COBE is an architectural firm based in Copenhagen and Berlin. Founded by Danish architect Dan Stubbergaard and German architect Vanessa Miriam Carlow in 2005, the practice has been particularly successful within the area of urban planning but also made a number of award-winning designs of buildings and urban spaces. The name of the practice is an acronym for the two cities the two founders are coming from, COpenhagen and BErlin.
COBE was founded in 2005 by Danish architect Dan Stubbergaard and German architect Vanessa Miriam Carlow. In 2006 the firm won the Golden Lion at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale for the project CO-Ecolution which was made in collaboration with three other young Danish practices.
In March 2009 the firm won the large international competition for a masterplan for the North Harbour area in Copenhagen. This success has been followed by a number of other wins in planning competitions, such as those of the North Campus area in Copenhagen (2011), the Central Station area in Aarhus and Lund Science Village in Lund, Sweden. The practice has also designed a number of buildings and urban spaces.
Taastrup Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bispebjerg Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Maritime Museum and Science Centerm Porsgrunn, Norway (2014)
New Nørreport Station, Copenhagen, Denmark (u/c, completion 2015)
Danish Rock Museum, Roskilde, Denmark (competition win, September 2011)
Prinsessegade Children's Village, Christianshavn, Copenhagen (competition win 2012)
Tingbjerg Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (competition win 2012)
European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden (competition win, February 2013)
Volunteer House (Red Cross), Copenhagen (competition win, July 2013)
Tampere Travel and Service Centrem Tampere, Finland (competition win, October 2014)
Køge Nord Station, Køge, Denmark (competition win, November 2014)
Adidas visitor centre, Herzogenaurach, Germany (competition win, December 2014)
Redmolen Rotonda, Nordhavn, Copenhagen (competition win, February 2016)
Nordhavnen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nørre Campus, Copenhagen (competition win, September 2010)
Downtown masterplan, Høje-Taastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark (competition win, October 2011)
Aarhus Central Station Area, Aarhus, Denmark (competition win, March 2012)
Lund Science Village, Lund, Sweden (competition win, March 2012)
Downtown masterplan, Farsta, Stockholm (competition win, December 2014)
Værløse Air Base South Camp, Værløse, Copenhagen (competition win, January 2015))
Christiansholm, Holmen, Copenhagen )competition win, February 2016)
Vester Voldgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
Israels Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark
Universitetstorvet ("University Square"), Søndre Campus, Copenhagen (competition win, June 2015)
2006 Golden Bear, Venice Biennale, Venice
2012 MIPIM Award (Refurbished Building category) for Bispebjerg Library
2012 Nykredit Architecture Prize
2015 MIPIM Award (Residential Development category) for Krøyers Plads
