Henning Larsen Architects


Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees.
In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, Germany were inaugurated. The company also have offices in New York USA, Oslo, Norway, in the Faroe Islands, and in Hong Kong, China.
It is known for its cultural and educational projects. Among them Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavík that was selected as one of the ten best concert halls in the world by the British magazine Gramophone and won the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, the [European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.] It also designed the Copenhagen Opera.
It is part of the Ramboll Group.

Research and sustainability

The practice has employed PhD students from the Technical University of Denmark, who work with different projects related to sustainable design. The aim of the collaboration is to implement sustainability in the building design and building components at the very beginning of each project.
[Image:Hamburg.Ericus.Spiegel.ost.abends.wmt.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany ]
[Image:The Wave, Vejle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Wave in Vejle, Vejle, Denmark ]
Image:Roland Levinsky building.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Image:Kbh Opernhaus 05.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Image:It-university.jpg|thumb|right|200px|IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
[Image:Konserthuset Uppsala I.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Uppsala Concert Hall, Uppsala, Sweden ]

Selected projects

Culture

Government

  • Danish Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Uppsala Concert and Congress Center, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Viborg City Hall, Viborg, Denmark
  • Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre, Egedal Kommune, Henning Larsen
  • Middelfart City Hall and Town Centre, Middelfart, Danmark
  • Eystur Town Hall, Norðragøta, The Faroe Island
  • Minneapolis Public Service Building, Minneapolis, US

Education

Office

  • Nordea Headquarters Christiansbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Ferring International Centre, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany
  • Microsoft Domicile, Lyngby, Denmark
  • Siemens Headquarters, München, Germany
  • Nordea Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Jotun's Waterside Headquarters, Sandefjord, Norway
  • Jyllands-Posten Headquarters, Aarhus, Denmark

Residential

  • The Wave, Vejle, Denmark
Infrastructure

Sports and leisure

  • Hotel Alsik, Sønderborg, Denmark

Masterplans

In progress

  • Campus Aas, Aas, Norway
  • European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden
  • The Springs in Shanghai, Shanghai, China
  • Gdansk Imperial Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland  
  • Etobicoke Civic Center, Toronto, Canada
  • Uppsala Town Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Malmø City Courthouse, Malmø, Sweden
  • Gothenburg City Gate, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
  • Mission Rock Building G, San Francisco, California, USA
  • East Harbour Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Humlestaden, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Tibble 2.0, Täby, Sweden
  • Cockle Bay Park, Sydney, Australien
  • Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Zone, Shenzhen, China
  • Esbjerg Bypark, Esbjerg, Denmark
  • Vejlands Kvarter, Amager, Denmark
  • Norges Arktiske Universitetsmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
  • Nørr Saint Denis, Paris, France
  • Belfast Waterside, Sirocco Works, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Wolfsburg Connect, Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Seoul Valley, Seoul, South Korea

Awards

Exhibitions