Major Projects, alphabetical:

Egernsund Tegl building, Denmark
2008-

picture from the architect
Danish brick building

The Icelandic Opera - The national opera in Iceland
2008-
Arkitema / Arkthing

image from the architect
Icelandic Opera : International architectural competition win

Nørre Vosborg, Vembvej, Vemb, Denmark
2008

photo : Thomas Mølvig
Nørre Vosborg

Sluseholmen, South Docks / Sydhavnen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005-09

picture : Ebbe Forup
Sluseholmen Copenhagen

Thor Site, Randers, Denmark
2007
Architecture Competition win

University Gardens, Ørestad North, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007

photo: Arkitema
University Gardens Copenhagen

Viborg halls of residence, Denmark
2008

photograph : Thomas Kaare Lindblad
Danish Project

Wegenersminde wellness & lifestyle centre, Wegenersminde, Denmark
2007
Architecture Competition win

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Danish Architects

Practice Information from Arkitema:

People in Architecture
Construction is a serious business. Buildings shape us, and we shape them. As we see it, buildings are much more than just machines to live in; they are living organisms which help to promote human activity.

Building Sustainable
Arkitema believes in sustainability. And not just as a slogan called forth by the media and circumstances. We have worked with sustainability as a central dogma ever since the foundation of the practice back in 1969, and we continue to develop and learn within this area. Today, we have no problem designing buildings that are both competitive AND sustainable – our goal is for the two concepts to form a synthesis in the future, when sustainability will be an essential element in all architectural
Building Customized
We believe that the best architecture is created by involving the architecture's users. Not by just asking them to passively contribute to a questionnaire survey, but by observing their behaviour and the needs they reveal in their daily routine – and then, via our aesthetic and anthropological processes, offering a solution which solves problems of which the users were barely aware. We call it "Building Customized".

Building Smart
Arkitema believes in technological progress, and feels that the major paradigm shift which has been enabled by 3D project planning is comparable to the revolution brought about by the invention of spatial perspective in the 15th century. We actively cultivate innovation as a key element in all our projects, and we expect that technological progress in construction, together with globalisation, will create entirely new building types in the 21st century – building types that we are looking forward to designing. We call it "Building Smart".

Interdisciplinary horizon
We apply our concrete professionalism and evidence-based design within the areas of construction, health, planning and landscaping, product design and interiors, innovation and process management, education and restoration/renovation. To cover these areas, we have established nine different departments: Arkitema Housing, Arkitema Leisure, Arkitema Living, Arkitema Learning, Arkitema Health, Arkitema Design, Arkitema PreFab, Arkitema Innovation and Arkitema Planning. Through these areas of expertise, we embrace a very broad field and cover virtually all aspects of architecture. Arkitema builds upon an interdisciplinary horizon; a horizon that is activated and set in motion every time we begin a new project.

At Arkitema, we believe that the architecture of the future must be created as a combination of many different skills – architectural, sociological, anthropological, engineering, etc. – not by a single genius with assistants. We aim to reinvent the architect with both aesthetic and social awareness – an architect who designs for the people who will inhabit the architecture.

Our goal is to create value for our customers, for the users and for society as a whole.

Unique architecture
In brief: we create unique architecture. Because we have wide experience of user consultation. Because we have the latest techniques in sustainable construction at our disposal. Because we employ 3D technology. Because we are an architectural practice that encompasses every aspect of architecture with a host of talented and visionary employees and because we have a large landscape and design department at our disposal. Because we are locally based in Aarhus and Copenhagen, respectively, and globally based in Stockholm and Beijing. Because we secure a professional, stable and innovative process during drafting and project planning. Because we have broad experience in financial project management, and because we are inquisitive, innovative, experienced and possess a great ability to empathise.

With 265 employees, Arkitema is one of Denmark's largest architectural practices.

Scottish Eco-Town
Scotland's first ‘zero-carbon settlement’ is a 5,000 home eco-town in Cardenden, Fife. Cardenden Eco-town ‘Vision and Delivery Statement’ unveiled by Banks Developments in Edinburgh on 28 Feb, attended by MSPs. Planning submission not due until Autumn. Eco-Town houses by Arkitema: Scottish Development

Warsaw Competition, Poland: 3rd place

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Danish Buildings



World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe

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Arkitema Architects - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

Website: www.arkitema.dk