire neighborhood, containing everything from knitting to football clubs. We created the project for Hillerød Municipality in collaboration with 1:1 Landskab and Ramböll.
We won the competition for the new artificial pitches and clubhouse in Ørestad, Copenhagen. The project was created in collaboration with MOE.
What started as an idea for innovative school architecture is now a concrete reality! Our building for Nærheden Learning Centre is officially inaugurated and full of children. Nærheden is the first public school in Denmark based on 21st Century Learning Skills and the architecture is designed as a platform for a strong learning culture.
Our building for the new culture house and library in Viby is now officially open. The house is a welcoming living room for the residents of Viby that connects architecture from new and historic buildings in the area.
Our new building for Odsherred Theatre was inaugurated with speeches, music and performances. The theatre is a cultural laboratory that increases activity in Odsherred and makes culture accessible to both visitors and residents.
We won the competition for the new sports centre in Helsingør. The project is an extension and transformation of the existing characteristic arched tennis gym. It will be an inviting centre of activity and community where athletes and visitors can gather around everything from communal dinners and morning coffee to workshops and presentations. We created the project for Helsingør Municipality in collaboration with Juul og Nielsen, 1:1 landskab, DEM and Skanding.
We’ve submitted this years COP report for Global Compact. The report covers our CSR activities along with documentation on progress related to our action plan. Find our CSR-report here
We’re off for the summer from 12. july until 2. August (week 28, 29 and 30). We look forward to a fall full of architecture, not least our newly won Grobund School. See you all soon.
We’ve won the competition for a new school in Nye an emerging neighborhood in Aarhus. The school is called “Grobund” in Danish, which roughly translates into “A Place to Grow”. The new house will be much more than a school – it’ll will be an activity building with both sport and cultural facilities for the entire community. We’ve collaborated with Kjaer & Richter, Afry engineers, Lytt urban & Landscape Architecture and C.C. Contractor.
Read more about Grobund learning and activity building here
Our building 310 at DTU has been awarded both Leading Innovators and Collaboration Space Design 2021 and Best Research Facility Project by BUILD Architecture Awards 2021. We have created the project in close collaboration with MOE, MT Højgaard, and DTU
We’re happy to announce that we have won the competition for the new extension to the existing Heerup School in the Municipality of Copenhagen. Copenhagen Municipality has an increased focus on building sustainably, thus the new extension will be built with a load-bearing structure in CLT (Cross Laminated Timber). This project will focus on how to use wood as part of the building’s construction and the possible CO2 savings by using this method compared to a traditional construction method.
We’ve teamed up with STED Landscape, Øllgaard engineers and Matters architecture and design.
We’ve just signed the contract for the new “Climate Challenge Laboratory” at the Technical University of Denmark. The Climate Change Laboratory will be a state-of-the-art university building, designed for interdisciplinary collaboration within green tech, creating solutions for issues related to climate change.
We’re creating the project in close collaboration with Moe Engineers and MT Højgaard.
We’re excited to announce that we have won the competition for a new student housing building at the University of Toronto, Mississauga in Canada. The project aims to support the students moving from unity to community. Thus, we have created a home away from home with ideal spaces for learning and living. Sustainable initiatives are key to the project and we have used the 17 UN SDGs as design driver. We’re collaborating with local architects Montgomery Sisam.
New interns:
This week we’ve welcomed a new team of interns. This time we meet and greet digitally.
During their internship, Marius, Anne Sophie, Mark, Maria and Benjamin will participate in developing our projects and learn about our daily work with creating architecture for learning with sustainable initiatives.
We’re excited to announced that we’ve won the competition for transforming Finansforbundets hus. Our proposal has a strategic focus on SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption. We propose a project with a minimum of waste accumulation from retrofitting and the design has been informed by principles for circular use of materials. The winning proposal is created for Finansforbundet with Bauherr as consultant, in collaboration with Danish Energy Management and AB Clausen engineers.
We’ve just delivered the custome designed student working tables at Technical University of Denmark. The bespoken oak tables are specifically designed to support the overall learning environment of building B130 at Technical University of Denmark. The tables are created in collaboration with Caroline Kragh.
Check out building B130 here
Learn more about our interior design here
The new educational building for MY college in Spijkenisse, Holland, is designed to ensure that students can explore their talents and skills whilst having a close connection to society. We’ve created the winning proposal in collaborated with Next architects and Hevo will be project manager, supervising the construction.
Our Culture House and Library in Viby, named Cosmos, is rapidly taking shape these days. We’ve created the project for Roskilde Kommune in collaboration with Primus Architects, STED By og Landskab and Orbicon.
Read more about Viby Library & Culture House here
Our client, Technical University of Denmark is nominated for the Builder of the Year Award 2020. In the motivation for the nomination, our work with digital construction at Building B310 is highlighted as exemplary. Read more about the nomination for Building Awards 2020 here.
