Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard launches Spring 2025 studio at Harvard University
We are excited to announce the launch of Cobe founder and Harvard professor Dan Stubbergaard’s spring studio at the Harvard Graduate School of Design: City as Resource: Urban Repair Through Innovative Infrastructure.
This year’s studio continues its focus on urban adaptive reuse in the ‘already built-up city,’ addressing the urgent challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. With Copenhagen as the 2025 test site, the studio will explore strategies like stitching, repairing, covering, and uncovering, utilizing the transformative power of social, ecological, and logistical infrastructure to explore design responses in the face of the global resource crisis.
For more information, visit: City as Resource: Urban Repair Through Innovative Infrastructure - Spring 2025.
Cobe is looking for a transformation specialist
Cobe's portfolio of transformation projects is growing, and due to a number of exciting new projects of various kinds both nationally and internationally, we are looking for a talented and committed transformation specialist who wants to join us in shaping the future of architecture within the frameworks of the past. Therefore, we are now looking for a skilled project architect with solid experience in transforming our existing building stock.
Download the job posting with more info via this link.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Cobe is looking for a circularity specialist
At Cobe, we are committed to shaping the future of architecture by integrating recycled resources into our projects. As part of our growing focus on circularity, we are looking for an architect with practical experience in reusing materials and building components.
We aim to incorporate materials, building parts, or strategies for future reuse in both our domestic and international projects. The ideal candidate will have expertise in mapping and developing the potential of existing materials and building components, as well as experience in integrating recycled resources throughout the construction process.
Learn more and apply via this link.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Cobe seeks administration assistent
Cobe is seeking an administrative team member to handle a range of HR and payroll-related tasks. You will engage with the entire studio but will primarily work as part of our administration team, closely collaborating with our Finance Assistant and Head of Finance. Key responsibilities include administrative tasks, payroll management, HR support and general support.
For more information, download the job posting via this link.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Cobe seeks experienced German-speaking architect
Cobe has recently secured several exciting new projects in Germany. To support these endeavors, we are seeking an experienced German-speaking architect to join our team. We are looking for a candidate with a minimum of 5 years of experience in design and construction phases on large-scale projects with high architectural value and quality, as well as expertise in German project phases LP 2-5. While project management experience is not a requirement, applications from candidates with this additional expertise are also welcome.
For more details about the position, download the job posting below:
Download German job posting here.
Download English job posting here.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The Opera Park wins Dezeen Awards 2024
We are proud to announce that The Opera Park has won the prestigious Dezeen Awards 2024 for Landscape and Urban Design Project of the Year. What was once an industrial site, is now a lush, vibrant landscape in Copenhagen’s inner harbor.
“This project is an exceptionally well-designed public space that delivers both environmental and social benefits. The design offers a rich, diverse experience, from the varied plant life to the interplay of materials. It is a high-quality, thoughtful contribution to urban space, becoming a highly popular public attraction.” - Jury argumentation.
Dezeen Awards is an annual awards program celebrating the world’s best architecture, interiors, design, and sustainability projects. Organized by Dezeen, the world's most influential architecture and design website, it is a benchmark for international design excellence.
Learn more about the award here, or delve into the project via the link below.
Cobe is looking for a Danish-speaking constructing architect with a special interest in BIM and ICT
Cobe is looking for a Danish-speaking constructing architect with strong skills and a keen interest in BIM modelling, and ICT. In this role, you will take on the position of BIM Manager or ICT Lead for one or more of Cobe’s ongoing projects, both in Denmark and internationally. You will contribute to the design and development of high-quality details, collaborate closely within project teams, and join our BIM and ICT team, exchanging knowledge and developing processes to enhance Cobe’s projects.
Download the job posting with more info via this link.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Cobe to transform historic steelworks into new city district in Tallinn through comprehensive transformation strategy
We’re excited to share our plans to transform the historic Krulli Steelworks in Tallinn into a mixed-use city district. With a comprehensive transformation strategy that reuses existing elements found in the steelworks, from materials and components to entire buildings, this urban transformation project will bring back workplaces and city life to the decommissioned industrial area. Transforming three neigbouring industrial heritage halls, an innovation hub will serve as a kick-starting project and explore the neighborhood vision in detail.
The Opera Park voted The City’s Best Architecture
Selected by public voting, The Opera Park has been named The City’s Best Architecture in the annual 'Byens Bedste' (The City’s Best) – an awards program organized by Danish newspaper Berlingske, recognizing the very best places in the Danish capital.
