this thread is inspired by a rumour that coop himmelb(l)au (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_Himmelblau) is allegedly designing a building to tallinn. that yet unknown building would be the first in estonia in 75 years that is designed by a world-famous architect - from 1905-1932 many famous finns, including eliel saarinen, armas lindgren, alvar aalto - built quite many houses in tallinn and tartu.

let us not include in this thread buildings by our own guys - arne jacobsen, jorn utzon, or the finns - but let's stick with architects from outside scandinavian / baltic region.

finished buildings, proposals, not completed projects and visions are all welcome in this thread!

be sure to contribute! (;

museum of contemporary art in riga

The Latvian Ministry of Culture announces plans to move forward with its first museum of contemporary art, designed by Rem Koolhaas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rem_Koolhaas) and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).

The 16,000 m2 museum, to be built in the port city of Riga, will be Latvia's first new museum of art in over 100 years. Imagined as a multi-functional centre for contemporary culture, the museum will host seminars, concerts and theatrical performances, in addition to housing international exhibitions and a permanent collection of contemporary Baltic art.

The design unveiled by OMA preserves and incorporates many original features of the existing building, a former power plant. A newly constructed 4,000 sq m exhibition hall will wrap the perimeter of the old building, while other museum functions such as the library, lecture hall, cafe, administration, and artist workshops will be contained
inside the original structure which dates back to 1905. 'We embed the old in new architecture and organise the public program related to the new so that the old is always present but the art is not a prisoner of it.' states OMA founder and partner Rem Koolhaas, explaining the decision to house more functional aspects of the program inside the existing power plant.

The museum is part of a larger cultural initiative undertaken by the Latvian Government and the State agency '"New" Three Brothers'. In addition to OMA's design for the museum, the initiative includes the construction of a new concert hall and national library.

The museum is OMA's second project in Latvia. In early 2006 the office was commissioned by the Latvian Government to design a masterplan of Riga's port area - one of the last remaining dockland areas in Europe to be redeveloped.

The project is lead by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf whose previous collaborations include masterplans for the Riga Port City, the White City area of London and most recently in Kuwait and Ras Al Khaimah; as well as, a proposal for the Hermitage Museum, the Image of Europe exhibition and the Gulf - part of the 10th international Venice Biennial. They are joined by OMA associates Beth Hughes and Miho Mazereeuw.

The museum is expected to open in 2011.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20OMA%20Art%20Museum%20Riga%20larger%20image.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20OMA%20Art%20Museum%20Riga%20alternative.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20OMA%20Art%20Museum%20Riga%20Longitundinal.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20OMA%20Art%20Museum%20Riga%20internal.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20OMA%20Art%20Museum%20Riga%20Site%20Plan.jpg


in worldarchitecturenews.com (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=815).

hmm, that museum of contemporary art is interesting, but it seems like a excellent opportunity missed, imagine what Koolhaas and OMA could have conjured if they were given the title "museum, contemporary art" and a clean sheet! But ofcourse, im sure this will also turn out absofuckinglutely great! :)

Thanks Jarmo for starting with Riga :)

There are few empty places in Central part of Riga where to make everything from scatch. And here the idea was to create world class industrial heritage reuse.

Who could be world-famous architects?
Btw. does Behnnish&Behnisch count? They have lots of projects in Latvia - Ventspils Concert Hall, Symbiotic building, Valdemara parks.
Does Volker Giencke count? (Liepaja Concert hall)
Does Gunnar Birkerts count? (National Library, extension to Occupation Museum)
Does Meinhard von Gerkan count? (some 5 - 6 buildings in Riga and Jurmala)

^why not! none of them are familiar to me, but i look forward to getting to know their works! :D

feel free to post these projects in this thread! (;

A few very well-known Finnish architects:

Alvar Aalto (often referred to as the "father of modernism")

http://www.sicusynergy.org/finlandiatalo2.jpg

Eero Saarinen (TWA Terminal, Dulles Aiport, St. Louis Gateway Arch etc.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/St_Louis_Gateway_Arch.jpg/300px-St_Louis_Gateway_Arch.jpg

Viljo Revell (Toronto Town Hall)

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1420232/2/istockphoto_1420232_toronto_city_hall_skating_rink.jpg



oops sorry...

Kiasma in Helsinki by Steven Holl:

http://www.helsinkiopas.com/nahtavyydet/kiasma.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/322/kiasma5vh1.jpg

so we are looking for famous non S&B architects who have built or are planning to build up here?

In that case, the ones that spring to mind are Renzo Piano in Oslo(planned museum of modern art), Calatrava in Malmø (Turning Torso of course), and Fosters in Copenhagen (Tivoli Hotel). I know the last project was scrapped, but anyway.

For classical stuff, I would like to add the great german architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel for the university of Oslo. the complex was executed by Norwegian architect Grosch, but Schinkel had a considerable hand in designing the buildings.

