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Henning Larsen releases free catalogs on sustainable design

2024-11-06T09:20:00-05:00

Henning Larsen has expanded its Unboxing Carbon initiative with the release of two open-source catalogs detailing the carbon emissions of building materials for architects and designers. Originally launched in 2021 as a carbon literacy course, “Unboxing Carbon” aims to address the construction industry’s need for climate action by providing practical knowledge on the environmental impact of materials.

The first catalog, focused on exterior materials, was released in 2022. The latest updated edition now includes an interior materials catalog, covering options like wallboards, tiles, countertops, and finishes. Meanwhile, the exterior catalog now includes roofing and insulation materials, with refreshed data reflecting current manufacturing and environmental standards.

Sundby School by Henning Larsen. Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshøj

The catalogs draw on data from over 1,000 participants in Henning Larsen’s workshops and include metrics like Global Warming Potential (GWP) from Environment...

Henning Larsen unveils design for new Jeddah Opera House in Saudi Arabia

2024-04-23T15:53:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has announced a new cultural project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Danish firm's plans for the new Jeddah Opera House entail a 1,500-seat opera, 750-seat theater, and 150-seat Rehearsal Hall to be constructed at a site that forms the new Opera Quarter and is included as part of the larger Jeddah Central master plan.

In concept, the scheme presents a cluster of buildings along a central spine adhering to the Red Sea shoreline. Glowing geometric volumes display an irregular rhythm created in their facade’s coral stone and wood exteriors and enlivened by Mashrabiyas and Roshans, all of which are vernacular elements and responsive to the Al-Balad area's architectural history and character. The listed square footage of the project is 344,400 (or 32,000 square meters).

Image: Vivid Vision courtesy of Henning Larsen

Louis Becker, the Global Design Principal for Henning Larsen, describes the work: "The tradition of theater grew out of public space and everyday life — the casual...

Henning Larsen plans new mixed-use civic center for Toronto

2024-04-18T13:33:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has debuted its plans for the Etobicoke Civic Centre (ECC) in Toronto, a mixed-use design within the city’s redeveloped Etobicoke Civic Centre Precinct that contains government offices and council chambers, child care center, library, public health clinic, recreation centre, and retail spaces aside a new 47,000-square-foot public square.

This project includes approximately 264,000 square feet of below-ground space and another 210,000 square feet of offices defined by a series of nine exponentially taller green-roofed buildings supported by a 300,000-square-foot podium.

Image rendering courtesy of Adamson Associates Architects, Henning Larsen and PMA Landscape Architects

The podium contains the majority of its public functions (an art gallery, healthcare component, the library, a fitness center, and multi-faith ceremony rooms). Adamson Associates and PMA Landscape Architects are also included in the design team. Construction for the project commenced this month with a c...

Henning Larsen’s ‘forest canopy-like’ World of Volvo opens in Sweden

2024-04-16T11:52:00-04:00

The Henning Larsen-designed World of Volvo has opened in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Housed under an expressive timber canopy, the 237,000-square-foot building will serve as an experience center for the car brand Volvo, designed around “Scandinavian values of freedom of movement, access to nature, and openness and inclusion.”

Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj

The main timber structure is formed of glulam and cross-laminated timber, designed as three tree-trunk-like columns that fan out to carry the entire load of the roof while “enveloping visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy.” The center’s round structure is intended to encourage visitors to create their own journeys through the building’s interior and exterior.

Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj

Inside, a series of spaces are contained to host cultural events, talks, and conferences, accommodating up to 1,100 people. Anchoring the structure is a 485,000-square-foot exhibition space...

Henning Larsen debuts Open Detail, a digital biomaterials resource for architects

2024-03-21T18:34:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has unveiled a new tool for designers that allows them access to a database of biogenic materials examples taken from around the world.

The firm debuted its new Open Detail resource at the AEC Hackathon in Copenhagen. Together with collaborators Copenhagen School of Design and Technology (KEA), Ramboll, Speckle, and Chevrant, the entry took home first place for the 'Best Mashup Project' at the Hackathon.

