Newsletter | January 2010   13.01.2011     Contents First prize for new Conference Centre in Nigeria LEED Certificates for Green Building Two new projects in Riyadh 'Your Magazine' on Learning Spaces   First prize for new Conference Centre in Nigeria     Henning Larsen Architects has won the international architectural competition for the new Calabar International Conference Center in the southeastern part of Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and one of the continent’s fastest growing economies. Calabar is already hosting numerous conferences and, with the completion of the new Conference Center, the city hopes to attract even more international meetings and tourists. We visited the city of Calabar between Christmas and New Year and we are really looking forward to establishing a close collaboration with local partners. It will be our job to carry out the project that will provide Calabar with an international profile”, says Architect and Associate Partner, Ulrik Raysse, Henning Larsen Architects. The Calabar International Conference Centre consists of four adjoining, sculptural volumes. The building is situated on top of a hill and has a panoramic view from the foyer. The location on the middle of the hill creates a natural amphitheatre with a room for several thousand people on the one side and a spectacular view of the river delta on the other side. The building is multi-functional and will offer the citizens of Calabar a new cultural centre that will provide the setting for concerts, film festivals and exhibitions. ”Nigeria is developing rapidly at the moment and, as an architect invited to contribute to this development, you have a special obligation to consider architecture as more than a question of geometry. Architecture also contributes to the development of society”, says International Design Director and Partner, Louis Becker, Henning Larsen Architects. Henning Larsen Architects has designed several cultural and conference centres and has also previously worked in Africa. In 1992, the Nation Center in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi was completed. The competition for the Conference Center in Nigeria was won over Mecanoo from the Netherlands and three other international architecture companies. Read more on www.henninglarsen.com       LEED Certificates for Green Building Two employees of Henning Larsen Architects, Martha Lewis and Nina La Cour Sell, have recently achieved the title of LEED Green Associates – which is the official title for having passed the international LEED exam. LEED is the most widespread green building standard at a global scale. Read more on www.henninglarsen.com       Two new projects in Riyadh Henning Larsen Architects has just signed a contract for two new projects in Riyadh. The two mixed-use projects, each covering 40,000 m2, will be located on two prominent corner sites in the new King Abdullah Financial District. The buildings will thus mark the border to the rest of the city. Read more on www.henninglarsen.com       'Your Magazine' on Learning Spaces Read the special edition of ’Your Magazine’ where we put focus on the educational buildings of Henning Larsen Architects and ask the principals of Jåttå Vocational School in Stavanger, Norway, and Umeå School of Architecture, Sweden, about how they have experienced moving into the new buildings. Read more on www.henninglarsen.com