Find more information about DTU Building 310 here
Check out our annual CSR report for UN Global Compact. This year we’ve included accounting on our carbon emissions and an action plan for our CSR initiatives for the coming years.
Find our CSR report 2019-2020 here
We’re going on summer vacation from 6. july until 27. july. We look forward to a fall full of activity. We’re already full steam ahead with several competitions and we look forward to continue our work with ongoing projects.
Our team is one of three selected to compete for the frame agreement by Danish building and property agency. The agreement covers all of Denmark and includes planning, development and creating projects. Our team comprises MT Højgaard, Friis & Moltke Architects, Nøhr & Sigsgaard, LYTT Architecture and NIRAS.
Our research facility at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy. The project includes two new buildings and two refurbishments. The research facility will house laboratories and workshops for experimental research within the field of sustainable wind energy. We’ve created the project for Bygningsstyrelsen in collaboration with contractor BAM Danmark, Langvad Architects, Norconsult and 1:1 Landskab
On Friday, we broke ground for our new Library and Culture House in Viby south of Copenhagen. We’ve created the project for Roskilde Kommune in collaboration with Primus Architects, STED By & Landskab, Orbicon Engineers and Skou Gruppen.
The cornerstone for our Niels Bohr Building has been placed. It’s a unique steel plaque resembling the four pixel formations used for the façade.
We’re creating the new theater hall for Mungo Park Theater, North of Copenhagen. For the project we’re collaboration with Mungo Park, Allerød Kommune and the foundations, supporting the project. Our team comprises Oluf Jørgensen A/S – Rådgivende Ingeniørfirma and Gade & Mortensen Akustik A/S for the acoustics.
We’ve just handed over the new concrete and materials laboratory B130 for our client Technical University of Denmark (DTU). We’ve created the project in collaboration with Norconsult, Wessberg and Cubic Group. Find more about materials laboratory at DTU here</u
Our new Culture House for the Municipality of Høje Taastrup creates a local learning environment offering a central hub for culture and community. We’re collaborating with Kjaer & Richter Architects, Møller & Grønborg Landscape Architects, AFRY Engineers and CC Contractor.
We’re creating the new 2.500m2 learning environment for HF & VUC north of Copenhagen. The first virtual workshop has already taken place with the users and we’re full steam ahead with the initial phase of the project.We’ve teamed up with Juul & Nielsen, Skanding engineers and DEM (Danish Energy Management.
We’re creating an upgraded storage facility for nuclear waste for Dansk Dekommissionering. For this unique project we’re collaborating with MOE engineers and Langebæk A/S.
Our school and community house Nærheden School at Municipalitiy of Høje-Taastrup is taking shape. We’re creating the project in collaboration with Kjaer & Richter, Oluf Jørgensen and 1:1 Landscape. Find more information about Nærheden School here
We’re among the 137 architecture practices to watch at the Architizer A+ list for 2020. Check out the A+ architecture list here
We will be back 6 january 2020. Ready for one more year of incorporating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in architecture. Thank you for an exciting year to all collegues, collaborators, network and clients.
Our building 310 was announced as winner of the Building of The Year Award in the Open Category. Thank you for the great collaboration Danmarks Tekniske Universitet – DTU, MOE and MT Højgaard. Check out Building 310 here
Our new community house SKIF for sport and culture has just received funding from the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities (LOA). The community house will strengthen the local community and unite the city’s civil society in one place. We’re creating the project for the municipality of Hillerød in collaboration with 1:1 Landscape, Rambøll and BNS contractors. See more about SKIF community house here
On Friday, we celebrated topping out at our project at Roskilde Technical College. In the project, we’re adding an entirely new section to the existing building that we created in 2013. Among the upgraded facilities are workshops for learning about masonry and carpentry. We are reusing materials from the existing building. This solution was intgrated into the concept in our original design of the building. We are creating the project in collaboration with Oluf Jørgensen Engineers. Learn more about Roskilde Technical College here
Our winning proposal for a new sustainable masterplan, in the southern Copenhagen, is based on the unique local environment at Stejlepladsen. We propose a dense low-rising urban setting with seamlessly integrated sustainable solutions for an active local community with room for diversity and space for co-creation. We’ve created the winning proposal in collaborated with Kragh & Berglund Landscape Architecture, URBAN POWER, MOE engineers and Urban Creators.
See more about Stejlepladsen Masterplan here
We’ve won the competition for a new culture house and library, in Viby. The project will be a unifying center with an open inviting frame filled with social zones facilitating an active local community. In addition, ambitions for sustainable solutions are high, and we look forward to integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the architecture. We’re creating the project for the Municipality of Roskilde in collaboration with Skou Gruppen AS, Primus Architects, Orbicon Engineers and STED landscape architects. Find more details about Viby culture house and library here
Our K.B. Hallen just received the Architecture Award of Frederiksberg Kommune. The Municipality rewards high architectural quality that contributes to the municipality’s public space.
