Rural Danish town approves construction of Western Europe's tallest skyscraper

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“It’s hard to find anybody here who is opposed to the tower. Everybody thinks it’s a fantastic idea, and me too,” says Morten Dickmann, a reporter for the local newspaper. “The Danish news media tried hard to find someone opposed, but they couldn’t find anyone.”

Move over London—there's a new supertall tower (proposal) in town, and it is aiming to dwarf the current tallest building in Western Europe, Renzo Piano's The Shard.

Courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter/Bestseller.

The plan for this new mixed-use headquarters of fast-fashion company Bestseller was designed by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, but it won't go up in Copenhagen or Aarhus but in the tiny, rural town of Brande, population 7,000.

The project first made headlines in 2017 when the idea of a 320-meter skyscraper in the middle of the completely flat Jutland peninsula was introduced.

Denmark may soon have its own remotely located tall tower in new mixed-use HQ, designed by Dorte Mandrup

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Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter was appointed as advisor and architect for the new mixed-use headquarters of fashion company Bestseller in Brande, Denmark. Located in the company's hometown of Brande, the project will accommodate retail spaces for up to 30 shops, areas for offices, education, and public events, and even hotel facilities for traveling business guests.

Courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter.

But the centerpiece of the mixed-use will be a slender tower that Bestseller says will stand at over 200 meters tall. (Anyone else thinking about Morphosis' proposed 381-meter luxury hotel tower in Vals?) More architectural details about the tower are yet to be released. But with Dorte Mandrup's current renderings, the tower will surely stick out in the small railway town of Brande (Population: 7,065 as of 2014). The architects say the building will be Denmark's tallest tower, once built.

Courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter.

According to project leader Anders Krogh Vogdrup, the mixed-use pr...

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Rural Danish town approves construction of Western Europe's tallest skyscraper

Denmark may soon have its own remotely located tall tower in new mixed-use HQ, designed by Dorte Mandrup