The Danish Association of Architects (Danish: Akademisk Arkitektforening), or simply AA, is an independent professional body for architects in Denmark. Members have the right to use the title MAA
Akademisk Arkitektforening was founded at the initiative of L. A. Petersen on 21 November 1879 with the principal aim to advance and promote architectural quality by influencing the planning and design of our physical environment in the widest possible context.
Between 1951 and 2004, Akademisk Arkitektforening was part of the umbrella organisation Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund/Akademisk Arkitektforening, DAL/AA. In 2004, DAL/AA was demerged into the organisations Akademisk Arkitektforening, Ansatte Arkitekters Råd (now Arkitektforbundet) and the industry organisation Arkitekters Råd /now Danske Arkitektvirksomheder).
The association is based in the former rectory of the Reformed Church in Copenhagen]]. The building is located in th street Åbenrå. It was acquired by th property investment company Karberghus and put through a renovation in 2014. AA was formerly based in the Architects' House (Arkitekternes Hus) in Strandgade in Christianshavn.
Presidents of Akademisk Arkitektforening/Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund
1886-18??: P.V. Ditlevsen (?)1897-1900 Albert Jensen1902-1904 Axel Berg1904-1907 Andreas Clemmensen1907-1909 Axel Berg (again)1909-1913 Anton Rosen1913-1917 Kristoffer Varming1919-1922 Henning Hansen1922-1924 Carl Brummer1924-1930 Emanuel Monberg1930-1930 Axel Preisler1930-1937 Alf Cock-Clausen1937-1942 Kay Fisker1942-1946 Thomas Havning1946-1951 Hans Erling Langkilde1952-1955 Helge Finsen1954-1960 Flemming Grut1955-1961 Philip Arctander1960-1966 Hans Henning Hansen1966-1969 Philip Arctander (again)1969-1973 Jacob Blegvad1973-1976 Hans Hartvig Skaarup1976-1979 Jørgen Pers1979-1985 Søren Nielsen1985-1991 Jens Rosenkjær1991-1997 Viggo Grünnet1997-2006 Gøsta Knudsen2006-2010 Rikke Krogh2010- Natalie Mossin1909: H.B. Storck1913: Martin Nyrop1922: Andreas Clemmensen1924: Axel Berg1927: Anton Rosen1943: Gotfred Tvede1943: Poul Holsøe1944: Carl BrummerAkademisk Arkitektforenings's Honorary Medal is awarded to architects and organisations that have made a particularly important contribution to architecture. The medal is awarded in silver or gilded silver.
Arne Eide, Norway, 21 April 1934Ragnar Östberg, Sweden, 30 September 1936Ivar Tengbom, Sweden, 2 November 1939Eliel Saarinen, Finland, 21 November 1939Hakon Ahlberg, Sweden, 17 October 1941Auguste Perret, France, 7 January 1949Arnstein Arneberg, Norway, 26 September 1950Magnus Poulsson, Norway, 26 September 1950Alvar Aalto, Finland, 5 June1953Frank Lloyd Wright, United States, 16 May 1957Louis I. Kahn, United States, 19.9.1965Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, United States, 3 October 1965Sir Robert Matthew, United Kingdom, 8 November 1965Kenzo Tange, Japan, 10 October 1968Charles M. Sappenfield, United States, 27 November 1987Alf Cock-Clausen, 25.11.1927Axel Berg, 21.11.1929Martin Borch, 21.11.1929Jens Vilhelm Petersen, 21.11.1929Ulrik Plesner, 16.9.1931Emil Jørgensen, 3.10.1933Andreas Fussing, 4.2.1939Axel Høeg-Hansen, 4.2.1939A.S.K. Lauritzen, 4.2.1939Carl Brummer, 12.7.1939Henning Hansen, 25.4.1941Poul Holsøe, 20.11.1943Valdemar Schmidt, 9.4.1944Andreas Jensen, 21.8.1948Hans Erling Langkilde, 14.1.1952Knud Millech, 21.11.1954Helge Finsen, 28.2.1957Ejnar Dyggve, 17.10.1957Flemming Grut, 12.3.1960Thomas Havning, 7.10.1961Arne Jacobsen, 11.2.1962Kay Fisker, 14.2.1963Vilhelm Lauritzen, 9.9.1964Hans Henning Hansen, 2.6.1966C.F. Møller, 31.10.1968Philip Arctander, 21.1.1969Mogens Lassen, 25.2.1971Esbjørn Hiort, 28.3.1972Kaj Gottlob, 11.7.1975Edmund Hansen, 10.12.1976Poul Erik Skriver, 20.11.1982Tobias Faber, 12.12.1985Hans Hartvig Skaarup, 6.11.1991Jacob Blegvad, 21.4.2001Knud Friis, 7.6.2002Jørn Utzon, 30.11.2006Jan Gehl, 8.6.2012V. Eilschou Holm, 9 June 1932Axel Bang, 2 November 1937Vilhelm Lorenzen, 5 February 1957Oslo Arkitektforening, Oslo, 4.9.1931Södra Sveriges Byggnadstekniska Samfundet, Malmø, 9.11.1932Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 21.11.1934Norske Arkitekters Landsforbund, Oslo, 7.6.1935Finlands Arkitektförbund, Helsingfors, 27.11.1943Arkitektföreningen för Södra Sverige, Malmø, 8.12.1943The Architectural Association, London, 17.12.1947Det Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster, København, 31.3.1954The American Institute of Architects, Washington, 16.5.1957Svenska Arkitekters Riksförbund, Stockholm, 23.9.1961Stadsarkitektens Direktorat, København, 1.11.1961Vridsløse Andelsboligforening, Albertslund, 10.12.1976Albertslund Kommune, Albertslund, 10.12.1976