We’ve created the project for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub a long with Marianne Levinsen Landskab and Rambøll.Find photos and info about K.B. Hallen here
Christensen & Co Architects-partner Thomas Nørgaard has contributed to the new book ‘Sustainability in Scandinavia’ published by Harvard University. The book highlights green buildings and communities across Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It presents case studies and proven concepts of sustainability, unraveling how regional practices integrate technology, culture and design.
K.B.Hallen has just been revealed as winner of the European Steel Design Awards 2019.
The steel construction is the backbone of the building, supporting the architectural concept of the open event hall, which has no columns disturbing the audiences’ experience. The award is given every two years to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in architecture by ECCS – European Convention for Constructional Steelwork. We’ve created the project for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in collaboration with Marianne Levinsen Landskab and Ramboll Denmark in Frederiksberg Kommune.
Our Life Science and Bioenginering Building at DTU has just won the Architizer Award’s Popular Choice Award in the “Details – Plus – Architecture +Wood” category. The Popular Choice Winners of Architizer’s A+ Awards were selected among entries from over 100 countries by an online voting public, submitting over 400,000 votes. We’ve collaborated with Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter, Schul Landscape Architects, COWI, Norconsult A/S Photo by Adam Mørk.
Our Forsyning Helsingør has just been announced both jury winner and popular choice winner of Architizer’s A+ Awards in the ‘Institutional – Government & Municipal Buildings’ category. The Architizer Award’s Popular Choice Winners were selected among entries from over 100 countries by an online public, voting over 400,000 times during Architizers’ 10 day campaign. We’ve created Forsyning Helsingør in collaboration with BAM Danmark A/S, MOE A/S and TREDJE NATUR. Photo by Niels Nygaard.
We are creating a new laboratory facility for research within circular economy and reuse of residual resources at Technical University of Denmark. The project has high ambitions for integrating sustainability into all parts of the architecture. We are creating the project in close collaboration with ELINDCO Byggefirma A/S, Langvad A/S Architects and Norconsult A/S.
We’re going on summer vacation for the coming three weeks (28, 29, 30).
We look forward to an excitingly busy fall. We cannot wait to get started on our three new schools, three new research facilities at DTU and the competition for the new HQ and community house for Roskilde Festival, Åben Dans and Råstof Roskilde
This year, we highlight how we have worked with the UN Global Goals as a strategic tool at all levels.
Download the report here
We’ve just won the new school, named De Gamle Bys Skole (GABYS). The ambitions for reusing materials are high. At the same time, creating a vibrant social life in and around the school at the heart of Nørrebro in Copenhagen, is a priority. For this project we’re collaborating with Kjaer & Richter A/S, 1:1 landskab, Engineers Søren Jensen and Teknologisk Institut.
We have won the competition to design DTU’s new test center for electromagnetic research. B357 will be center for a dynamic research environment, world class test facilities and radio silent laboratories. This will strengthen DTU’s collaboration with ESA as well as national and international companies within wireless communication. Our team comprises contractor ELINDCO, Moe Engineers, and Langvad A/S Architects.
We are creating new research facilities for the Danish Building and Property Agency at DTU. The project includes two new buildings and two refurbishments. It will house laboratories and workshops for experimental research within the field of sustainable wind energy. Our team includes contractor BAM Danmark, Langvad A/S Architects, engineers Norconsult and 1:1 Landskab.
We have won the competition to design the new innovative school project in the Northeastern part of Amager in Copenhagen. NØAS will be an open and inviting house that will offer spaces for learning and after school it will be used as a activity center for adults and children. We’ve teamed up with contractor NCC, Kjaer & Richter Architects, 1:1 Landscape Architects, Lyngkilde Engineers and In-situ Architect MAA.
Our innovative student housing with basketball court and rooftop running track that can be used for skiing in the winter was awarded the Swedish architectural prize Bostadspriset 2018. Both we and Rosendals Fastigheter are very happy to receive the award.
We are so proud Nærheden School was commended in the Civic & Community category AR Future Projects Award in 2019 at the MIPIM Real Estate Conference and Events.
We are the winners of the competition to design the new extension for Odsherred Theatre in Nykøbing Sjælland. We have been inspired by the idea of a lantern – black and dark on the outside with shiny, golden reflections within. We are collaborating with Primus Architects, STED, Oluf Jørgensen A/S, Sweco, Inoconsult and Cowi.
The K.B. Hall was inagurated by HRH Crownprince Frederik in a festive ceremony. The K.B. Hall has since the fire in 2011 risen like a phoenix in a modern interpretion of the historic K.B. Hall from 1938.