Now, their aim is to "foster a shift towards low-carbon architecture" by making such "tangible" biogenic design solutions more easily accessible to the public and practitioners as an open-source repository and knowledge-sharing platform.

The searchable Open Detail will allow users to contribute and download material details in either 2D or 3D format once actualized. Henning Larsen says this is "only the beginning" for Open Detail, adding that the project's off...

Harvard's new Enterprise Research Campus breaks ground in Boston

2023-11-14T18:59:00-05:00

A master plan project at Harvard University from Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, SCAPE, and Utile has begun construction in the Boston neighborhood of Allston.

The 36-acre Enterprise Research Campus (or ERC) will coalesce an area across the Charles River from the Ivy League campus into a new multi-use innovation district with designs from MVRDV, Moody Nolan, and Marlon Blackwell, in addition to the university's first above-ground mass timber structures from Studio Gang.

Once complete, its initial two phases will entail 14 acres of redeveloped land reserved for offices, labs, conference center, hotel, residential component, and open green space.

Image courtesy SCAPE

The effort was inaugurated in 2018 in the interest of creating a "gateway to a collaborative community," which is Boston's well-known consortium of knowledge industries.

Studio Gang founding principal and partner, Jeanne Gang, said her team’s plan has "provided a framework for a vibrant and inclusive public realm that bring...

Henning Larsen designs Europe's largest mass timber logistics center for Bestseller

2023-10-26T17:39:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has revealed designs for a new mass timber logistics center project in Lelystad on Flevopolder Island, the Netherlands.

The project includes a restaurant with roof garden and terrace for employees and boasts several sustainable credentials, including the retention of 40% of the 70-acre total site for landscaping and wildlife habitats. Another 10% increase in its overall biodiversity will also be achieved through its realization. The firm says its construction is driven by circular economy principles and the desire to create a fairer working environment tied to reduced emissions.

Image courtesy Henning Larsen

For the design of Logistic Center West (LCW), Henning Larsen proposes constructing a wetlands network that wraps the site, supported by a high-tech irrigation system that also aids in flood mitigation and rainwater harvesting while preventing off-site contamination from commercial activities. The large 1.66 million-square-foot logistics hub is topped by a 331,022-s...

‘World’s largest wooden city’ designed by Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter in Stockholm

2023-06-26T11:13:00-04:00

Plans have been unveiled for the reportedly “world’s largest urban construction project in wood” in the Swedish capital. Named Stockholm Wood City, and designed by Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter, the scheme will extend over 2.7 million square feet across several buildings.

Image credit: Atrium Ljungberg / Henning Larsen

The development will hold 7,000 office spaces and 2,000 homes through what the team calls a “vibrant urban environment with a mix of workplaces, housing, restaurants, and shops.” Spurred by the European Union’s wider European Bauhaus environmental movement, the team believes the prevalence of timber in the development will improve air quality, reduce stress, and increase productivity among users.

Image credit: Atrium Ljungberg/White Arkitekter

"This is not only an important step for us as a company but a historic milestone for Swedish innovation capability," says Annica Ånäs, CEO of the project’s developers, Atrium Ljungberg. "Stockholm Wood City manifests our fut...

Henning Larsen details computational design process behind mass timber 'World of Volvo' center

2023-05-02T17:30:00-04:00

Henning Larsen and Volvo are working on the design of a new consumer-facing experience center called The World of Volvo ahead of its debut early next year in the automaker’s hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Henning Larsen computational designer Leonardo Castaman recently explained on LinkedIn some details related to the project team’s seven-step process using the Kangaroo and Galapagos plugins on Grasshopper to create the wooden superstructure of the 236,800-square-foot building.

The design incorporates computer-fabricated glulam beams and columns with locally-sourced CLT floor slabs. The materials were selected to promote a circular economy in line with the philosophical notion of “Allemansrätten,” a Swedish concept that essentially translates to “leave nothing behind.”

