Henning Larsen Architects facts for kids
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Location | Copenhagen |
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| Awards | 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture |
Henning Larsen Architects is a famous international company that designs buildings. It started in 1959 in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a person named Henning Larsen. Today, about 750 people work there.
This company has offices all over the world. You can find them in places like Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Munich, Germany, New York, USA, Oslo, Norway, the Faroe Islands, and Hong Kong, China.
They are well-known for creating amazing buildings for culture and education. One of their most famous designs is the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. A British magazine called Gramophone chose it as one of the top ten concert halls in the world. Harpa also won a big award called the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2013. Henning Larsen Architects also designed the Copenhagen Opera. The company is part of the Ramboll Group.
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Designing Buildings for a Better Future
Henning Larsen Architects works hard to make buildings that are good for the planet. They often work with smart students who are studying for their PhDs from the Technical University of Denmark. These students help the company find ways to make buildings more sustainable. This means they try to use less energy and fewer resources. Their goal is to include sustainable ideas right from the very start of each building project.
Amazing Awards for Their Designs
Henning Larsen Architects has won many awards for their fantastic building designs. Here are some of them:
- 1989: They won the Aga Khan Award for designing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh.
- 2008: The Roland Levinsky Building won a RIBA Award.
- 2010: Their residential building, The Wave, won a LEAF Award.
- 2012: The Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre received a Civic Trust Award.
- 2013: Harpa won two more big awards: the Architizer A+ Award and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
- 2015: The amazing Moesgaard Museum won a Civic Trust Award and The International Architecture Award.
- 2016: Their design for SDU Campus Kolding won a Green Good Design Award.
Exhibitions
- 1999: Their work was shown in an exhibition called "The Architect's Studio" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.
See also
In Spanish: Henning Larsen Architects para niños
- Architecture of Denmark
- List of Danish architectural firms