Our two lab buildings in the Denmarks Technical University was inaugurated by HRH Crownprince Frederik. The laboratories will house DTU BYG’s research in technical geology, geotechnics and the development of sustainable building materials
We are honored that DTU 202 the Biosphere has won the Detail Award – special prize inside.
We are very proud to receive the Building Award Energy Prize 2018 for our Kistefossdammen Kindergarten.
We have won the competition for SKIF in Skævinge. The project is a Community Centre of Arts, Sports and Leisure. SKIF will be a place where the whole community in the village of Skævinge will meet. The new building is a modern interpretation of the existing sports hall and new and old complement each other.
We have won the competition designing the new Østerbro Ice Rink, our team includes Rambøll, DEAS and CASA.
This year, we highlight our project Hafnia Sports Hall and how it contributes to the UN global goals.
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We are one of six winners of a two part framework agreement with Malmø University. We’ve teamed up with BS Arkitekter for the first part focused on designing learning environments and Langvad Arkitekter for the second part, which is creating laboratories and research facilities.
We have won the competition for Denmark’s first school, based on the so-called 21st Century Learning Skills, placed in Høje-Taastrup. Our team includes Kjaer and Richter, 1: 1 Landscape, Søren Jensen Engineers and disruption advisor.
We have won the competition for a new harbor bath in Frederikssund, in collaboration with Marianne Levinsen Landscape and MOE.
We’re one of two teams that will continue in the competition for a unifying House of Martial Arts, placed on a central corner in the outskirts of Nørrebro, Copenhagen. As a powerhouse of martial arts, the new building will unite a wide range of activities from Karate to Tai Chi and yoga. Our team comprises Kjær & Richter, 1:1 Landscape and Søren Jensen engineers.
Our model of DTU Compute, is part of Danish Industry’s exhibition “Architecture creates value – a business case”. The exhibition showcase models that exemplifies how Danish architects and designers make environment, usability, health and economy meet to create buildings and urban areas with added value. The exhibition is located at the foyer of Danish Industry; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Danish Association of Architectural Firms curate the exhibition.
We are honored to receive The Carpentry Award 2017, which is awarded by the Copenhagen Carpentry Guild. DTU, Rørbæk & Møller architects and Christensen & Co. Architects received the award for the atrium of building 202 at DTU in Lyngby.
Our Educational Building for engineer students at the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH) in Stockholm was officially opened during the 100 year anniversary of the KTH Campus.
We have transformed the former Club Denmark Hall into a multifunctional univers for all kinds of sporting activities. At the opening, the Mayor of Copenhagen highlighted that the hall creates a community where the facilities support synergy between activities.
We have won the competition to design a new modern sports complex in Slagelse. The patterns for how to exercise has changed during the last decade as multiple new options for sporting activities have emerged. With the new sports complex we aim to create a facility, which caters for the future of exercise. We have teamed up with MASU Planning and Rambøll for the project.
Our Terminal buildings for CPH City & Port Development (By og Havn) are nominated for the A+ Awards, which aims to promote and celebrate meaningful architecture that has a positive impact on everyday life. Our terminal buildings have seasonal functions: During the summer, they handle ‘turn-around’ cruise ships, whilst they host concerts, cultural events and exhibitions over the winter.
We are excited to participate in the 2016 Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, showcasing a large spectrum of Danish architecture. This year Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena from Chile curates the Venice Bennale, and the theme for the main exhibition is “Reporting from the Front”. Here the Danish pavilion will demonstrate how Danish architecture has responded to social, environmental and economic challenges; our Green Lighthouse is one example.
(VIDEO) Watch Christensen & Co Architects Partner Thomas Nørgaard explain the main drivers behind our work to create user-friendly, sustainable buildings for the future.
Founder Michael Christensen continue as creative director while Vibeke L. Lindblad becomes CEO and partner. Thomas Nørgaard, Mikkel H. Sørensen and Michael W. Larsen are also part of the new group of partners. All have been with Christensen & Co. Architects for a number of years.
Michael Christensen is one of ten architects that accounts for what drives their work with architecture and design. In the book Michael reflects on how architecture can create a better, more social and beautiful world and then elaborates on why architecture is both a question of sociology, society and politics, created by hearts, hands and minds. The book can be bought at www.arkfo.dk.
Architect Thomas Nørgaard talk about our holistic approach to sustainable projects, at Harvard Center for Green Buildings as part of the conference “Sustainable Scandinavia”. The conference is a collaboration between Harvard and CINARAK – The Architecture School in Copenhagen, and it will feature a number of Scandinavian architecture companies.
Our educational building DTU-Compute has received the municipality of Lyngby-Taarbaeks award for good and valuable architecture. The judges committee finds that DTU-Compute is a beautiful completion of a new area of DTU’s Campus. They highlight the architectural value of the indoor trees, the building’s web of staircases and walkways along with rich views of the surrounding greenery.