Image courtesy Henning Larsen via LinkedIn

Castaman describes his workflow on the project as follows:

First, the plane...

Henning Larsen's latest K-12 design provides a lesson in bio-based construction

2023-03-08T12:34:00-05:00

Henning Larsen has released details of its newest K-12 project in the Danish village of Rønde.

The project worked to add an ultragreen extension to the village’s existing Feldballe School that offers carbon sequestering while incorporating plans for its future disassembly and reuse as components in other constructions.

Photography by Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST

Using straw, seagrass, and locally-sourced timber as its base palette of materials, the design will eventually have a carbon output equivalent to -3kg of CO2e per square meter per year following Danish standards.

Photography by Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST

A passive ventilation system helps to further reduce the consumption of energy on a daily basis. Solar panels have been installed on the timber roof, adding a further capacity for carbon independence. Compressed straw panels contained by wooden cassettes form the exterior of the walls, which are then completed with a clay plaster support coatin...

Revived Toronto Quayside master plan is making headway

2023-02-03T17:16:00-05:00

A clearer vision is emerging for the futuristic Quayside project planned to transform a stretch of Toronto's waterfront, one that is shaping up to be one of the most architecturally-distinct pockets of development in the entire country.

Following over two years since the cancelation of the Sidewalk Labs plan to develop Toronto’s Quayside, a new approach to bring a mixed-use community to the lakefront site is being led by public entities Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto, PortsToronto, and private landowners. This past December, Waterfront Toronto’s Board of Directors approved an agreement with development partners Great Gulf Group and Dream Unlimited. The development is set to feature buildings designed by the likes of Adjaye Associates, Alison Brooks Architects, and Henning Larsen.

A recently-presented master plan update highlights new details about upcoming features at the site, including information on the Adjaye Associates-designed Timber House, the Alison Brooks Architects-designed Western Curve, and the Overstorey by Henning Larsen. The development will feature residential spaces, including affordable housing, retail, food, and cultural offerings. The master plan also aims to achieve near-zero greenhous...

Henning Larsen unveils its new design for a 'modern monument' in Copenhagen

2022-10-07T12:34:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has announced their recent commission to design a new church in Copenhagen — the Danish capital’s first in over 30 years.

Set amongst a clearing of trees in a forested area, the Ørestad Church is designed to be a communal gathering nexus that "offers solace" to parishioners and is "untouched by the bustle of the city," according to Global Design Director Jacob Kurek.

Rendering by VividVision. Courtesy of Henning Larsen.

Made of wood and wood shingle, the 18,837-square-foot (1,750-square-meter) church is said to reflect the open landscape and expressive architecture found in Ørestad.

A linear arrangement of clustered volumes aims to reference the treeline of a forest when approached from the adjacent Amager Fælled, a nature reserve in Copenhagen.

Image courtesy Henning Larsen.

Rendering by VividVision. Courtesy of Henning Larsen.

The design's inverted facade creates an "urban shelf" activated by seating niches, gaming areas, and a book exchange that was included as the...

Henning Larsen unveils new mass timber 'World of Volvo' center in Gothenburg

2022-05-03T12:58:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has revealed their design for a new experience center called World of Volvo in the Swedish automaker’s hometown of Gothenburg.

Touting a “deep connection” to the design heritage and rich natural landscape of Scandinavia, the massive 236,800-square-foot new facility offers itself as the combined home of Volvo Group and Volvo Cars and will function as the host for a slate of events, including exhibitions, talks, conferences, and music as well as dining and retail, according to Volvo’s CEO Magnus Wrahme.

Visualization by Kvant-1

Henning Larsen’s design is based on the Swedish concept of “Allemansrätten,” a kind of folkway that endorses individual free movement and a delicate consideration for their place in nature similar to the American environmentalist idum “leave no trace.”