Cobe wins competition to design Stadt am Volkspark in Hamburg
Cobe has been selected as the winner of the competition to design Stadt am Volkspark in Hamburg, Germany — a mixed-use city district where living and working will be integrated with research and education.
The project will transform a 55-hectare site into three distinct neighborhoods, each with a unique identity shaped by the existing landscape: a Campus City, centered around the existing trotting track, featuring research and education facilities; a Garden City, inspired by the existing allotment gardens; and a Nature City, integrated with the surrounding forest. At the heart of the development will be a green corridor that not only links these neighborhoods but also integrates into Hamburg’s extensive network of green spaces, and connects directly to the city’s largest public park, Volkspark Altona. This green backbone will enhance biodiversity, manage rainwater, and provide expansive recreational areas for more than 8,000 new residents, along with thousands of students and researchers.
Cobe exhibits at Harvard University
Cobe exhibits The Opera Park at Harvard University as part of the exhibition, 'Architecture as an Instruction-based Art'. The exhibition, which has just opened, brings together some of the world's most renowned architects and highlights how architects, unlike traditional artists, do not create finished works of art but detailed instructions through drawings that guide all parties involved in the construction process. These drawings are crucial for planning and shaping both the structure and the experience of a building and a public space.
The exhibition is open until October 15, 2024, at Harvard University's Druker Design Gallery in Cambridge, USA.
Cobe's Co-CEOs to speak at Leadership Day 2024
For two years, Cobe has been led by not one, but two CEOs – leading to faster decisions, stronger collaboration, and more room for innovation. On October 3, Nina Mathiesen and Mari Randsborg will take the stage and share their experiences at Leadership Day 2024, hosted by The Danish Association of Managers and Executives.
Transformation at Aggersvold Estate: From riding arena to hotel rooms
Cobe has transformed a former indoor riding arena at the historic 16th-century Aggersvold Estate into 49 hotel rooms, located approximately 80 kilometres west of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The transformation features walls and floors crafted from CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) elements and exposed massive timber surfaces, all integrated under the arena's existing roof and glulam trusses. In addition, the building’s historic exterior has been renovated. The arrival area has been repaved, improving accessibility and incorporating an efficient rainwater collection system, connecting the estate's various buildings.
The Opera Park wins 2024 AZ Award for Best Landscape Design
The Opera Park has been honored with the 2024 AZ Award for Best Landscape Design. Described as “a horticultural archipelago", this award was determined by a public vote.
The AZ Awards is a significant benchmark for excellence, recognizing and showcasing the world's best projects in architecture, landscape architecture, and design by AZURE Magazine, and revealed and celebrated at the AZ Awards Gala in Toronto every year.
Discover 'Islands of Wellbeing' at 3daysofdesign
In collaboration with Fritz Hansen, Cobe presents 'Islands of Wellbeing' at this year’s 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen. Set in The Opera Park, and Paper Island, the collaboration offers a unique opportunity to explore and express a shared vision for the future of wellbeing through extraordinary design and architecture.
Mark your calendars and join us between June 12-14 in Copenhagen.
Cobe unveils community meeting places for Realdania's 25th anniversary
In celebration of Realdania's 25th anniversary, Cobe has teamed up with ReVærk, Archival Studies, Pihlmann Architects, Rumgehør, and Studio XYZ to create 150 new communal spaces in Denmark.
Named The Workshop, The Conservatory, The Nature Base, and The Community Roof, the communal spaces are a series of small pavilions, designed with the goal of maximizing community interaction while minimizing environmental impact. The meeting places will be constructed using recycled, surplus, and biogenic materials, and they are also designed for future disassembly and recycling, ensuring they leave no physical traces on their sites. By the end of 2026, at least 150 of these structures will be built around Denmark. The meeting places are gifted to communities, with the sole requirement of strengthening and uniting the local community.
To apply for a pavilion or explore the designs, visit this link.
The Opera Park wins Architizer A+ Awards 2024
The Opera Park is named jury winner at the 12th Architizer A+Award 2024. The jury has awarded The Opera Park the title of Best Public Park and Green Space.
Founded on the premise of democratizing architecture, the A+Awards is the industry’s largest and most international awards program and honors the best architecture and spaces from across the globe.