I guess the new "Herning Center of the Arts" here in Herning would qualify. It's designed by Steven Holl (www.stevenholl.com), and construction has just started:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/kunstenshus.jpg

Herzog&DeMeuron Alvar Aalto hotel in Helsinki.... Herzog&DeMeuron have designed the Allianz Arena in Munich and many other cool buildings...

you're a fuckin genius, dw (:

Norman Foster designed the Elephant House in the Copenhagen Zoo:
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1195/Default.aspx

Steven Holl is the man behind the T Houses in Copenhagen:
http://www.stevenholl.com/

Zaha Hadid designed the Ordrupgaard Museum extension in Charlottenlund:
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/

MVRDV and JJW designed the Gemini Residence Silo in Copenhagen:
http://www.mvrdv.nl/_v2/projects/129_frosilos/index.html

...some of them I could think of...

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5258/taivallahti03zg2.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8213/1135220367333wb4.jpg

Residential house planned in Taivallahti, Helsinki designed by Steven Holl. It's supposed to have some sort of "smart windows" that allows the right amount of light in, whatever that means.

If we take older times:
Bartholomeo Rastrelli

Jelgava palace:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1223/jelgavaspilsieksfas510jhq4.jpg

Rundale palace complex:
http://latviatourism.lv/img/objekti/rundales.jpg

Daniel Libeskind:
Danish - Jewish Museum (completed)
http://www.*************/architects/Libeskind/jewish_cph/1.-Libeskind.jpg

Ørestad Downtown (http://www.orestaddowntown.dk/) (planned)

Shigeru Ban:
Masterplan for Hannemannsparken, Ørestad Syd (planned)

Erick van Egeraat:
Residential Spires at Krøyers Plads, Christianshavn, Copenhagen (cancelled)
http://www.freja-ejendomme.dk/Projekt_KroeyersPlads.jpg

Future Systems (Jan Kaplický and Amanda Levete):
Metropolis (under construction)
http://www.nordkranen.dk/cms/public/data/images/metropolis/frontbilled.jpg

Sverre Fehn (I know he's S&B, but..):
Proposed extension of the old Royal Opera (cancelled)
http://www.arksiteplus.dk/includes/billeder/image.asp?size=257&id=9480

Behnisch + Behnisch:
National Archives in Ørestad Nord (cancelled)
http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/pictureArchive/large/A982844632140rigsarkivet.jpg

Thomas Herzog:
Magnet dwellings - council housing project in Flintholm for KAB (being planned)

^^
Those Residential Spires would have looked awesome!

A new hotel by Frank Gehry (Guggenheim Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall LA) is going to be the pearl in the new Sønderborg harbourfront, mainly built by funds from the Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation. The foundation owning one of Denmarks largest production companies, Danfoss A/S. Some people are even going as far as saying that they are turning the island Als, (on which Sønderborg i located) in to a mini Manhatten. :lol:

/\ Frank Gehry in Sønderborg, now that's a nice surprise. :)

Any renderings yet?

A new hotel by Frank Gehry (Guggenheim Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall LA) is going to be the pearl in the new Sønderborg harbourfront, mainly built by funds from the Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation. The foundation owning one of Denmarks largest production companies, Danfoss A/S. Some people are even going as far as saying that they are turning the island Als, (on which Sønderborg i located) in to a mini Manhatten. :lol:

I heard of that to (think we already talked about it somewhere)...it's really a amazing project for such a small city! But Sønderborg in general is a very nice city in a nice location!:)

you're a fuckin genius, dw (:

Yes, we can always count on him to play by the rules....:lol:

Foster & Partners
Masterplan for Copenhagen Towers (http://www.copenhagentowers.dk) (in planning)

^^
Didn't even know that....hope that they'll come up with something good!

..

hey, danes! does anyone have any further information about a fantastic residential building somewhere in copenhagen that is being built by the beijing-based architectue bureau MAD? their site says it will be finished by 2008...

if anyone knows of this building, i'd LOVE some photos! where exactly is it located? have danish architecture magazines covered this building yet?

this is how it looks:

http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/IMG_3648.JPG

the plan is simply awesome!! :D
http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/ddplan.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/dddd.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/elevations.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/dd11.jpg




btw, MAD can be considered world-famous architects! the bureau was founded only in 2003, but already they have won many big contests. their absolute towers, one of which is nicknamed marilyn monroe, are u/c in mississauga, and their sino-steel tower in tianjin will be finished by 2011...

absolute towers:
http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/MAD_Absolute%20Towers_2.jpg

sino-steel tower:
http://www.i-mad.com/inc/editor/UploadFile/sinosteel%20tianjin.jpg

ice sculptures in lapland by zaha hadid :dunno:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/62290138_a3cd04316c_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/62290052_fcba49ae1b_o.jpg

wow! That MAD residential house is quite something else, abso fucking lutely awesome!

