All new Danish highrises

[Blue Viking]

Good point. The police were also against a bus station at the same place for security reasons.

The police should really move these kind of facilities to Amager Fælled - right next to a new Ungdomshus and perhaps an earth hole NIMBY-residential

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by Blue Viking

Good point. The police were also against a bus station at the same place for security reasons.

The police should really move these kind of facilities to Amager Fælled - right next to a new Ungdomshus and perhaps an earth hole NIMBY-residential

[EDK_DK]

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[Kaneda]

The construction of the highrise in Aabenraa, probably won't start before sometime in the spring of 2009, as the club which is situated there atm has a lease that expires in februar 2009 and probably won't be able to find a new location, and have it ready, berforehand. This is too bad, as Sjælsø Gruppen has really been trying to push the project foreward.

[ØlandDK]

Are we talking about fucking Buddy Holly here? They should go to hell!

[Kaneda]

Originally Posted by ØlandDK

Are we talking about fucking Buddy Holly here? They should go to hell!

No no, now its a Crazy Daisy. But I COULDEN'T agree with you more!

[mlm]

A bunch of changes made recently, here are they:

Queens Corner in Herning and Havneholmen Tower in Copenhagen changed to UC. The holstebro tower changed to approved.

Added these Copenhagen buildings. As far as I can see, there is "only" 2 buildings at Bernstorffs Plads. The SEB building seems to be two towers "merged" into one, therefore I only added two. Let me know if I'm wrong:

Bernstorffs Plads (2 buildings)
44 m each
10 floors
Office (One if them will be SEB Danish HQ)
UC
Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg A/S


(Billboard photo by Fab5)


Tøjhus Housing - Njalsgade (No known name yet)
13 floors
Residential
Proposed
Architect: B.I.G.
Will it be build? - My guess: 50 % chance







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Hope to find some new renderings of the DGI "highrise" in Herning soon. It's supposed to be 9 floors on the of the DGI center itself which is 3 floors, so should make the list (again). Construction is starting around April 1st, so hope to find something soon.

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by mlm

A bunch of changes made recently, here are they:

Added these Copenhagen buildings. As far as I can see, there is "only" 2 buildings at Bernstorffs Plads. The SEB building seems to be two towers "merged" into one, therefore I only added two. Let me know if I'm wrong:

This is the layout for the site from birds-eye view, so I guess you can say, that there are only two buildings:

[Fab 5]

Some comments and up-dates:

Ad "Metropolis": You write Kasper Danielsen is behind. It is really a Future Systems project - KD is their representative in DK doing the detail-design etc. KD did not come up with the overall design (it is exactly the same relationship seen at “Gemini Residence”, where I would write “MVRDV” only. It is very common for especially A-league, international architects to establish these partnerships in various countries. Thereby they are freed from the time-consuming and “boring” detail process).

Ad "Siloen": It is not an old silo receiving a serious "face-lift" - it's a brand-new, silo-inspired building just south of the current "Silo 52" (which is where "Gasometret" is supposed to be situated).

Ad "Udsigten": It is not that I know of an "approved" project. It is still "proposed". The day the design concretizes (my guess is that the design will be quite different from the renderings looking at the realized buildings already down there comparing them to the original renderings), a public approval process is needed - just as is currently happening to the new office building next to the one you took pictures of on your Esbjerg-tour.

Then there is some outdated information on Ørestad:

"Copenhagen Golf Park": Completed.
"Bella Center Hotel" will go UC 2008 probably with BOTH stages getting underway.
"Fields Tårn" will (probably) go UC 2009.
"Det Flexible Hus": Completed.
"Sejlhuset": Completed.
"Ørestadshuset": Completed.
"Det Vredne Tårn": Not UC - "Big House" is UC (which the tower is kinda part of), however, no current activity at the location of the tower. This is definitely one part of the overall project that could be pushed into the future, if the rest of the project doesn't sell as expected.

[mlm]

/\ Thank you very much for all this. It all sounds good to me, so I'll make the changes.

One things though, about Udsigten: I thought it was more or less on it's way down the drain. I haven't heard anything about it in a very long time. I remember when it was proposed, in january 2003, since I wrote a small news article about it on emporis.com: The article
I'm pretty sure atleast something got approved some time ago. I'm having a hard time navigating the Esbjerg Kommune localplan site, and can't link directly to it, but I took a screenshot of what I found: Screenshot.
It looks to me like that was approved in november 2006, but it also looks like it's just a "kommunalplan". So I guess you could be right; Overall plan approved, but detailed locaplan not made yet.
I still have strong doubt that it will ever go up. It can't be a good sign, that more or les nothing happens in 5 years... But if it do, I surely also hope the design will be very different.

EDIT: All updates made, including making Udsigten proposed. Thanks again for taking the time to go through the list.

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by mlm

/\ Thank you very much for all this. It all sounds good to me, so I'll make the changes.