Two Cobe projects honored with the City of Copenhagen's Architecture Award: Inner Nordhavn and The Opera Park
Two Cobe projects have received the City of Copenhagen's highest honor – Inner Nordhavn has been recognized for its extensive urban transformation of a former closed industrial port area into a diverse and vibrant city district, and The Opera Park has been awarded for creating a new green lung in the heart of the city’s bustling harbor.
Cobe wins design contest for Munich's 'Sugar Valley'
Cobe has won the design contest for a new multi-use building complex at the former Sendlinger concrete factory site in Munich, Germany. Transformed into a new residential, commercial, and cultural neighborhood known as 'Sugar Valley', the project invites the neighborhood in with a special focus on a mix of office, retail, and public amenities.
Spanning two buildings of 36,200 m², the project celebrates community through generous and inviting architecture, with both the top and ground floors open to the public. The design rests on the idea of a set of volumes stacked on top of each other providing a series of green terraces and facades at different heights of the building.
Cobe wins design competition for vibrant new urban neighborhood in Berlin
Cobe has won the competition to design a new urban neighbourhood in the heart of Neukölln, Berlin, Germany. The neighbourhood will encompass 300 homes of different ownership types and sizes, and be an lush, inviting and community-oriented mixed-use area connected to the nearby river.
Corum breaks ground
The construction of ‘Corum’, previously know as ‘Falk Areal', has started in the German city of Freiburg.
Inspired by the neighboring historic freight depot and its pitched roofs and rational, industrial design language, Corum is envisioned as a place of encounters and exchange - a lively meeting point for working, living and culture in the area. Developed by Lifa Breisgau, the future campus will provide 350 workplaces, including the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Dr. Falk Pharma and the Falk Foundation, alongside restaurants and public amenities. Set for completition in 2026, the building is on track for DGNB gold certification, with a flexible, future-proof design and a modular hybrid timber construction.
Cobe selected to design the future Museum Wegner
Cobe has been chosen as the architect for the future Museum Wegner. The museum will be located at the historic ‘Hestholm’ farm - approximately one kilometer from the city center of Tønder - a historical town in Southern Denmark at the border to Germany, where Hans J. Wegner was born and where he served his apprenticeship as a carpenter.
"We are humbled and honoured to have the opportunity to pay tribute to Hans J. Wegner - one of the great masters of Danish design. The new museum will be located at ‘Hestholm’ - one of the historic marsh farms in the Tønder area. In a mix of transformation of the existing farm and new extensions, the museum will provide the physical setting for Wegner's design universe in a way that respects the nature and cultural heritage of the local area, while also incorporating the international appeal that defines Wegner's furniture" - Cobe founder and architect, Dan Stubbergaard.
Four architecture firms join forces to shape Copenhagen's harbourfront
In a unique collaboration among four Danish architecture firms – Cobe, Dorte Mandrup, JAJA Architects and Vandkunsten – alongside Sweco engineers, Cobe will be designing a dynamic mixed-use city district with up to 100,000 m² of harbor front housing and commercial spaces, interconnected by canals, bridges, and lush green areas in Copenhagen’s South Harbor.
The project will focus on addressing the need for housing to be accessible to all in Copenhagen. It will include up to 1,000 large and small rental apartments and condominiums, and more than 25% of the total housing area will be designed as social housing. The ambition is to use biogenic materials wherever possible – including wood for structures. All buildings will target DGNB platinum certification and be constructed to align with the Reduction Roadmap initiative, that translates the principles of the Paris Agreement and the Planetary Boundary for Climate Change into CO₂ reduction targets for new Danish housing projects.
Cobe wins the design competition for the future Danish Parliament
Cobe, together with Arcgency, Drachmann, and Sweco, have been announced as the winners of the competition to design the future Danish Parliament. The project aims to open up Denmark’s historic center of governance, creating an accessible and inviting meeting place where everyone can experience democracy up close.
Maple House opens in Toronto
We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of Maple House, our first completed building in Canada, situated right in the vibrant heart of Toronto. The project brings affordable rental apartments to the city, while providing residents with generous apartments, flooded with light through floor-to-ceiling windows and access to attractive amenity spaces. The project stacks architectural components from the three surrounding neighbourhoods: Townhouses, warehouses and silos, creating a building complex that both responds to its surroundings and contributes by adding new distinctive, robust and diverse architecture.