I like the Museum Of Contemporary Art.Is it U/C?

never heard of that pavilion. Looks different!:D
Sure it's located in Copenhagen? On their homepage it just says "Denmark"

no actually i'm not sure it's located in copenhagen! this page http://www.i-mad.com/news_1.asp?id=101 says the building is located in coppenhaggen :D

really-really, none of the danes know of this project?!

Have never heard of it either. The reason could be, that it's quite small. The website says it's only 270 m2, so it's probably just some rich dude that hired them to make him a special house.

hey, danes! does anyone have any further information about a fantastic residential building somewhere in copenhagen that is being built by the beijing-based architectue bureau MAD? their site says it will be finished by 2008...

if anyone knows of this building, i'd LOVE some photos! where exactly is it located? have danish architecture magazines covered this building yet?

Hey Jarmo finally I'm able to give you some followup information to your question. An article from Saturday's issue of Berlingske Tidende reveals part of the story behind the socalled "Denmark Pavillion" project.

The background for the article is that MAD Office will be doing a solo exhibition in the Danish Architectureal Centre under the headline "MAD IN CHINA" from November 3rd to January 6th 2008.

The Denmark Pavillion project is basically to cast single family houses in China based on MAD designs and ship them to Europe, where they will be 'erected'. The first 269 sqm demonstration house is being designed for Danish developer Brainstones (http://www.brainstones.dk/) and will be presented at a building fair in Danish town Roskilde in 2009 but the blueprints should be available for the "MAD IN CHINA" exhibition. It seems to me it will probably be in extension of their existing "UPPERTEN (http://www.u-10.dk/)" concept.

The article in Danish is available here (http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20071024/modeogdesign/110241227/). Also, don't miss out on the slideshow (http://www.berlingske.dk/apps/pbcs.dll/tngallery?avis=bm&date=20071026&kategori=abmbilleder&lopenr=1026003&ref=ph&mime=xml/).

If there is a a need and interest for it I'll be happy to provide an English translation.

Where is Theophilus Hansen? (Var är Theophilus Hansen från Danmark?):bow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophil_Freiherr_von_Hansen

Where is Theophilus Hansen? (Var är Theophilus Hansen från Danmark?):bow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophil_Freiherr_von_Hansen

He's dead man. He's dead. I'm sorry.

He's dead man. He's dead. I'm sorry.
:nuts:
But his architecture is alive. I see it every day in ''Athens Trilogy''.

The thread is called:

"World famous architects in our region" and not "World famous architects from our region"

^^Hehe, I can read. That's why I didn't posted any photo of his works here. He is a world famous architect (1st criterion accomplished) but, unlike his brother C.Hansen, all of his memorable buildings are in Austria and Greece (2nd criterion isn't accomplished).

knilaus - HUGE thanks to you for the information!! (:

this truly is the greatest private residential building i've ever come across, so i really hope at least one according to mad's design will be built!

the article is quite long, wouldn't want to bother you with asking you to translate it... but overall, what are the most important things said there? any cool information? (i'm sure lots of it can be found from mad's website)

thanks again, knilaus!

In Malmö we have the world famous tower Turning Torso, drawn by the world famous architect Santiago Calatrava!

http://www.malmo.se/images/18.15092c0105f01dc3c48000441/Turn2stor.jpg

And a hotel with Frank Gehry is planned.

I wonder if there are any larger pictures of the Turning Torso out there....:nuts:

In Malmö we have the world famous tower Turning Torso, drawn by the world famous architect Santiago Calatrava!
And a hotel with Frank Gehry is planned.
Interesting information about Frank Gehry. Do you have any links to elaborate on this?

As regards TT it was already mentioned (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14826934&postcount=7) back in post 7 in this thread.

^^Sorry, I missed it. I have seen on the local news and heard rumours that there is a hotel proposed close to Öresundsbron, that will have a very special design. And Frank Gehry has been considered one of the architects. I don't know how serious it is.

STEVEN HOLL

herning center for the arts
herning, denmark, 2005-2008

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/Site-PlanA---W-PROJECT-HORI.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/Perspective-From-Above---W-.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/View-towards-Museum-Shop---.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/View-From-Southwest---W-PRO.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/Night-View---W-PROJECT-HORI.jpg



more information + renders here (http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?type=museums&id=64&page=0), more renders + an interesting article here (http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=2038).

wooh, steven holl's new website's coooool!




STEVEN HOLL
knut hamsun center
hamarøy, norway, 1994-2009 (design phase)

btw, i've just finished 2 of hamsun's novels ('hunger' and 'mysteries') - they rrrrrock! (: i will certainly read more of his stuff.

ok so this one's weird....

