Henning Larsen

13/03/2024

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07/02/2023

Thank you to each and everyone who stopped by for the Friday opening of our exhibition at Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin, and a special thanks to Dr Kristin Feireiss of Aedes Architecture Forum and Katharina Benjamin, Co-founder of Kontextur, for your inspirational words.

Titled ‘Changing Our Footprint’, the exhibition – running until Wednesday 22nd March – is designed to start a dialogue about the future of the construction industry and its outsized impact on the planet.

Read more: https://fal.cn/3vGbk

The exhibition is open until Wednesday 22nd March 2023 at Aedes Architecture Forum.

04/07/2022

We can't get enough of the progress at the World of Volvo construction site, where the circular form of the structure is rapidly starting to take shape.

Read more about World of Volvo: https://hnglr.sn/37Z63Sn

World of Volvo is done in collaboration Volvo Group, Volvo Cars, BRA Group, Nordström Kelly Arkitekter, WIEHAG GmbH, Lindner Skandinavia AB, Optima Engineering AB, BRA Teknik and BRA Mark.

Architecture, landscape architecture and interior design by Henning Larsen.

Image courtesy of Optima Engineering AB

17/06/2022

I dag indvies Salling Roofgarden i Aarhus, der forlænger den populære Rooftop med 1.400m2, dedikeret til afslapning og samvær under åben himmel. 30 meter over det myldrende strøg, kaster de besøgende for første gang i dag blikket på den frodige Roofgarden, der for fremtiden skal give Aarhus et æstetisk frirum til fordybelse i naturomgivelser.

Gæster bliver mødt af solkroge, himmelgynger og en udkigsplatform med panoramaudsigt over Smilets By. Den nye byhave skal fungere som et åndehul i hjertet af Aarhus, hvor beplantning og grønne opholdsarealer skal løfte biodiversiteten.

Ved at dække taghaven med vegetation bidrages der til at lokale planter og dyreliv får et habitat midt i byen, og dermed bliver Salling Roofgarden en del af den grønne omstilling, som Aarhus er i gang med.

Salling Roofgarden er lavet i samarbejde med Salling Group and Salling Fondene, A. Enggaard A/S og Ramboll. Kunstværk af Jeppe Hein.

Fotos af Per Damgaard-Sørensen

05/06/2022

There's no planet B. We only have one Earth. 🌍

Today is and it's a good opportunity to reflect on the transformative action that is required by governments, cities, businesses, and civil society to combat climate change and restore our planet to a state that can endure the many generations to come.

Get inspired by Lucas Ziegler, Katie Heywood, Ashkan Rezaee, Yalda Pilehchian and Maren Hersleth Holsen and learn how they all stand up for sustainability in their work across architecture, urbanism and landscape architecture every day: https://hnglr.sn/39bGP3P



Photo of the World Park in Oslo by Werner Anderson

June 5 is World Environment Day and reminds us of the transformative action that is required by governments, cities, businesses, and civil society to combat climate change and restore our planet to a state that can endure the many generations to come. We only have one Earth. There is no planet B....

18/05/2022

We are proud to unveil our vision for the Prague Vltava Philharmonic Hall.

Wrapped in recycled glass and with a hybrid wood structure, we envisioned a future-proof cultural hub for the city of Prague.

A huge congratulations to the entire team with BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group who were announced as the winners of the competition last night.

And an even bigger thank you to all of our collaborators: local architect CMC Architects, Buro Happold, dUCKS scéno, Nagata Acoustics, and RLB.

Read more and scroll through the full proposal.

https://hnglr.sn/3NoDvRg

Visualizations by KVANT-1

06/05/2022

How do we create a basis for well-working neighborhoods? And can we improve community cohesion in existing neighbourhoods?

To examine these questions, we've teamed up with students from the The Royal Academy School of Architecture and Massachusetts Institute of Technology UIA 2023 World Congress in Copenhagen.

"...living is a universal thing, but the way we live and use our neighborhood varies from place to place. We are excited to work with the students to gain more knowledge on how we can strengthen the social connection and the advantages of living in the city,” says Ofri Earon, Head of Living at Henning Larsen.

Together with the students we will work on the project titled ‘Re-neighbouring’ until summer 2023, and the projects will be shown in a street exhibition during the congress.

