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Mandrup in 2015
Born	(1961-07-26) 26 July 1961 (age 64)
Occupation	Architect

Practice	Dorte Mandrup A/S

Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen, born on July 28, 1961, is a famous Danish architect. She is the founder and creative director of her own architecture company, Dorte Mandrup A/S. Her company is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has designed many buildings that are known around the world.

Dorte Mandrup's work is special because her designs are very strong and new. She uses interesting shapes and materials. She also thinks carefully about how her buildings will fit into their surroundings.

Some of her well-known projects include the Wadden Sea Centre on the Danish coast. She also designed the Icefjord Centre in Ilulissat in Greenland. Another big project is a new building complex for the Danish clothing company Bestseller in Brande. This project includes a very tall tower, which is now Denmark's tallest building.

In 2017, Dorte Mandrup wrote an article called "I am not a female architect. I am an architect." in Dezeen. In this article, she talked about how gender is seen in the world of architecture. She also won the Berlin Art Prize for architecture in 2019.

Mandrup is a member of the board for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. She also helps the Historic Buildings Council. In 2022, Dorte Mandrup was a judge for The Daylight Award.

Biography
Selected Buildings
- Completed Projects
Awards and Honors
Gallery
See also

Biography

Dorte Mandrup finished her studies at the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1991. From 1991 to 1992, she studied art in the United States. She learned about sculpture and ceramics at the G.S.C Art Department at Rowan University. After that, she worked for Henning Larsen Architects for a few years.

In 1995, she started a company called Fuglsang & Mandrup-Poulsen with Niels Fuglsang. This company later split up in 1999. On June 30, 1999, Mandrup started her current company, Dorte Mandrup A/S. Her company is located in Copenhagen.

In April 2019, Dorte Mandrup led the group of judges for a big architecture award. This was the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

On November 1, 2019, Mandrup won a competition to design a new attraction. This attraction is on the Norwegian island of Andøya, far north of the Arctic Circle. Her design looks like a whale. Visitors can climb on it to see the sea, mountains, and the Northern Lights.

Selected Buildings

Completed Projects

Hangar H (renovation), Holmen, Copenhagen (2001 and 2011)
Holmbladsgade Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (2001)
Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005)
Jægersborg Water Tower conversion, Gentofte, Denmark (2005)
Prismen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006)
Reading Nest, Asserbo, Denmark (2008)
Youth Recreation and Culture Centre in Gersonsvej, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)
St. Nicolai Cultural Centre, Kolding, Denmark (2008)
Bordings Independent School extension, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Community centre Herstedlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Lange Eng Cohousing Community, Albertslund, Denmark (2009)
Munkegaard School extension, Gentofte, Denmark (2009)
Råå Förskola, Sweden (2013)
Ama'r Children's Culture House, Copenhagen, Denmark (2014)
Valencia Building, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)
Ikea Hubhult, Malmö, Sweden (2015)
Sundbyøster Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)
Sallingtårnet, Aarhus, Denmark (2015)
The Wadden Sea Centre, Denmark (2017)
IKEA Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2019)
Icefiord Centre, Greenland (2016)
Bestseller Tower, Brande, Denmark (completed after 2019)

Awards and Honors

2003 Dreyer Honorary Award
2007 Nykredit Architecture Prize
2014 WAN Education Award for Ama'r Children's Culture House
2015 WAN Mixed-Use Award for Sundbyøster Hall
2016 Träpriset for Råå Day Care Center
2016 Gröna Lansen - 2015, IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden
2016 WAN Metal in Architecture Award 2016, Salling Tower
2016 Honorary Award, Danish National Bank Jubilee Fund
2017 Green Good Design Award, The Chicago Athenaeum
2017 The Art, Design and Architecture Award of the Year
2017 ”Byggeri” – Magazine, Building of the Year, Wadden Sea Centre
2017 City of Esbjerg’s City-Fund Award 2017, Wadden Sea Centre
2017 Breeam Building of the year of Sweden Green Building Awards 2017, IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden
2019 Berlin Art Prize of architecture division