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/Fotomontasje-fra-nord---W-P.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/Knut-Hamsun-Concept-Section.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/Knit-Hamsun-Concept-Sketch-.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/utstillingsrom---W-PROJECT-.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/HAMSUN---W-PROJECT-HORIZONT.jpg

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/146/Knut-Hamsun-Overview-Panora.jpg



more information here (http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?type=museums&id=39&page=0).

STEVEN HOLL

herning center for the arts
herning, denmark, 2005-2008
As I wrote in post 8 of this thread. ;)

But good idea with more renderings in this thread. And thanx for the link to the article, that was was new to me, and very interesting. Construction started some months ago, and it's well underway. :)

As I wrote in post 8 of this thread. ;)

But good idea with more renderings in this thread. And thanx for the link to the article, that was was new to me, and very interesting. Construction started some months ago, and it's well underway. :)


yea, i know it was already mentioned, i just wanted to post better+more renders and information :angel:

Here is a bit more info about the Frank Gehry hotel project in Malmö:
http://malmo.se/arkiv/nyhetsarkiv/nyhetergamla/5.33aee30d103b8f159168000111983.html
Some more projects:
Frank Gehry has a minor project in AArhus for the Danish Cancer Foundation http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=3294

Coop Himmelb(l)au designs a music house in AAlborg Denmark http://www.musikkenshus.dk/default.asp?kategori1=musikkenshus&id1=86&id2=145

Japanease architect Shigeru Ban in colaboration with KHR Arkitekter from Denmark builds in Oerestad (Dutch MVRDV is also going to design minor parts of the project)
http://www.orestad.dk/index/privat/nyhedsbrev/nordkranen_kober_stort_areal.htm

French female architect Manuelle Gautrand has a project in colaboration with Danish Kieler Architect (the terrible firm guilty of such terrible buildings as 'Fisketorvet' and 'Ingeniørenes Hus' on Kalvebod Brygge!) on Stroeget
http://www.ue.dk/nyhedsarkiv/14136.aspx

Dutch UN Studio in colaboration with 3 x Nielsen is building a highrise at the Harbour front in Aarhus
http://www.ue.dk/nyhedsarkiv/11499.aspx

For the Islands Brygge Syd project both an English and an Italien architect are going to design buildings but neither of these can hardly be called world-famous so they will not be included here

Here is a bit more info about the Frank Gehry hotel project in Malmö:
http://malmo.se/arkiv/nyhetsarkiv/nyhetergamla/5.33aee30d103b8f159168000111983.html


That page is dated 20030211, almost five years ago. I've been out there several times since then and Öresundsutställningen looks the same. Guess the project is dead, too bad.

;16834123']That page is dated 20030211, almost five years ago. I've been out there several times since then and Öresundsutställningen looks the same. Guess the project is dead, too bad.

Oops...didn't see the date on that one...sorry! But hey let's then have Gehry design the big new Danish akvarium project called 'the Blue Planet' which is being planned at the other end of the Oresund Bridge in Kastrup Harbour! Thet would be a good choise! :yes:

Oops...didn't see the date on that one...sorry! But hey let's then have Gehry design the big new Danish akvarium project called 'the Blue Planet' which is being planned at the other end of the Oresund Bridge in Kastrup Harbour! Thet would be a good choise! :yes:

No need to apalogize, no harm done :) Is Gehry being considered for the Blue Planet-project?


Coop Himmelb(l)au designed a really cool and original scraper for the Hyllie competition.

http://sdsmedia.sydsvenskan.se/archive/00041/195_hyllie3_41103a.jpg

That one deserved to get built.

Hey Ramblersen - welcome to the forum and thanks for the info! Very useful!

The Shigeru Ban project ("Hannemansparken") was covered (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14835928&postcount=14) earlier in this thread and Manuelle Gautrand was mentioned (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16213515&postcount=446) in the Copenhagen Construction thread but if you say she's world-famous I'll take your word for it :)

I'm also very much looking forward to the new aquarium project as the location seems to hold huge potential and Gehry would probably be a great choice considering his work on Guggenheim Bilbao. However, it wouldn't be too bad either if they could squeeze him in for some of the work in Carlsberg / Vores By. I'm sure he could make a high rise look nice.

BTW: If you have any news about the Islands Brygge Syd project could I persuade you to post it to the Copenhagen Construction thread? I work out there at the moment so I'm naturally interested in any development :)

;16843881']No need to apalogize, no harm done :) Is Gehry being considered for the Blue Planet-project?


Coop Himmelb(l)au designed a really cool and original scraper for the Hyllie competition.

http://sdsmedia.sydsvenskan.se/archive/00041/195_hyllie3_41103a.jpg

That one deserved to get built.

