Henning Larsen Architects
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| Partners |
Mette Kynne Frandsen (CEO) Louis Becker Werner Frosch Viggo Haremst Signe Kongebro Jacob Kurek Kasper Kyndesen Nina La Cour Sell Ingela Larsson Sarah Müllertz Gudiksen Lars Steffensen Jakob Strømann-Andersen Michael Sørensen Peer Teglgaard Jeppesen Søren Øllgaard Osbjørn Jacobsen (Faroe Islands) Claude Bøjer Godefroy (Hong Kong) Elva Tang (Hong Kong) Aljohara Al-Saud (Riyadh) |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Location | Copenhagen |
| Buildings |
Minestry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh Moesgaard Museum |
| Awards | 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture |
Minestry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh
Copenhagen Opera House
The Roland Levinsky Building
Harpa
Spiegel Headquarters
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by noted Danish architect and namesake Henning Larsen, it has around 300 employees. In 2011 the company worked on projects in more than 20 countries.
In 2008 Henning Larsen Architects opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011 an office in Munich, Germany were inaugurated. The company also have offices in Oslo, Norway, in the Faroe Islands, and in Hong Kong, China.
Henning Larsen Architects is known for their 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, which is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Henning Larsen Architects also designed the Copenhagen Opera.
After having worked both for Arne Jacobsen (1952–53) and Jørn Utzon (1958), Henning Larsen (1925-2013) founded Henning Larsens Tegnestue in 1959. With firm roots in Scandinavian design tradition, the office grew to one of the largest in Denmark. The first major project outside Scandinavia was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, establishing the firm's international reputation.
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