We have won the competition for two new buildings with laboratories and research facilities at Technical University Denmark (DTU). Our team comprises engineers Wessberg-Norconsult and Cubic Group. The two new buildings are designed to fit smoothly into the existing masterplan and the building topology at the campus in Lyngby.
Read about both our Green Lighthouse and the KMC Environmental Center in The Atlas of European Architecture. The book showcases the exciting esthetical, technical and typological diversity.
We have won the competition for the new K.B. Hall with a strategy that identifies a number of significant traces of architectural DNA. Our architectural strategy focuses on the hall’s historic role as a cultural icon, and it elaborates on a thorough analysis of the cultural value of the hall, performed by Professor Christoffer Harlang. The client is the historic Copenhagen Football Club (KB), which was founded in 1876. The four prequalified architectural firms for the competition were: BBP, CEBRA, GPP and Christensen & Co Architects. Our winning team consists of landscape architect Marianne Levinsen and Ramboll engineers.
We have won the competition to design a new PlusEnergy nursery in Asker, which is part of Oslo municipality. The project is part of the FutureBuilt initiative, which is a collaboration between three municipalities in Norway that will create climate friendly buildings with a high architectural quality. We will create the nursery in collaboration with Engineers MOE in Norway and Henrik Sørensen from Henrik-Innovation. Amongst the competing architects were Snøhetta, Ratio, PIR II, Lala Tøyen og Skajaa.
We are among the winners of the first phase of the competition for the acute admissions unit for the New Hospital Bispebjerg in Copenhagen, covering 78,000 m². Three teams out of seven, has been chosen for phase 2. Our team consisting of COWI, NORDIC (N), AART, Marianne Levinsen and Christensen & Co Architects.
We have won the competition to design the new University building for Linné University in Kalmar, Sweden. The new building will cover 19,000 m² and it will be part of a major rebuilt at the University Campus in Kalmar. The vision is to create a modern international campus, well integrated into the city of Kalmar. Our new building will welcome students in the summer 2018.
We are honored and overwhelmed to receive not one but two of Copenhagen’s architectural prizes for 2014. Both the Terminal buildings in Nordhavn and the red Hal at Christianshavn was rewarded during an award ceremony held at Copenhagen City Hall.
We are proud that our Lund City Hall has been nominated for The Kasper Salin Prize 2014 in Sweden. Since 1962, the price has been awarded annually to a building of high architectural standard by the Swedish Association of Architects and is considered to be the most prestigious architectural prize in Sweden.
Christensen & Co Architects is co-founder of the new association for social responsibility in the construction industry. The newly established association will contribute to create cooperation and a good working environment, along with sustainability and a constructive stakeholder dialogue in the industry. 42 companies participated in the constituting general assembly. The Charter was developed by the Realdania Builders Association and the Responsible Assets consulting company.
We have won the small tender for a new building for Kastelsgården kindergarten in Copenhagen. The building will be 1450 sqm and fit in with the original kindergarten and the surrounding area, which includes embassies, a park and old Copenhagen residential buildings.
With more than 1000 votes, Twister has been announced as building of the year by Estate Media. The circular residential tower has 28 wonderful apartments with 360-degree views of the ocean to one side and most of Copenhagen to the other.
We have won the Framework Agreement for University Properties in the Capital Region and the Region of Zealand. 7 teams have been appointed for the framework agreement, which we look forward to being part of during the next 2 years. On the team we have ALECTIA as advisors.
We have won a Framework Agreement for the University of Copenhagen’s Campus Service Science. The framework agreement covers projects at both Nørre Campus and Campus Frederiksberg and it runs for a year. We have ALECTIA on board the team as engineers.
We have won the competition to design the new Ice rink for Ørestad in Copenhagen. The new Ice rink is placed next to the future Copenhagen Arena in Ørestad and will be approximately 6000 m². We will work together with engineers Wessberg, Landscape architects PK3 and ice rink specialist Vida Havellen from Norconsult in Norway.
The Association of the enhancement of Copenhagen’s aesthetic qualities has awarded our building, Nordhavn Environmental Center with the Architecture Prize 2013. In the motivation the judges highlight the surprising aesthetic concept of the building, coupled with a clear intention to form a platform for innovation of new design solutions and circular economies, which challenges the traditional way of creating architecture from a de facto strategy. The jury hopes that the building industry’s actors will be inspired by the Environmental Center. The jury concludes that Christensen & Co Architects has created the most beautiful symbiosis between aesthetics and sustainability with the center.
Christensen & Co Architects, PK3 and MOE have won the competition for a new HQ for Helsingør Power Plant. Our winning proposal focuses on creating a beautiful and sustainable operating center, with a key feature being that the new building supports the power plant’s identity and future needs. In the design we have created an environment that promotes synergy and interdisciplinary collaboration across different professions. Inside and out, the new center will enhance and support the power plant’s focus on sustainable supply technologies.