Nope it was just my own wet dream - and because the project is just at the other end of the bridge and has aspirations for being iconic architecture as well. But the Realdania being involved, it ought to become someone good. For their project on 'bryghusgrunden' that Rem Koolhass is designing they invited him, Herzog & de Meurin and Renzo Piano to make proposals. This strategy seems so much better than the open competitions - just look at the Stockholm library and the Calrsberg masdterplan competitions and the mediocore result of those.

The Coop Himmelb(l)au scraper was great yeah but since they have totally changed the winning project from C. F. Møller, who knows what it would have ended up with anyway - even if it had won!

Hey Ramblersen - welcome to the forum and thanks for the info! Very useful!

The Shigeru Ban project ("Hannemansparken") was covered (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14835928&postcount=14) earlier in this thread and Manuelle Gautrand was mentioned (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16213515&postcount=446) in the Copenhagen Construction thread but if you say she's world-famous I'll take your word for it :)

I'm also very much looking forward to the new aquarium project as the location seems to hold huge potential and Gehry would probably be a great choice considering his work on Guggenheim Bilbao. However, it wouldn't be too bad either if they could squeeze him in for some of the work in Carlsberg / Vores By. I'm sure he could make a high rise look nice.

BTW: If you have any news about the Islands Brygge Syd project could I persuade you to post it to the Copenhagen Construction thread? I work out there at the moment so I'm naturally interested in any development :)

Thanks - great little place you've got here. Lots of interesting information! And yes Calsberg would be another great place for Gehry to do something. Infact, let's get a 'package deal' with an akvarium, a scraper in the Carlsberg area - and pissibly a bird's cage or something in Copenhagen Zoo!

As for the Islands Brygge Syd project, I haven't got any info but what I'm sure has already been posted there. That other thread being so long, I don't dare maiking any additions - just see how I missed Shigeru Ban already being menthioned in this short one.:nuts:

Haven't seen anyone mentioning Norman Foster's elephant house for the Copenhagen Zoo - it is actually a huge project.

David Chipperfield is working on a new, high profile building for the tip of the "Langeliniespidsen" in Copenhagen:

www.langeliniespidsen.dk (www.langeliniespidsen.dk)

And what about the upcoming plans for a new edge around Tivoli by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners?

Steven Holl is behind plans for a new residential house in Tøndergade, Copenhagen (and the T-Husene in Ørestad).

Zaha Hadid and her extension for Ordrupgaard north of Copenhagen - I didn't see that one either.

Tony Fretton with his project for "Tietgens Ærgrelse" in Copenhagen should also be included + his new museum at Lolland.

And lets see whether Foster and Partners wont be asked to come up with a revised plan for the scrapped Four Seasons Tivoli Hotel. Tivoli has had a really good relationship with the firm while planning the hotel. Hopefully the minister of culture won’t preserve the "Tivolislottet" - in fact I am 100 % sure he wont! That will carve the way for a new project.

Haven't seen anyone mentioning Norman Foster's elephant house for the Copenhagen Zoo - it is actually a huge project.

David Chipperfield is working on a new, high profile building for the tip of the "Langeliniespidsen" in Copenhagen:

www.langeliniespidsen.dk (www.langeliniespidsen.dk)

And what about the upcoming plans for a new edge around Tivoli by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners?

Steven Holl is behind plans for a new residential house in Tøndergade, Copenhagen (and the T-Husene in Ørestad).

Zaha Hadid and her extension for Ordrupgaard north of Copenhagen - I didn't see that one either.

Tony Fretton with his project for "Tietgens Ærgrelse" in Copenhagen should also be included + his new museum at Lolland.

And lets see whether Foster and Partners wont be asked to come up with a revised plan for the scrapped Four Seasons Tivoli Hotel. Tivoli has had a really good relationship with the firm while planning the hotel. Hopefully the minister of culture won’t preserve the "Tivolislottet" - in fact I am 100 % sure he wont! That will carve the way for a new project.

Norman Foster's elephant's house, Hadid's Ordrupgaard expansion and Holl's T-Houses have all been mentioned by ølandDK in post #11.

As for Holl's project in Tøndergade, I think it's quite a shame that he is the one drawing up something for this rather hidden away site while Nobel Arkitekter get to design a project for a much better site just around the corner at the Enghavevej/Vesterbrogade intersection. Nobel Arkittekter's project includes a ten story building and is utterly boring. Considering how fantastic projects like that of Egerat for Krøyers Plads is given up exclusively due to it's hight elsewhere in the old parts of town, I think it's surprising and depressing how such a boring and unambitious project seem to make it through approval procedures. The Enghavevej/Vesterbrogade site is really good and it would have been nice to see what a good architect like Holl could have come up with.

Fretton's project for "Tietgens Ærgrelse" has been given up, right? (due to a veto from Kulturarvsstyrelsen or something)

Fretton's project for "Tietgens Ærgrelse" has been given up, right? (due to a veto from Kulturarvsstyrelsen or something)

Nope, Realea is still working on it aiming at a compromise between the Marble Church’s council, two royal building inspectors, the architect and themselves.