One things though, about Udsigten: I thought it was more or less on it's way down the drain. I haven't heard anything about it in a very long time. I remember when it was proposed, in january 2003, since I wrote a small news article about it on emporis.com: The article
I'm pretty sure atleast something got approved some time ago. I'm having a hard time navigating the Esbjerg Kommune localplan site, and can't link directly to it, but I took a screenshot of what I found: Screenshot.
It looks to me like that was approved in november 2006, but it also looks like it's just a "kommunalplan". So I guess you could be right; Overall plan approved, but detailed locaplan not made yet.
I still have strong doubt that it will ever go up. It can't be a good sign, that more or les nothing happens in 5 years... But if it do, I surely also hope the design will be very different.

EDIT: All updates made, including making Udsigten proposed. Thanks again for taking the time to go through the list.

You are exactly right; the screenshot shows the municipality plan. It's not the far more detailed district plan, that hasn't been settled yet with regard to "Udsigten" (I guess Esbjerg Kommune does these district plans somewhat differently than for instance Copenhagen and Århus taking it more on a step for step basis).

I share your worries, and honestly I am very skeptic too on "Udsigten". The entrepreneur behind, "Pedersen Gruppen", is a very, very conservative investor. They are NOT risk loving - probably risk averse. They do not start a project up without being sure on beforehand that most of it has been either sold or rented out. It is exactly why such a project like "City Nord" in Esbjerg has taken almost ten years to get underway (http://www.pedersengruppen.dk/erhver.../citynord.html).

Besides, there is an almost identical project underway in another part of the harbor (however without a high-rise). Suddenly two identical and huge projects are competing for the same segment in a mid-size city. It just makes the situation even more delicate.

Moreover, the owner of "Pedersen Gruppen", Bjarne Pedersen, is having a continuous and very personal dispute with the mayor of Esbjerg, Johnny Søtrup. Pedersen used to be chairman of "Venstre" in Esbjerg; however, he quickly managed to get into a dispute with the longtime "King of Town", Søtrup. Nowadays they basically hate each other. Søtrup, who has an apartment that might get its sea-view obstructed by "Udsigten" and some of the other “Dokken”-projects, is actually (as a mayor!) formally objecting as an ordinary citizen every time a new project is launched for Pedersen’s plan. As a longtime running mayor, a real "King of Town", he has tremendous power. That and his personal agenda won't make things easy for "Udsigten". (BTW: Søtrup used to be huge fan of "Dokken" in the first years, nowadays he is more reserved - he bought that apartment in 07...).

[mlm]

/\ Ouch, that indeed sounds very bad for the future of Dokken. Thanks for the detailed information, it's very hard to keep updated here, when you don't have acces to JyskeVestkysten.

As a little sidestorey about Esbjerg, I see they're now demolishing Kridthuset, the old 14 storey residential building. It's the first of all the Danish 1950s-70s highrises that comes down. Apparently the building is more or less impossible to renovate, since it's constructed in concrete all the way through. Not that it has much to do with new highrises...

[knilaus]

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[mlm]

/\ That is good news for Horsens, it long seemed like it was dead. Thanks for the link.

I'm not sure how to read the localplan part, but I would think that a new plan can be sent into hearing afther the process on march 4th. The project was almost dead, so it would be strange if they had a new localplan out in hearing already.

Not many danish projects have their own thread in the highrise section yet, and I guess those are also most interesting if they can be updated reguraly. I might add one when it is closer to going U/C if noone else has yet then.

EDIT: Just found a bit more on the Horsens Kommune website. There is still a little way before a new localplan can be finally approved: Link.

[Kaneda]

Just stumbled over this picture. Its Greenlands tallest building. The pciture is from September, so I guess its about finshed about now. I coulden't find any info on the height, but it is 11 stories tall, and it is residential. The contracter is MT Højgaard.

Edit: Hmm, the picture won't show, but here is the link: http://bp2.blogger.com/_v3aAZq0mPMg/...nland7+043.jpg

[mlm]

Nice, I count 12 floors. Had no idea there was such a building U/C up there at the moment. Will look more into this tonight. Good find.

[TMG]

I was in Nuuk in November 2007. At that time the buildings were still under construction. They are the tallest buildings in Nuuk. There is also a 8 and some 5 and 6 floors buildings in Nuuk.

[mlm]

/\ I really had no idea about these buildings. found a bit information, and added this:



Højhuse Jagtvej (2 buildings)
12 floors each
Residential
UC (might be completed now)
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by mlm

/\ Ouch, that indeed sounds very bad for the future of Dokken. Thanks for the detailed information, it's very hard to keep updated here, when you don't have acces to JyskeVestkysten.

As a little sidestorey about Esbjerg, I see they're now demolishing Kridthuset, the old 14 storey residential building. It's the first of all the Danish 1950s-70s highrises that comes down. Apparently the building is more or less impossible to renovate, since it's constructed in concrete all the way through. Not that it has much to do with new highrises...

FYI, mlm: http://www.jv.dk/artikel/314863

[mlm]

/\ Thank you for the link. After a few searches, and reading a few more articles, it sure seems like these 2 people have some problems with each other. This isn't exactly making the chances of Udsigten bigger.