Visualization by Kvant-1

Its circular form expresses an empathy towards these two interconnected tenets and is composed of computer-fabricated glulam timber reinforced by internal metal connectors w...

OMA and Buro Happold reveal new video of modular hospital prototype

2022-04-12T09:00:00-04:00

One of the most promising recent healthcare infrastructure concepts has engendered an offshoot project that looks to expand on its original framework design.

As a product of the research done for their collaboration on the Al Daayan Health District Master Plan in Doha, OMA and Buro Happold have created a prototype for a low-rise hospital structure commissioned by the Hamad Medical Corporation.

Previously on Archinect: OMA and Buro Happold reveal designs for the Al Daayan Health District in Doha

Image © HMC

The prototype appears to consist of similar two-story-high modular units that can be adapted and reconfigured to allow for maximal variation and minimal costs. Scalable, self-sufficient, and built using a considerable amount of 3D printing technology, the design is a sustainable refresh to the important typology and hopes to see further use in other climates once the Qatari concept catches on.

Image © HMC

“Medical technology is advancing exponentially, leaving hospitals to...

Toronto’s Quayside is back with projects by Adjaye Associates, Alison Brooks, and Henning Larsen

2022-02-17T10:07:00-05:00

Toronto’s Quayside project is back online, almost two years after Sidewalk Labs’ plans to develop the site were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new development will instead be delivered by a consortium led by developers Dream Unlimited and Great Gulf Group, featuring buildings by Adjaye Associates, Alison Brooks Architects, and Henning Larsen.

Quayside Aerial - Full view of proposed development. Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto

The 12-acre (4.9 hectare) site will contain five towers, as well as one of Canada’s largest residential mass timber buildings. Over 800 affordable housing units will be contained in the scheme, with an emphasis on family-sized units. The team behind the development also claim the project to be “Canada’s first all-electric” masterplan.

A rendering of the Western Curve Building. Architect: Alison Brooks Architect. Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

New buildings along the waterfront site will include the Western Curve Building by Alison Bro...

New Henning Larsen and Fabel Arkitekter-designed veterinary building, Norway's largest university building, has opened in Oslo

2022-01-27T16:52:00-05:00

The new Veterinary Building at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences at Campus Ås has officially opened in Oslo, Norway. It is the largest overall development in the university and college sector in Norway ever.

The project was developed for government real estate manager Statsbygg in cooperation with Henning Larsen, Fabel Arkitekter, Multiconsult, Link Arkitektur, and Erichsen + Horgen. It is one of the largest and most complex construction projects ever undertaken in Norway. The 63,000-square-meter (678,000-square-foot) structure is divided into eight distinct but linked buildings, uniting previously disparate resources.

The Norwegian government has set out to become one of the leading nations in education and research in biosafety and the spread of infectious diseases. This project was designed to fulfill this ambition. The facility houses biomedical research laboratories and academic facilities, split amongst the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norwegian Veterinary...

Henning Larsen unveils a new campus center for the MCI in Austria

2021-12-15T17:01:00-05:00

Promising “a view of the Alps from every window,” Henning Larsen has unveiled new designs for a university building in Austria that will unite the diffuse Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) campus in a world-class learning environment, according to the architects.

Promoted as a standard-bearer for “openness, identity, communication, and design excellence”, the 35,000-square-meter (377,000-square-foot) building is located on the edge of the city center and was commended by the selection committee as an “ideal urban development of the new campus as a lighthouse project between the historic Hofgarten, the University of Social Sciences, and the new security center.”

Visualization by Sora courtesy Henning Larsen

MCI has been steadily growing since first being established in 1995. A byproduct of that growth has meant that the university’s facilities are now spread out across the city in a number of different areas of Innsbruck. Henning Larsen has thus leveraged its six decades of experience...