This is in the pipeline from Jean Nouvel too - also in Copenhagen:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6646/jeannouvelforslagvalbyixp4.png

And this is from the just opened Fuglsang Museum of Art on the island of Lolland - Tony Fretton is behind:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2087/fuglsang2download001jpggj3.jpg

Image © of Klaus Bang

This is in the pipeline from Jean Nouvel too - also in Copenhagen:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6646/jeannouvelforslagvalbyixp4.png

Is that his suggestion for Ritts "Billige Boliger" and is it for any one specific location then?

Is that his suggestion for Ritts "Billige Boliger" and is it for any one specific location then?

Yep, it is, and the location is Valby Idrætspark.

The extension of Danfoss Universe by Jürgen Mayer H.:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4473/danfoss074bp6.jpg

The extension of Danfoss Universe by Jürgen Mayer H.:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4473/danfoss074bp6.jpg

I really don't hope some giant mouse comes by...or someone's in troubles!:nuts:

"Say cheeeeeease...!"

STEVEN HOLL

herning center for the arts
herning, denmark, 2005-2008

http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/361/Perspective-From-Above---W-.jpg
Construction going after the plan. It is still expected to open around Jan 09. A few shots from today:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/hcota01.jpg

The gray premade concrete blocks must be the inner parts of the museum, while the white ones are the outer wall, which are being poured at their location (most of them have curves of some kind):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/hcota02.jpg

Closer look at one of the wings, which show the curves the roof will have:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/hcota03.jpg

And finally another new building, which can be seen on the first rendering in this post (the one to the right of the art musuem). It's also designed by Steven Holl, and was opened around a month ago.

Not exactly the most interesting design, and I doubt Steven Holl himself had a lot to do with this. Probably designed by some of his employees and their Danish partners, Kjaer & Richter (http://www.k-r.dk/):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/hcota04.jpg

And finally another new building, which can be seen on the first rendering in this post (the one to the right of the art musuem). It's also designed by Steven Holl, and was opened around a month ago.

Not exactly the most interesting design, and I doubt Steven Holl himself had a lot to do with this. Probably designed by some of his employees and their Danish partners, Kjaer & Richter (http://www.k-r.dk/):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/herningprojects/hcota04.jpg

Thanks for the pictures!

This is definitely not Holl. It is Kjaer & Richter, but of course, with the closeness to the new museum, they collaborated with Holl's firm. My guess is that the master himself "OKed" this new building (or perhaps came up with some smaller adjustments), but had nothing to do with the design itself.

It is more or less the same you see in Ørestad Down Town with building 10 by Juul & Frost.

/\ Yes I think that's exactly how it worked out as well.

As a "filler" it's an okay building in Birk, where every building is white, but nothing more than that.

/\ Yes I think that's exactly how it worked out as well.

As a "filler" it's an okay building in Birk, where every building is white, but nothing more than that.

Isn't that how it most often goes when small, unimportant customers buy small, cheap projects for small unprestigious locations (like anywhere in DK including Copenhagen)? Not that the result has to be bad of course, I guess all employees in those firms are bright and ambitious people. But the best ideas and most skilled people go to the largest and most important projects. Sometimes I think you end up with a more interesting project by going for a somewhat smaller name that is upcoming and aspiring for an international breakthrough og for whom it is at least a big assignment.

/\ You have a point, but I don't think it's that valid in this case. Heden & Fjorden (http://www.hflc.dk) (which occupies the building) knew exactly what they would get, since there was no tenants when the plans were made public. The plot where the office building is located, was originally part of the "garden" to the new museum, but the owner of the land and general contractor, C.C. Contractor, probably wanted to make more money on it. And I don't think neither C.C. Contractor, Steven Holl, or Herning Artmuseum wanted an office building that would "take the glory" of the new museum in any way. Therefore a rather discrete building, which everybody seems happy with.

With that in mind, I don't find the building to be bad at all. Nothing spectacular, but hey, not all buildings have to be...


EDIT: @ ramblersen: Did you talk about the Museum building itself, cause then I misunderstood your post. I think Holl himself has been very involved in the design of that, atleast it sounds like it. I was at the presentation here in Herning, when Steven Holl presented the design, and he seemed very enthusiastic about it.

/\ You have a point, but I don't think it's that valid in this case. Heden & Fjorden (http://www.hflc.dk) (which occupies the building) knew exactly what they would get, since there was no tenants when the plans were made public. The plot where the office building is located, was originally part of the "garden" to the new museum, but the owner of the land and general contractor, C.C. Contractor, probably wanted to make more money on it. And I don't think neither C.C. Contractor, Steven Holl, or Herning Artmuseum wanted an office building that would "take the glory" of the new museum in any way. Therefore a rather discrete building, which everybody seems happy with.