Read more: https://hnglr.sn/3vL8vVM

Re-neighbouring is supported by Rambøll Fonden and Bevica Fonden.

How do we create a basis for well-working neighborhoods? And can we offer the existing neighborhoods a stronger social cohesion? To examine these questions, we are collaborating with students from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture and students from Massachusetts In...

02/05/2022

With its timber structure already underway, we're incredibly happy to disclose the full design for World of Volvo!

Totalling 22,000 m²/236,805 ft², World of Volvo will unite the brands of Volvo Group and Volvo Cars in a new experience center in Gothenburg, sharing the history, tradition, and future of the famed Swedish brand.

World of Volvo is designed around the Swedish concept of “Allemansrätten”, denoting the fundamental right that all citizens share to nature: the right to roam freely on any piece of land regardless of ownership, showing consideration for nature and for others.

The circular form of World of Volvo, encompassing both care of nature and consideration for people, encourages visitors to make their own experience both inside and outside.

“Our goal was to give form to something very essential to the Swedish spirit. World of Volvo’s circular form, the timber materiality, its integration with the landscape, and, fundamentally, its openness – these things are all parts of a core collective identity,” says Martin Stenberg Ringnér, Associate Design Director, Sweden.

The project is expected to be completed in late 2023 and open to visitors in 2024.

See the full design: https://hnglr.sn/375Vblt

Henning Larsen takes on the role as lead design and landscape architect as well as providing interior design services.

The full team consists of BRA Group Bygg, Nordström Kelly Arkitekter, WIEHAG GmbH, Lindner Skandinavia AB, Optima Engineering AB, BRA Teknik, BRA Mark.

Renders by KVANT-1

22/04/2022

Light can move us deeply in a matter of just seconds. Such moments often stay in our memories forever.

As a boy, Henning Larsen was enchanted by the way that light filled a village church in Western Jutland. Later, he visited a historic farm building at the Open Air Museum, part of the National Museum of Denmark. The skylight in the farm made an enormous impression on him. The way the light reflected off the whitewashed brick hearth formed the basis of his later work – a masterful blend of direct and reflected daylight.

Henning Larsen’s work with daylight was never monotone; it always explored the transitions between light and shadow, darkness and clarity. It became living architecture for living people. His major work, Gentofte Library, has been described as a library that shines with kindness. It is designed for people, not just musty books. At the core of his approach was the principle that architecture has an obligation to the real world and real people.

1. Student Housing at City Campus Aalborg by Martin Schubert, 2014
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh by Richard Bryant, 1984
3. Gentofte Library by Pierre Chatel, 1985
4. Extension to Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek by Jens Lindhe, 1996
5. Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center by Nic Lehoux, 2011
6. Videbæk Art Museum by Kirstine Mengel, 2012/2017
7. New Herlev Hospital by Laura Stamer, 2021

15/04/2022

"We have a resource scarcity issue looming on the horizon, and a biodiversity, pollution and climate change crises that have already arrived."

Henning Larsen's Martha Lewis sat down with our friends at EcoCocon to explain how we can make wiser choices when we select materials.

Read the full interview: https://hnglr.sn/3xiYrEP

13/04/2022

Since the postindustrial shift, waterfronts in many western cities have transformed into popular targets for urban regeneration. But how much have these spaces actually been designed to benefit the people who call these places home?

It´s no surprise that cities with rising populations set the focus on the industrial ruins, but can we create a long-lasting framework for neighborhoods to move beyond the tourist-attractions?

Here's four waterfront transformations to get inspired by: https://hnglr.sn/3KmpouT

12/04/2022

Amongst a total of 118 applicants, we're excited to be a part of the development of one of Scandinavia's most scenic waterfronts, Grønlikaia in Oslo.

To meet the ambitions to create one of the most sustainable waterfront developments in the world, we have put together a team of local and international advisers with experience from harbourfronts across Oslo, Toronto, Copenhagen and Sydney.

The full team consists of Henning Larsen, Code Arkitektur, Ramboll and landscape architects Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl.

From a total of 118 proposals, our team in Norway has been selected to deliver proposals to Grønlikaia, centrally located on the harbourfront of Oslo.