Henning Larsen unveils its second mass timber project for Copenhagen

2021-11-29T12:04:00-05:00

As part of the firm’s continued experimentation with the increasingly popular building method in its hometown, Henning Larsen and Ramboll have unveiled a new design for what will eventually become Copenhagen’s largest mass timber structure.

The new Marmormolen area development scheme follows up on a previous design for a 7,000-person neighborhood called Fælledby that was announced last year.

Image courtesy Henning Larsen © Sora

A closer look at the new plan reveals a staggered-volume building surrounded by similar greenery and connected by a series of green rooftops that express the communion with nature seen in the previous development.

Each volume delineates the use of that particular part of the structure. The eight-story volume is home to the Danish AP pension fund, while the remaining three-story portions offer retail amenities as well as housing for residents overlooking the waterfront in Nordhavn.

Image courtesy Henning Larsen © Sora

The new building presents an exciting expan...

Henning Larsen's first London project bets big on the future of work in a changing city

2021-06-08T13:11:00-04:00

Henning Larsen is making its first foray into London with a mix-used project a few short steps from Buckingham Palace.

The new building will sit atop a reimagined foyer space tying the 470,000 square foot office development to a market, full-service gym, garden terrace and retail establishments through a web of interconnected bicycling and pedestrian tracks that the three-firm team hopes will turn 105 Victoria into a vital public square in the heart of the West End by the end of the decade.

Renders by DBOX.

With a hand from KPF and Adamson Associates, Henning Larsen were able to put forth a bold design that actively seeks to improve the work-life balance of the building’s workers through the many amenities available on-site in a full rejection of the exodus from cities prognosticators have forecasted as the start of the pandemic gave rise to a remote work revolution.

Renders by DBOX.

“Our ambition for the project is to create an active urban destination in the heart of London, a pocke...

Henning Larsen unveils masterplan for new city district in Wolfsburg, Germany

2020-11-04T16:01:00-05:00

Henning Larsen has unveiled designs for Wolfburg's Nordkopf district, called Wolfsburg Connect. The 13.6 hectare masterplan creates a prototype for "small-scale urbanism."

"We are designing an inclusive city on human terms – an approach that means putting emphasis on social life and accessibility," said Louis Becker, Henning Larsen Design Principal in a statement. "Together with Volkswagen, there is the opportunity to create a city that is the testing ground for the most cutting edge mobility technology in the world – but what underpins the design is the goal to create a place that people want to be in and stay in."

The new masterplan will be located in the center of Wolfsburg on long triangular site which includes Wolfsburg Hauptbanhof and an existing bus station, both of which will be expanded. This will become a mobility hub that links people within the city and across the region through various options including bus, taxi, city bicycles, and walking paths.

The plan incorporates...

Henning Larsen, Snøhetta, and Studio Gang unveil concepts for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

2020-08-22T13:20:00-04:00

In the final phases of the design competition for the design of the anticipated Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, the Foundation of the same name has selected three finalists: Henning Larsen, Snøhetta, and Studio Gang. The top three were chosen from amongst 12 other practices that responded to the RFQ made public by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation.

Studio Gang's concept. Image courtesy of Studio Gang.

The project will reside in the the North Dakotan Badlands where Roosevelt first set out to following the death of his wife and mother. The Badlands is where a young Roosevelt found refuge and healing, pursuing what he later called the "strenuous life." The mission of the library is "to explore Theodore Roosevelt's life, legacy, and enduring relevance." The submissions by each of the three finalists uniquely capture this lasting legacy.

Image courtesy of Henning Larsen. See our in-depth of Henning Larsen's concept here.

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Henning Larsen unveils design for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

2020-08-22T13:20:00-04:00

Henning Larsen with Nelson Byrd Woltz have unveiled their design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The design team is one of the three finalists for a competition held by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. the other two finalists include Snøhetta and Studio Gang.

