Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by noted Danish architect and namesake Henning Larsen, it has around 300 employees. In 2011 the company worked on projects in more than 20 countries.
In 2008 Henning Larsen Architects opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011 an office in Munich, Germany were inaugurated. The company also have offices in Oslo, Norway, in the Faroe Islands, and in Hong Kong, China.
Henning Larsen Architects is known for their cultural and educational projects. Among them Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavík that was selected as one of the ten best concert halls in the world by the British magazine Gramophone and won the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, which is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Henning Larsen Architects also designed the Copenhagen Opera.
After having worked both for Arne Jacobsen (1952–53) and Jørn Utzon (1958), Henning Larsen (1925-2013) founded Henning Larsens Tegnestue in 1959. With firm roots in Scandinavian design tradition, the office grew to one of the largest in Denmark. The first major project outside Scandinavia was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, establishing the firm's international reputation.
In the 1980s Henning Larsen initiated the architectural journal SKALA and an architectural gallery of the same name. As a professor in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Henning Larsen had the opportunity to invite great, international architects, who were interviewed in SKALA, to give lectures in the academy. This came to have a great influence on the new generation of Danish architects who acquired a much greater international vision than previously. The journal existed for 10 years.
Ownership and management
Today Henning Larsen Architects is owned by a group of partners. The partner group consists of Mette Kynne Frandsen (CEO), Louis Becker, Werner Frosch, Viggo Haremst, Signe Kongebro, Jacob Kurek, Kasper Kyndesen, Nina La Cour Sell, Ingela Larsson, Sarah Müllertz Gudiksen, Lars Steffensen, Jakob Strømann-Andersen, Michael Sørensen, Peer Teglgaard Jeppesen, Søren Øllgaard, Osbjørn Jacobsen (Faroe Islands), Claude Bøjer Godefroy (Hong Kong), Elva Tang (Hong Kong), Aljohara Al-Saud (Riyadh) .
Research and sustainability
Henning Larsen Architects has its own Department of Research and Sustainability run by Signe Kongebro and Jakob Strømann-Andersen. The department takes actively part in climate and sustainability discussions and develops different design tools based on the newest knowledge within the field.
Henning Larsen Architects has employed several PhD-students from the Technical University of Denmark, who work with different projects related to sustainable design at Henning Larsen Architects. The aim of the collaboration is to implement sustainability in the building design and building components at the very beginning of each project.
Danish Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1979)Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1984)Central Library, Gentofte, Denmark (1984–85)Dragvoll University Centre, Trondheim Norway (1986–89)Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark (1987)Nation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya (completed 1992)Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, DenmarkMøller Centre for Continuing Education, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK (1992)Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek French Wing, Copenhagen, Denmark (1997)Nordea Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark (1999)Malmö City Library extension, Malmö, Sweden (1999)Radium Hospital extension, Oslo, Norway (2000)Ferring International Centre, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (2001)IT University of Copenhagen, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Uppsala, Sweden (2007)Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom (2007)Jåttå Vocational School, Stavanger, Norway (2009)The Wave in Vejle, Vejle, Denmark (2009)Neroport, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (2010)Scandinavian Golf Club, Farum, Denmark (2010)Umeå School of Architecture, Umeå, Sweden (2010)Town Hall, Viborg, Denmark (2011)Spiegel House, Hamburg, Germany (2011)Harpa - Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland (2011)Low-energy office building, Ballerup, Denmark(2011)Umeå Arts Campus, Umeå, Sweden (2012)Skodsborg Spa & Fitness, Skodsborg, Denmark (2012)Art Pavilion, Videbæk, Denmark (2012)Campus Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark (2012)Klostermark School, Roskilde, Denmark (2012)Moesgård Museum, Århus, Denmark (2013)Moesgård Museum extension, Århus, Denmark (u/c, completion 2014)King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (u/c, completion 2013-2018)Calabar International Conference Center, Calabar, Nigeria (u/c, completion 2013)Crystal Towers, King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Siemens Headquarters, Munich, Germany (competition win, June 2011)Egedal Town Hall, Egedal, Denmark (competition win, September 2012))Ystad Arena, Ystad, Sweden (competition win. u/c, completion 2015]Frederiksbjerg School, Aarhus, Denmark (competition win. u/c completion 2016)Villas in the Sky, King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (u/c, completion 2013)Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (u/c, completion 2013)Nordea Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark (competition win, April 2012)Cultural cluster, Klaksvík, Faroe Islands (competition win, June 2012)Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, Stuttgart, Germany (competition win, October 2012)Herlev Hospital extension, Herlev, Denmark (competition win. u/c completion 2017)Campus Aas, Aas, Norway (competition win. u/c completion 2018)European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden (competition win, February 2013)Vinge, Frederikssund, Denmark. (Masterplan, competition win.)Kiruna Town Hall, Kiruna, Sweden (competition win, September 2013)Forum Medicum, Lund, Sweden (competition win, December 2015)Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Cincinnati, UZ (competition win, January 2016)French International School, Hong Kong, China1987 International Design Award, London1989 Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh1997 Kasper Salin Prize for Malmö City Library2005 LEAF Award, Grand Prix for IT University of Copenhagen2008 RIBA Award for Roland Levinsky Building2010 LEAF Award for The Wave (residential category)2010 IDA International Design Award (Architectural Design of the Year category) for Batumi Aquarium2011 Civic Trust Award for The Wave2012 Best Performance Space for Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Travel + Leisure Design Awards2012 Civic Trust Award for Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre2013 Civic Trust Award for Umea Arts Campus2013 Architizer A+ Award (+Light category) for Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture for Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre2013 Emirates Glass Leaf Award for Harpa – Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre (Best Public Building - Culture)2013 Emirates Glass Leaf Award for Campus Roskilde (Best Public Building - Education & Research)2014 Civic Trust Award for Campus Roskilde2015 Civic Trust Award for Mosgaard Museum2015 The International Architecture Award for SDU Kolding Campus2015 The International Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design) for Moesgaard Museum 2015 LEAF Award in the category Urban Design for Vinge Train Station 2016 Green Good Design Award (The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies) SDU Campus Kolding 2016 LEAF Future Building Awards in the category Under Construction for Kiruna City Hall 2016 AIA IR (The International Chapter of the American Institute of Architects) for SDU Campus Kolding 2016 AIA IR (The International Chapter of the American Institute of Architects) for Moesgaard Museum 1999 "The Architect's Studio" at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark2011 "what if...?" at Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark. The exhibition has also been displayed in Umeå, Munich and at Danish Architecture Centre as a part of the exhibition "In Dialogue with the World". 