The Vannkunsten project is awarded the Houen Foundation's diploma in 2023! 🏆 The Houen Foundation's diploma is one of Norway's most prestigious awards in the field of architecture and building craftsmanship. This year, the award is being presented for the first time since 2019. In 2012 @vandkunsten won the invited competition for two of the city blocks near the Opera House in Bispevika, Oslo. These blocks are now completed and bear the firm's name: Vannkunsten. With an expansion of 35,000 square meters spread across 9 buildings and approximately 200 apartments, Vannkunsten represents a new approach to residential development on the Oslo city center waterfront. Landscape: @grindaker

Musholm holiday and sports centre by @aart_architects. The expansion of Musholm shows how architecture can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities by accommodating rather than eliminating diversity. With its social and innovative architecture, the holiday and sports centre sets a new agenda in the important public debate. Behind the innovative accessibility design is AART architects in collaboration with Keingart. Featured in our film project “Hvem bygger vi for?” / “Who do we build for?” on universel design and social sustainability. Link in bio. Photo by @kirstinemengel

Coastal Houses at the former Tuborg factory by @lundgaardtranberg ☁️ The coastal buildings have been pulled all the way down to the waterfront, each with its own small harbor. Along with the large Nordic stones, they define the coastline and frame the coastal meadow. Photo by @adammork / @hampusper

Like a raw diamond, Spidsen (the Tip) of Nordø rises at the entrance to Copenhagen. Located on the outer part of the Århusgade district, Spidsen of Nordø serves as a contemporary lighthouse and the workplace of the future. Even from a distance, Spidsen of Nordø shines brightly. The 60-meter-high silo-shaped office building reflects the sky and sea in its sparkling facade. Here, it marks the conclusion of the first completed quarter in Copenhagen's new district, Nordhavn – a transition from industry to a vibrant urban area. @vilhelmlauritzenarchitects@cobearchitects@tredjenatur Photo by @tomjerso

During these days, diversity is being celebrated around Copenhagen. Just steps away from our office at Rådhuspladsen, the week-long celebration of diversity unfolds. Later today, the Copenhagen Pride Parade will move through the city streets, accompanied by 16 Danish architecture studios. We wish everyone a happy Pride ❤💛💚🤎🌈🏙 Photo by: Søren Nielsen #danisharchitects#diversecopenhagen#copenhagenpride#cometogether#architectstogether#happypride

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen by @mikkelsen_architects is the Capital Region of Denmark’s new diabetes center, which treats up to 13.000 patients annually. The architecture supports the vision of Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen as Northern Europe’s largest and most modern diabetes center, offering world-class patient care and research. Featured in our film project “Hvem bygger vi for” / “Who do we build for” on universal design and social sustainibility. Link in bio. Photo by @rasmus_hjortshoj

Mønsted Kalkgruber masterplan by @schonherrdk. With the restoration of buildings, railway and new trail systems, Mønsted Kalkgruber has been upgraded to a modern tourist destination. Mønsted Kalkgruber has been expanded with a landscape project, where nature in and around the world's largest limestone mine has become more open, accessible and an equal experience for everyone. Among other things, the project ensures that people with disabilities have easy access to the limestone mines and the nature around them. Featured in our film project “Hvem bygger vi for?” / “Who do we build for?” on universel design and social sustainability. Link in bio. Photo by @carsteningemann

Høje Taastrup City Hall Last week, Høje Taastrup City Hall won this years “Byens Bedste” (Best in Town) award in architecture category awarded by @berlingske. Berlingske's reviewer wrote, among other things, about the city hall: "The city hall, designed by PLH Arkitekter together with Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, is a compact, modern, atrium-type building. With a large interior space and a staircase that spirals up into the heights. However, it has a modest, not dominating scale, and the architects also say that from the start it was the idea that it should be a "people's house". It appears to have been, and in particular the magnificent, publicly accessible viewing terrace on the ninth floor helps to give the building a real 'wow effect'." Høje-Taastrup City Hall is designed by @plharkitekter with a team consisting of @atelierlorentzenlangkilde, @cowigroup, Nordstern and @arteliadanmark

Lyngdal Healthcare Centre in southern Norway. Designed by @3RWArkitekter and @NORDArchitects, the care home offers a vision in which social interaction, comfort, and well-being among residents, visitors, and staff are key to delivering welfare. The general idea is to give eldercare a central role in society by letting both residents and the featured amenities contribute to a varied and vibrant urban environment. A hairdresser, a shop, a café, and a day-care center are all generously shared between residents and locals, as a standing invitation to the surrounding community. Photo by: @adammork

Mediateket at @aarchdk by @praksisarkitekter. At the Aarhus School of Architecture, you can experience a four-story wooden furniture piece designed to accommodate study areas and house the school’s library. The media center serves as a space for individual learning, immersion, and inspiration. The design of the wooden furniture piece takes inspiration from a shelving system found in the basement of Hack Kampmann’s Business Archive in Aarhus, which has been allocated to the Aarhus School of Architecture. The wooden construction is constructed using LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber), consisting of a total of 5.5 kilometers of pillars, beams, and balusters, forming the framework for an area of 520 square meters and 1600 shelf meters distributed across four levels. Photo by @https://nielsen.torben