Along with Ramboll we have won the small competition for renovating and reviving the largest sports hall in Denmark, as part of our framework agreement with Copenhagen Municipality. The Club Denmark Hall in Valby is 78 meters wide and 177 meters long. In December 2010 part of the roof collapsed and since the hall has been vacant. We are looking forward to transforming the facilities and open the hall up for physical activities and social interaction in Valby.
Our projects Green Lighthouse, DTU Building Design B127 and Lund City Hall are part of the publication Architects in the Nordic Countries Ebbs & Flows – Nordic Architects. In the second edition of the publication, the publisher Arvinius + Orfeus has collected new works from Nordic architects. The book is edited by David Sokol.
We have won two tenders for framework agreements with Copenhagen Municipality. During the next two years we will work together with Rambøll engineers and we can’t wait to find out what kind of projects will part of the agreement.
Christensen & Co Architects has been appointed Gazelle for the third year running. Signifying a company in growth and inspired by American economist David Birch, Gazelles are identified as companies large enough to encompass competitive advantages whilst simultaneously being small enough to manage dynamic changeability.
Our environmental center in Nordhavn, has scored 64.7% points under the DGNB criteria, resulting in a DGNB bronze certification. The building is the first to be certified after the pilot project following new offices and commercial buildings 2012. As part of the opening of the environmental center an information leaflet about the building was produced. It can be obtained HERE
We have won the competition to design the new Educational Building for the Swedish Royal Technical University; KTH in Stockholm. KTH is the largest, oldest and most international technical university in Sweden. Our new building covers 3500 m² and will occupy a central place on campus in Stockholm with the aim to provide KTH with a modern, innovative environment for the education of the future.
Our new Tennis Hal, SEB arena in Uppsala, has been nominated for the Swedish building industry´s; Building of the Year Award. Each year a number of new buildings are identified to compete for the prestigious award. See more information on the sentiments behind the nomination of the Tennis Hal HERE at the Swedish on-line building industry web page.
In collaboration with E. Pihl & Son and Grontmij, we have won the competition to build a new multi-story carpark for Glostrup Hospital, north of Copenhagen, containing 400 parking spaces. The hospital is currently expanding and renewing the facilities and the new carpark will add to the modernization of the area. The sustainable carpark has solar panels incorporated along the façade and its sustainability focus ensures a minimal carbon footprint.
Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition to design the new extension to Gentofte Sports Park Phase 3. The Sports Part is located to the north of Copenhagen and the project encompasses a new arena, communal areas and outdoor sports facilities. Our team consists of NORD architects, Kragh & Berglund Landscape, engineers Balslev, Oluf Jørgensen and Christensen & Co. Architects.
We have been awarded National Champions in the Environment and Corporate Sustainability category of the European Business Awards. The award was announced at a cocktail reception at the British Ambassador Ms. Vivien Life’s residence in Copenhagen, Ms. Life presented CCO´s director Michael Christensen with the award. The chairman of the European Business Award, Robert Coles on announcing CCO as winners:´The company has achieved a growing reputation for its innovation and visionary approach to sustainability. Its architectural philosophy is to create buildings that are healthy for both people and the environment, looking at carbon neutrality and reduced energy consumption as a direct consequence of architectural design.´
For the second year running, Christensen & Co Architects is honored to be appointed Gazelle by the Danish business newspaper, Børsen. The appointment signifies a company in growth and it is inspired by American economist David Birch. Gazelles are identified as company´s large enough to encompass competitive advantages and simultaneously being small enough to manage dynamic changeability.
We have been announced winner of the competition to design the new sports hall for Campus Ringsted, – south of Copenhagen. The future sports hall will combine design, sustainability and outdoor areas to connect the new building with the existing surroundings. Sports activities and communal social gatherings will be supported with this new addition to Campus in Ringsted. We have teamed up with Marianne Levinsen Landscape Architects and engineers Grontmij for the project.
We have won the masterplan competition; Ejby Business area, together with Dutch Landscape architects OKRA, Active City Transformation and Smith Innovation. Ejby Business area covers 70 ha and the proposal includes sustainable visions for landscape, traffic and business strategy. The competition included Fosters + Partners with Danish company 1:1 Architects and Entasis.
In a team with contractors Jönsson and engineers Dines Jørgensen, Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition to design a new clubhouse and stand for Allerød Football Club. The triangular-shaped stand and clubhouse signals an end to the familiar container style clubhouse and will be a recognisable signpost for the club. The clubhouse is designed as a modern backdrop to the activities on the field.