With that in mind, I don't find the building to be bad at all. Nothing spectacular, but hey, not all buildings have to be...


EDIT: @ ramblersen: Did you talk about the Museum building itself, cause then I misunderstood your post. I think Holl himself has been very involved in the design of that, atleast it sounds like it. I was at the presentation here in Herning, when Steven Holl presented the design, and he seemed very enthusiastic about it.

Naah...I was talking about the office building and mainly making general observations, elaborating on the comments in the previous post. Actually I kind of had Foster + pertners involvement in Copenhagen Towers in the thoughts when I wrote it as well. Their tower is deffinately a nice building but not really THAT interesting. Not something you instantly can see has come from an A list Architect and holds that wauw-effect we all yearn for and that Ørestad so needs. And considering the scale and locations they work in around the globe, I just think this really isn't that surprising. By the way, do anybody know why it isn' listed on their homepage?

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/ByLocation/Denmark.aspx

Naah...I was talking about the office building and mainly making general observations, elaborating on the comments in the previous post. Actually I kind of had Foster + pertners involvement in Copenhagen Towers in the thoughts when I wrote it as well. Their tower is deffinately a nice building but not really THAT interesting. Not something you instantly can see has come from an A list Architect and holds that wauw-effect we all yearn for and that Ørestad so needs. And considering the scale and locations they work in around the globe, I just think this really isn't that surprising. By the way, do anybody know why it isn' listed on their homepage?

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/ByLocation/Denmark.aspx

First of all: The office building in Herning is not Holl. It is Kjaer & Richter.

Interesting you should write that; F&P didn't even put it on as news, when CT was revealed. I don't think it's a big thing for them. Not at all. They do projects like these every single week all over the world. It's just a simple business building. That's why it's not on their "projects" page. On the other hand, although I admit it is not great architecture, F&P's CT-part is still, in my view, A-list class. Just compare to the other boring business buildings out there. Look at the "neighbor", D&W's hotel, which I think looks horrible on the renderings. Looks like so many ordinary US-based, suburban hotels. F&P's has so much more style and class, although it is a simple business project. I think that shows A-list class, when you as an architectural firm is able to keep a very high standard even for ordinary, “mainstream”, anywhere-in-the-world projects.
In fact I think many architects etc. would be able to see right away, that this is an F&P building.

Also, there is a master plan that the involved architects have to stick by. And economic issues as well. They cannot just go crazy and design what they want. Ørestad is not Dubai, China or Russia.

/\ Yes I think that's exactly how it worked out as well.

As a "filler" it's an okay building in Birk, where every building is white, but nothing more than that.

BTW: I have always thought that the location for the new museum is odd - in the middle of a business park (I am aware, though, of the closeness to the Carl-Henning Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum). I would have liked such a high-class Holl piece to be located a bit more "sexy":)

I don't fint the location that odd, though some lakefront location at one of the new lakes could be cool. Birk (Centerpak) is not just a business park, there's also a lot of art and education institutes out there. Not to mention that there are buildigns by some of the larger Dansih architects like Jørn Utzon, C.F. Møller and Henning Larsen in the area. And it ain't that far from central Herning.

I've writtin a bit on one of the photos from my Herning flyover in 2006. I included most of the things that aren't just "normal business":

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/birkoversigt.jpg
(TEKO = Design School, AU-HIH = Aarhus Universitet - Handels- og IngeniørHøjskolen)

There has also been some talk about an underground Ingvar Cronhammar museum close to ELIA, that would also fit well there.

Didn't knew that Ella was that close to Herning - nice pic

I don't fint the location that odd, though some lakefront location at one of the new lakes could be cool. Birk (Centerpak) is not just a business park, there's also a lot of art and education institutes out there. Not to mention that there are buildigns by some of the larger Dansih architects like Jørn Utzon, C.F. Møller and Henning Larsen in the area. And it ain't that far from central Herning.

There has also been some talk about an underground Ingvar Cronhammar museum close to ELIA, that would also fit well there.

Thanks for the nice picture, mlm. Gives a good overview. I still find that whole area a bit too mixed. However, that's really just personal taste. My two favourite art museums, the Kimbell (Kahn) and The Modern (Ando) (both in DFW, TX) also lie in such an area. I guess it doesn't matter too much then...:)

Steven Holl is behind plans for a new residential house in Tøndergade, Copenhagen (and the T-Husene in Ørestad).


And here's the very first drawing of Holl's new project in Copenhagen:

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2786/43197137dv6.png

Greetings from Vancouver, Canada!

I saw this thread and I thought I might contribute!


Denmark has a host of cutting edge, world renowned architects. My personal favorite would be Henning Larsen www.hlt.dk/

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^^ I guess that also killed the very last chance of the new Rødovre high-rise going up then. Not that anyone belived it would happen with Brainstones anyway...

