Henning Larsen Architects

Profile of Henning Larsen Architects

Business Name

Henning Larsen Architects

Location

Denmark, Saudi Arabia

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.henninglarsen.com

Henning Larsen

Mette Kynne Frandsen

Louis Becker

Peer Jeppesen

Lars Steffensen

Troels Troelsen

Principal(s)

Henning Larsen (1925), Mette Kynne Frandsen (1960), Louis Becker (1962), Peer Jeppesen (1956), Lars Steffensen (1959) and Troels Troelsen (1942)

Philosophy

Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture company with strong Scandinavian roots. With almost 50 years of experience, the company has developed a thorough insight into the dynamics of a building design and its interplay with the surroundings.

Henning Larsen Architects employs a total of 160 people representing 18 different countries. Combining their managerial skills within finance, sustainability and user knowledge, the company exploits a yearlong practical experience concerning the effect of shapes, colours, materials and daylight.

Situation and context play a major role in the company's work, and the projects are often carried out in cooperation with highly skilled international consultants sharing the common effort to bring forth the best possible quality to all parts of the design.

This value-based approach is key to the design of numerous buildings throughout the world - from complex masterplans to successful building icons.

Background

• Founded: 1959
• Offices: 2
• Design team: 70

Key projects

• Reykjavik Concert and Conference Center, Cultural Project, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2009
• Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall, Cultural Project, Uppsala, Sweden, 2007
• Opera in Copenhagen, Cultural Project, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004
• Massar, Children's Discovery Centre, Cultural Project, Damascus, Syria, 2010
• King Abdullah Financial District, Master plan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commercial Building, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984
• IT University, Educational Building, Oerestaden, Denmark, 2004
• JBC Ballsbridge, Mixed Use Development, Dublin, Ireland, 2013
• Ericusspitze - Spiegel, Commercial Building, Hamburg, Germany, 2010
• The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 2008

Key publications

• Global Danish Architecture #1, 2006 & #2, Housing, 2007
• 1001 Buildings you must see before you die, IT University of Copenhagen & Nordea Headquarters of Christiansbro, 2007
• Portrait of the Architect Henning Larsen (TV Publication), 2005
• Arkitektur DK 6/1996 Special Edition, Henning Larsen Architects, 1996
• Operaen pa Dokøen, The Danish Opera in Copenhagen, 2005
• Light and Life - Henning Larsen, The man and the architect, 2000
• Arkitekturens Værksteder (The workshops of Architecture), 1999
• Arkitekt Henning Larsen, His works, his career and his person, 1996
• SKALA - The Anthology, Selected architecture articles and interviews from 30 issues of the architecture magazine SKALA, 1994
• Ud af det bla (Out of the blue), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1986

Key awards

• Swedish Factory Concrete Association Award ("Svenske Fabriksbetonforenins pris"), Sweden, 2008
• The 2008 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award, IABSE, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
• Grand Community Building Award ("Stora Samhällsbyggarpriset"), Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
• Abercrombie Award: Best new building and The people of Plymouth award, University of Plymouth, 2007
• Leaf Award, 2005
• USITT Architecture Award, 2005
• Nepix Building Award, 2003
• The Kasper Salin Award, Sweden, 1997
• Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1989
• Nykredit Architecture Award, 1987