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Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen founded the company in 1959. From the beginning, he spearheaded competitions and the construction of important buildings in Denmark and abroad. Competitions and architectural experimenting have formed the basis of his architectural work and the development of Henning Larsen Architects. In the 1980's, he founded the architecture gallery SKALA and the journal of the same name - both of which he also managed for a number of years.

 
 
 
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Selected honoury offices and medals

Selected honoury offices and medals

The Stockholm Award, 2001
Honorary Doctor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Architectural Award of the Dreyer Foundation, 1999
The Kasper Salin Award, Sweden, 1997
Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA
Honorary member of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Honorary member of the Association of German Architects BDA
Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1989
Architectural Award of the Velux Foundation
The Prince Eugén Medal, Sweden, 1986
The C.F. Hansen Medal, 1985
The Eckersberg Medal, 1965

Facts

Facts

FOUNDER
Henning Larsen Architects, 1959

EDUCATION
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen, 1950
The AA School of Architecture, London, 1951-52
MIT School of Architecture, Boston, 1952

PROFESSORSHIPS
Professor of architecture, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1968-95
Adjunct professor, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1958-68
Appointed professor of architecture, School of Architecture in Trondheim, Norway, 1967
Visiting professor of architecture, Aarhus School of Architecture, 1966
Visiting professor of architecture, Princeton, School of Architecture, 1965
Visiting professor of architecture, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, 1964

MEMBER OF
The Danish Architects' Association
The National Association of Norwegian Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects
The Association of German Architects BDA
The Planning Board, Kuwait

BORN
1925

LANGUAGES
Danish, English, German

Selected projects

Selected projects

The Copenhagen Opera, Denmark, commission, inaugurated 2005
Adolf Würth Museum, Germany, first prize in invited competition, 1997, completed
Nordea Headquarters, Denmark, first prize in invited competition, 1995, completed
Malmø City Library, Sweden, first prize in invited competition, construction period 1994-97
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, first prize in invited competition, 1991, construction period 1994-95
Copenhagen Business School and Dalgas Have, Denmark, first prize in invited competition, 1986-88
The Danish Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, commission, completed 1987
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, first prize in competition, constructed 1982-84
Gentofte Library, Denmark, first prize in invited competition, construction period 1984-85
University of Trondheim , Norway, best project in competition, construction period 1974-78
Stockholm University , Sweden, first prize in competition, 1961, not completed
The school, Klostermarkskolen, Roskilde, Denmark, best project in open competition, completed 1965

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The Henning Larsen Foundation

The Henning Larsen Foundation

The Henning Larsen Foundation was first established in 2001 based on Henning Larsen’s private funds. The purpose of the Foundation is to promote and disseminate Danish architecture in a broad sense, and each year on the founder's birthday on 20 August, one or more grants are awarded.

Gallery and magazine SKALA

Gallery and magazine SKALA

Henning Larsen has always been deeply dedicated to architecture, not only practically but also theoretically in Denmark as well as abroad. In the 1980s, he initiated the architectural journal SKALA and the architectural gallery SKALA in the centre of Copenhagen.

Contact

Professor, Architect, Founding Partner
aka@henninglarsen.com
Phone: +45 8233 3098 (Can be contacted through Anette Karstenskov)
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