Christensen & Co Architects has been announced winners of the competition to design the new research and educational building for Technical University Denmark. The new building will house DTU-Aqua, DTU Veterinary and DTU-Food engineering. The laboratory heavy programme will cover 40,000 m2 at the Lyngby Campus. Our team comprises engineers COWI, Rørbæk & Møller Architects, Wessberg, Schul Landscape Architects and Christensen & Co Architects.
We have won the competition to design a new nursery on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen. The new nursery will house between 80 and 150 children, and will be located on a piece of land sitting beautifully by the harbor. We have teamed up with Kerstin Johansson Landscape and engineers Rambøll for the project.
We have won the competition to design a new educational building at Technical University Denmark (DTU), Lyngby Campus. The new building covers 2000 m2, and it will house a brand new line of education at DTU, a mix of engineering and building designers, with a focus on sustainability. The building will welcome new students from the summer 2013. We are on a team with engineers Alectia and contractors E. Pihl & Son.
Christensen & Co Architects and Rambøll are going to develop Smart House concepts for residential and office buildings in Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The project is initiated by Copenhagen Municipality, the Ministry for Climate Energy and Construction and CPH City & Port Development.
Our Kindergarten, the Sunhouse has been rewarded building of the year by byggeri.dk, an online building magazine. Every year the magazine rewards exceptional buildings under three catagories; residential, business and an open category. Our Sunhouse won the award in the open category.
Our energy producing kindergarten the Sunhouse has received an award for aesthetic and good construction. The jury highlights that: ‘the Sunhouse is positioned with determination and sensibility on a difficult site, which is underlined by the building’s dark triangular wooden facades and angled green roofs. (…) The house is an exceptional example of how good architecture is more than well-proportioned spaces and aesthetic. Rather this is an example of a holistic approach where all aspects of human well-being and climate optimization is integrated’.
Christensen & Co. Architects has been appointed Gazelle 2011 by Danish newspaper Borsen. The paper has appointed Gazelles in Denmark since 1995, inspired by American economist David Birch. In terms of growth generation, Birch divided companies into; Elephants, Mouse and Gazelles. Gazelle are companies that experiences an extended period of rapid growth.
We are designing a new multifunctional sports hall for the Christianshavns area of Copenhagen. The new sports hall, will neighbor several creative educational institutions to one side and the Opera to the other. It will bring indoor sporting possibilities to this part of Copenhagen, which also houses the famous freetown Christiania. CCO are joining forces with Ramboll Engineers and 1:1 Landscape Architects.
We have been announced winners of the competition for Lot#8 – the redevelopment and new-build project on the Carlsberg site in the heart of Copenhagen. Danish Beer Company Carlsberg decided to move the production of beer from Copenhagen to Fredericia in 2006. More than 160 years of brewing had come to an end, paving the way for new possibilities in the area. The project covers 80,000 m2 new-build for residential and education, and redevelopment of 7500 m2. Our team consists of Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, Christensen & Co Architects, COBE, EFFEKT and Nord Architects.
Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition for the expansion of The Roskilde Sports Halls. The competition project, which was made in collaboration with Jönsson and Wessberg Engineers, includes 5000 m2 new sports hall, café, restaurant, changing rooms and meeting rooms. 6 teams were invited to the competition.
Our project Niels Bohr Science Park (the Niels Bohr Building) for Copenhagen University, has been ‘Commended’ in the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2011. MIPIM is the world’s premier real estate event for professionals. We work together with Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects.
Green Lighthouse has received the Copenhagen Municipality´s prize for ‘Good and Beautiful Buildings” 2009. Copenhagen Culture Mayor Pia Allerslev, complimented Green Lighthouse by saying; “[…] it represents a new vision for future construction”
We have won the competition to build an extention and refit for international medical equipment company AMBU’s headquarter in Ballerup, just outside Copenhagen. The project is made in collaboration with contractors Jönsson and engineers Rambøll.
Green Lighthouse has been nominated for one of World Architecture Festival’s awards. The international architecture festival takes place 3-5 November 2010 in Barcelona.
We have won the competition for Niels Bohr Science Park in Copenhagen. The new laboratory and educational building for the Science Faculty at The University of Copenhagen will cover 45.000 m2. 5 teams were invited to participate in the competition. Amongst them; Henning Larsen Architects, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, KHR architects and GMP International Architects. Our team comprise Christensen & Co. Architects, Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, Rambøll, GHB Landscape and Colin Gordon Associates.
Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition to design Roskilde Technical School. A visionary and challenging concept to assemble the various strands of the school under one roof next to the Muscicon area in Roskilde. The new school will occupy 17,000 m2. The competition was: Kant Arkitekter, Dorte Mandrup, C.F. Møller, Arkitema K/S, Site A/S og Cubo Arkitekter A/S. We are joining forces with engineers ALECTIA and Kragh & Berglund Landscape for the project.