Located in the rich landscapes of the North Dakotan Badlands, Henning Larsen's design takes its inspiration from its environment. "There is a unique and awe-inspiring beauty to everything about the Badlands that you simply cannot experience anywhere else," said Michael Sørensen, design lead and Partner at Henning Larsen in a statement. "The landscape only fully unfolds once you are already within it; once you are, the hills, buttes, fields, and streams stretch as far as you can see."

The building is comprised of four volumes that each shape a formal reference to the geography of the Badlands. The focal point of the collection of structures is the Legacy Beacon, a tower that becomes a visi...

Studio Gang and OLIN release design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

2020-08-22T13:20:00-04:00

Studio Gang and OLIN's Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is conceived as a basecamp that is embedded in the North Dakota Badlands. The concept is one of three selections by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation as a part of its design competition for a Library celebrating the life and legacy of one of the country's most remarkable presidents. The other two finalists include Snøhetta and Henning Larsen.

"Our design is inspired by T.R.’s dual love of learning and the outdoors," said Jeanne Gang, Founding Principal at Studio Gang. "As the first Presidential Library attached to a National Park, the project is poised to foster greater understanding, environmental stewardship, and healing in one of North America’s most incredible natural places. Intimately connected with the ecology of the North Dakota Badlands, Basecamp will at once draw people inward for intellectual exchange and direct them outward for physical exploration, allowing them to discover new connectio...

Henning Larsen, Studio Gang, and Snøhetta shortlisted for Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota

2020-05-20T17:29:00-04:00

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation has named Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and Snøhetta as the finalists for a forthcoming $100 million research and interpretive center dedicated to the nation's 26th president.

Slated for a 60-acre site located in the Badlands of North Dakota, the forthcoming library complex was initiated by the state's legislature in 2019 and fundraising is currently underway to help push the project into design and construction, The Bismarck Tribune reports.

Regarding the project, Michael Sørensen, Partner and director of Henning Larsen’s New York office writes, “We’re deeply honored to be part of this historic opportunity and are looking forward to immersing ourselves in the majesty of the Badlands,” adding, “For us, the architecture and the landscape must embody the spirit of the Badlands, the spirit and sanctity of place – now, tomorrow and for generations to come." The Henning Larsen team includes landscape architects Nelson Byrd Woltz Lan...

Henning Larsen wins Tower competition in Sydney for commission of Cockle Bay Park

2020-03-19T16:02:00-04:00

Global architecture firm Henning Larsen's concept has been selected as the winning design in the international competition for the redevelopment of Cockle Bay Park in central Sydney. Coming in at 73,000 square meters, the project includes 63,000 square meters of tower program that sits upon a 10,000 square meter public plinth.

“We are incredibly proud to have won this important design competition in the heart of Sydney and excited by the opportunity to design a destination that is distinctly human-scaled while also offering world-class retail, office, and public space." said Henning Larsen Partner Viggo Haremst in a statement. "Sydney is unique in how it entwines a friendly, local community atmosphere within a cosmopolitan city – we see Cockle Bay Park as an opportunity to reflect this and to emphasize the best of what Sydney can be."

The lower level program consists of dynamic retail spaces that weaves through an expansive public park that drapes from the main level down to the wat...

MVRDV, Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, WORKac, and SCAPE design a new neighborhood for San Francisco

2019-10-17T16:30:00-04:00

A new neighborhood is coming to San Francisco's southern edge, where developers Tishman Speyer, the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and the Port of San Francisco are collaborating with a team of architects on a new 28-acre master plan for an existing surface parking lot and an underutilized waterfront.

For the masterplan, dubbed "Mission Rock," Studio Gang, MVRDV, Henning Larsen, and WORKac have come together as design architects to craft an approach that will bring a series of mid- and high-rise mixed-use buildings to the vacant site. Landscape architects SCAPE, Miller Company, and Min Design are providing landscape architecture services, including the redesign of a 5-acre waterfront park.

View of MVRDV's pixelated tower. Image courtesy of Binyan Studios.

