Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen, Hon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House.

Contents

• Henning larsen architects
• Daniel baumann lead design architect of henning larsen architects
• Buildings
• Distinctions
• References

Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952. He continued studies subsequently at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His mentors included Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon.

Larsen founded an architectural firm that bears his name, Henning Larsen Architects (formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S). From 1968 to 1995, he was a professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he established the SKALA architecture gallery and the parallel SKALA architecture journal, both entities of which continued until 1994.

Buildings

1968 The campus center in Dragvoll at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

1979 The Danish embassy, Riyadh

1982–87 Commercial college and residences, Frederiksberg

1982–84 Ministry of foreign affairs, Riyadh

1984–85 Gentofte library

1992 The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, Churchill College, Cambridge

1997 Extension of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

1995 Egebjerggård, Ballerup

1994–1999 Extension of Malmö City Library

1999 Head office of Nordea, Copenhagen

2004 Copenhagen Opera House

2004 IT University of Copenhagen

2007 Musikens Hus (The house of music), Uppsala, Sweden

2004–2007 The Roland Levinsky Building as part of the Plymouth University, England

2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany

2008-2011 Harpa (Concert hall and conference center), Reykjavík, Iceland

Distinctions

1965 Eckersberg Medal

1985 Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects

1985 C.F. Hansen Medal

1986 Prince Eugen Medal

1987 The Daylight and Building Component Award

1987 Nykredit Architecture Prize

1987 International Design Award, United Kingdom

1989 Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh

1991 Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects

1997 Kasper Salin Prize, Sweden

1999 Dreyer Homorary Award

2001 Stockholm Award

2012 Praemium Imperiale