Christensen & Co Architects is on the winning team to design Navitas, the new iconic education facility on Aarhus Habour. The building will be Denmark’s largest low energy building, covering 35,000 m2. It will house Aarhus School of Engineering, Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering and INCUBA Science Park and provide facilities for education, development and training with a focus on energy. The winning team is E. Pihl & Son, Kjaer & Richter, Christensen & Co. architects, Marianne Levinsen Landscapearchitects and ALECTIA.
Christensen & Co Architects is to design a new research and education buidling for Denmark’s Technical University, Lyngby Campus. Research and education will come together in a playfull green environment connecting the various modules of the Technical University. The new building will cover 4500 m2 and will be finished in 2012. The competing teams was Danish architects; 3XN, BIG, Lundgaard & Tranberg and COBE/Transform.
Christensen & Co. Architects has won the international competition to design the new city hall in Lund, Southern Sweden. 78 international architects applied, 5 were chosen for the competition stage. The City Hall will be app. 23,000 m2. The competing architects were: 3XN (DK), Tony Fretton Architects (UK), Lund & Valentin architecture (SE) and FOJAB Architects (SE).
Christensen & Co Architects has just been announced as winners of the competition to design a new office and retail complex in Valby, Copenhagen. The project covers 12,000 m2 with retail on the ground floor and offices above.
The wedge-shaped house let’s in the green landscape along the southern façade and culminates in a significant urban facade facing the train station and main street. The building utilizes the specific location to create a distinctive architectural expression that has an integrated ambitious energy concept. Holberg Fenger Group is the developer and the other participating architects in the competition was C.F. Moller Architects, MAPT, EFFEKT and 2+1.
Green Lighthouse, Demark’s first public CO2 neutral building has been awarded the Innovation Prize by Danish Industry. The building’s concept maximizes the use of renewable energy without compromising the architectural composition or the indoor climate.
Christensen & Co. Architects has just been announced winners of the cutting edge green project; Sunhouse – An active house nursery in Hoersholm. The project is made in collaboration with Hellerup Byg and Ramboll. The many sustainable initiatives means that the nursery will produce more energy than it uses.
Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition to build the new Road and Bridge Museum, in collaboration with engineers Rambøll and contractors Hellerup Byg. The new museum will cover 500 m2 and is placed in Holbæk just outside Copenhagen and is due to open in 2011. The museum will perform registration, research and dissemination of the road and bridge construction history in Denmark.
Almere Costal Zone, a new town north of Amsterdam in Holland, is an ambitious sustainable masterplan which will transform the barren sand dunes to a lively new urban area. Bio diversity, urban variation and sustainability are the central elements. The Complete area is 1 km².
We have just won two framework agreements for CPH City & Port Development. The agreements include services for buildings and planning tasks. The two agreements run for four years.
We are part of an exhibition showcasing nine Danish architectural offices that specializes in responsible and sustainable architecture. The exhitbion is organized by the Danish House and the Danish Embassy in Paris, it is staged through a large installation consisting of no less than 2000 Parisian fruit boxes.
Christensen & Co Architects is to design a new Cruiseship terminal for the upcoming area in the Northern part of Copenhagen, in collaboration with CPH City & Port Development (By & Havn). Covering 1.1 km the terminal will transform the area, with the large cruiseships during season and an active urban space off- season.
Christensen & Co. Architects has been announced as winners of the competition for Green Lighthouse, a new CO2 neutral building for The University of Copenhagen.
Full house at Christensen & Co Architects’ housewarming to celebrate our two year anniversary and relocation to new premises. Thanks to all our clients, partners and friends for a good day and thanks for all the gifts.
Christensen & Co Architects has won the competition to develop a major new expansion of Stockholm University. The new campus is one of Sweden’s most important campus´s for research and education and it will include facilities for residence, research and a new subway station. The project is a collaboration with Swedish BSK architects.
Christensen & Co Architects has won an international tender for the design and construction of a biomedical research center in Stockholm. The project is 70,000 m2 and includes a total investment of more than 1 billion sek. The team also includes Landic Property.
Copenhagen Municipality has just approved Christensen & Co Architects’ project for a new tower, called Twister. Combining a new culture café at Amager Beach with residential apartments. The site has a unique location directly on the beach park with views of the sea and Copenhagen.
Christensen & Co Architects has won another prestigious international competition. A new university center in Stockholm covering approximately 60,000 m2. The new campus is designed as an ensemble of circular buildings giving the university a strong and distinctive visual profile, whilst also creating inspiring and dynamic learning environments with focus on interdisciplinary creativity.
Christensen & co Architects has been announched as the winner of the competition for an ambitious new building for the Royal Technical University in Stockholm. The visionary building will become an icon for synergy and collaboration at the university campus.
In May 2006 architect Michael Christensen started a new office: Christensen & Co. Architects (CCO). With the new office Michael realized his dream of establishing his own company, following a number of years as partner and creative director at Henning Larsen Architects.