^ 2 very bad news :'(

^^ I guess that also killed the very last chance of the new Rødovre high-rise going up then. Not that anyone belived it would happen with Brainstones anyway...

After what I hear that winning consortium is in the market trying to find a new investor - probably pretty damn hard given the current times. I heard that the construction cost is around 700 mio. DKR(!). The more I think about it the more hopeless the business case on this project seems.

A bit off topic, but I'm not really surpised that it could cost 700 million DKR. I wonder what the price is on other new highrise projects here in DK.

I think I remember that Ferring was around 300 millions, but that's ages ago (price'wise atleast).

A bit off topic, but I'm not really surpised that it could cost 700 million DKR. I wonder what the price is on other new highrise projects here in DK.

I think I remember that Ferring was around 300 millions, but that's ages ago (price'wise atleast).

Yeah, and remember that Ferring got the site almost for free.

Herzog & de Meuron 5 star water-front design hotel in Helsinki:

http://www.uusisuomi.fi/files/imagecache/suurennettu/kuvat/skattahotelli01.jpg

http://www.uusisuomi.fi/files/imagecache/suurennettu/kuvat/skatta01.jpg

Wauw looks great :)

i wonder what the idea is behind this X-shape...

Wauw looks great :)

thanks.. hope they start building it soon... the glass surface of the hotel will be really cool... like ice.

The Doubloug-block from 1933 in Oslo. It was drawn by Erich Mendelsohn and I believe it's the only building he ever did in Scandinavia (?).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Dobloug_1933.jpg/1024px-Dobloug_1933.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dobloug_1933.jpg

Hmm, why havn't the new art museum in Oslo by the slightly famous architect Renzo Piano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano) been posted here? Well, here it is.

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Tjuvholmenovr.jpg



Tjuvholmen Museum

The museum complex will be designed by Renzo Piano (http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/) and house, among other things, the Astrup-Fearnley collection of modern art, which is currently on exhibit at a different venue in Oslo. The collection includes works by Andy Warhol an Jeff Koons. The concept is being developed in co-operation with Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen. The complex will also include a so-called event centre or Exploria, developed in co-operation with Event Communications Ltd., London. In addition to this, an observation tower is planned built.


http://www.bygg.no/image/414/1/4/414_1.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/untitledt.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/Untitled-1.jpg


(Almost) current status (nov 30, 2010):

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0475.jpg

Canal inbetween separate parts of the museum:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0512.jpg

The thread to the whole Tjuvholmen project in Oslo:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=559616&page=18

^^ Joamox mentioned Pianos museum at the first page actually, but he didn't include any renders or construction pictures like you did. Unless I'm mistaken, I think this is the last and final design:
http://www.tjuvholmen.no/arch/_img/9087047.jpg
http://www.tjuvholmen.no/?did=9073964

You can see the roof has a pointer end where it meets the ground in my photo.

Nice!

^^ Joamox mentioned Pianos museum at the first page actually, but he didn't include any renders or construction pictures like you did.

Oh yes, now I see. But I think it deserves a bit more than a mentioning ;)

The renders + the information available for this project and the tower has been extremely poor right from the beginning.

The tower is on schedule, according to the manager of Tjuvholmen ks. It will be 70 meters and completed next year.
Would like to see some real renders of it.

^^
Looks great.

I don't think it has been mentioned that Piano has also been involved in some arts centre in Småland, Sweden. Would some swede - or anyone else of course - happen to know if it will materialize and if any renderings have ever come out?

Much smaller of course but makes me kind of curious because Piano is usually quite selective about which projects to get involved in.

^^
Looks great.

I don't think it has been mentioned that Piano has also been involved in some arts centre in Småland, Sweden. Would some swede - or anyone else of course - happen to know if it will materialize and if any renderings have ever come out?

Much smaller of course but makes me kind of curious because Piano is usually quite selective about which projects to get involved in.
I've found an article who claims it would open in autumm 2010, but it also mention some problems with the funding which may explain why we haven't heard anything about it yet.
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Renzo%20Piano-designed%20arts%20centre%20to%20open%20in%20Sweden/19329

If you look at both of these sites, you will see some sketches i background behind where Renzo Piano is standing. Sadly I couldn't find any better pictures, but this is probably the design he is working with on the centre in Småland.

http://www.vandalorum.se/BinaryLoader.axd?OwnerID=f8427917-a95a-4b09-bf38-e1fd7179e41b&OwnerType=0&PropertyName=Image1&FileName=Renzo%20latt.jpg&ResizeHeight=188&ResizeWidth=370
http://www.vandalorum.se/web/Renzo_Piano_1.aspx

... And:
http://www.vandalorum.se/web/Vandalorum_timeline.aspx