Phase one of the project includes a 540-unit tower designed by MVRDV, in collaboration with Perry Architects, that will contain 550,000 square feet of retail uses spread out within a pair of shorter commercial buildings. The ...

Henning Larsen completes crystalline Opera in Hangzhou, China

2019-07-15T14:40:00-04:00

Henning Larsen has completed work on a new 750,000-square-foot opera house and cultural center in Hangzhou, China.

The opera-in-the-park-style complex is wrapped by a fractured metal panel and glass facade designed to reference the cracked ice that forms during the winter months along the surface of a lake adjacent to the complex. The opera is filled with a collection of performance and exhibition spaces, including a 1,400-seat concert hall with raked seating and a 500-seat black-box performance venue.

View of the new opera house at dusk. Image courtesy of Philippe Rualt.

In section, the complex is arranged as a trio of canted volumes organized on either side of a central elevated plaza. The plaza is designed to hold up to 10,000 people and can be used even when the multi-functional cultural center is closed down, according to a project press release. The arrangement is meant to allow the building to "dissolve into the city" while also allowing the complex to act as a large public ...

After 11 years, Henning Larsen's award-winning the Wave project finally completes

2018-12-27T14:26:00-05:00

After eleven years of construction, Henning Larsen's undulating apartment complex in Vejle, Denmark has finally completed. Interrupted in 2008 when the project was put on hold in the wake of the global financial crisis, the Wave apartment building has already won numerous awards—including an ABB LEAF Award for innovative architecture in 2012 and the prestigious Civic Trust Award in 2013—long before its realization.

Photo Credit: Jacob Due

The distinctive residential building features five iconic crest-shaped towers, inspired by the waters of Vejle Fjord and the surrounding rolling hills, which are a unique sight in Denmark's otherwise fairly flat landscape. “There is only one place in the world where this building can be, and that is at the harbor front in Vejle," says architect Søren Øllgaard, Partner and Design Director at Henning Larsen.

The first two towers, each hosting 20 apartments, were completed in 2008, with the three remaining resuming in 2015 and ju...

Henning Larsen Foundation launches Architecture and Film Competition

2014-10-09T15:32:00-04:00

The Henning Larsen Foundation just launched their international Architecture + Film Competition, which aims to revive the use of architecture on film and garner new innovation in the unique genre. Based on the similarities between architecture and film, the competition focuses on the experience of architectural space over time.

Entrants must create a film sequence of 1-5 minutes that animates architecture by embracing time as the primary dimension. Submissions can be uploaded starting Feb. 1, 2015 until the deadline on March 12. Competition results will be announced on the foundation's website on August 20.

Evaluation committee:

Troels Troelsen, Architect, Chairman, Henning Larsen Foundation
Christian Braad Thomsen, Film Instructor and Author
Bente Scavenius, Master of Arts and Board Member, Henning Larsen Foundation
Peter Møller Rasmussen, Architect, Head of Programming, Copenhagen Architecture X Film Festival
Jette Lehmann, Production Designer
Vinca Wiedemann, Principal, The National Film School of Denmark (Alternate)

For full competitions details, head over to Bustler.

For more about architectural film on Archinect, check out our Cutting Room feature series and other related posts here.

Henning Larsen Dies at 87

2013-06-24T12:48:00-04:00

Iconic Danish architect Henning Larsen died in his sleep in his home in Copenhagen on Saturday, June 22, 2013. Henning Larsen was 87 years old.

His firm Henning Larsen Architects issued following statement:

In 1959, Henning Larsen founded his own architecture studio, and he was active for more than 50 years. Henning Larsen’s life work counts a number of significant building works in Denmark and abroad. He was often described as a “master of the light”. From 1968 to 1995, he was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen.

↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia, 1984)

Henning Larsen’s significance for architecture goes far beyond his own projects. He has inspired generations of Danish and international architects with initiatives such as the architectural journal Skala, which he published for more than 10 years. His unique approach to architecture, combining a sharp artistic and analytical eye, allowed him to ...