The Opera Park wins ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2024
The Opera Park has won the ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2024. Out of 75 finalists, the park has secured the prize in the 'Public & Landscape Architecture' category. This achievement holds immense significance for us, particularly because it's a crowd-sourced award. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported us and cast their votes.
Fifteen years ago, the idea of the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards was initiated with the goal that ArchDaily readers would select their favorite buildings from its database. Thanks to this concept, the award has been transformed into one of the most democratic and influential in the field.
Dan Stubbergaard lectures at Harvard University
On April 9, 2024, Cobe founder and Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Dan Stubbergaard, will be delivering a keynote lecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, as part of the Harvard GSD Spring 2024 Public Program. Titled, 'City as a Resource - Cobe's Current Works on the City', the lecture will be open to the public and will also be streamed live on the GSD’s website.
Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard kicks off Spring 2024 studio at Harvard University
Cobe Founder and Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Dan Stubbergaard, has kicked off his Spring 2024 studio, 'City as Resource', at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. The studio will focus on urban adaptive reuse in the ‘already built-up city’ in the context of climate change and resource scarcity, with Berlin serving as a test site.
The studio seeks to explore new paths for urban development within the boundaries of our planet and the boundaries of the already built environment. This involves investigations on how urban development needs can be accommodated through cultures of reuse, reparation, retrofit, and sensible densification of the existing rather than prevailing practices of obsoletion, replacement, extraction, and expansion.
Happy New Year
Wishing all our clients, collaborators, friends, and followers a Happy New Year! We thank you all for our collaboration in 2023 and wish you the very best for 2024. We look forward to continuing our shared commitment to urban transformation, pursuing future-proof architecture, and creating extraordinary everyday spaces.
Happy New Year from the entire Cobe team.
Cobe and Yellon win residential tower competition at Stockholm’s historic gasworks
Cobe and Yellon have been announced as winners in the international competition to design 'Stadsljus', a new residential tower rising 110 meters above sea level situated on the site of Stockholm's former historic gasworks.
Announced today by OBOS, one of the largest housing developers in Scandinavia, together with the city of Stockholm, the project is set to redefine the flat city fabric of the Swedish capital while paying homage to the historical significance of the site. The tower will house approx. 300 apartments of different sizes, alongside a ground-floor restaurant and preschool. Its distinctive circular shape draws inspiration from the historical gasholders of the site.
Kyffhäuser Visitor Center breaking ground
Construction is officially underway for our Visitor Center at the Kyffhäuser Monument. Nestled in the Kyffhäuser Mountains in Eastern Germany, the site welcomes more than 200,000 visitors annually. Set for completion in 2025, our visitor center will reward its visitors with remarkable views and a direct access to the historic landscape and the Kyffhäuser monument, while offering a building easily adaptable for its many functional needs due to its modular timber construction.
Construction commences for Place Schuman
The construction of Place Schuman, situated in the heart of Brussels, has started. This marks a significant milestone as the 34,000 m² urban plaza is set to breathe new life into the European Quarter. The vision is clear: to shift the European Quarter from a primarily car space into a generous people-centric public space.
The Opera Park opens in Copenhagen, providing a green oasis amidst a bustling urban development
In a time of intense construction activity throughout Copenhagen, green recreational spaces have become more and more scarce. Yet, in the heart of the dense and historic city center, one of the inner harbor’s prime locations has not been developed, but transformed into a lush, green park island, featuring six gardens and a greenhouse. Situated between The Royal Danish Opera and Cobe’s soon-to-be completed Paper Island, The Opera Park offers a green escape from the bustling life of the city.
Hyllie Terrass inagurated with triple certification
Yesterday marked the grand inauguration of Hyllie Terrass, Skanska's new regional office in Malmö, Sweden. Designed by Cobe, this 14,000 m² office building serves as a pilot project for the Sweden Green Building Council’s newly established ZeroCO₂ certification system. What's more, the building has also achieved LEED Platinum from the U.S. Green Building Council and WELL Gold from the International WELL Building Institute. The certifications have been achieved through a range of measures, from using climate-improved concrete and recycled reinforcements to producing up-cycled furniture from the building's own construction waste, among other things.
To learn more about the project, visit this link.
Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard to present keynote lecture at The Berlage
On October 12, 2024, the founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard, will deliver a keynote lecture at The Berlage, Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design at Delft University of Technology. The lecture, titled 'The City as a Resource,' will showcase a selection of Cobe's urban transformation projects.
The Berlage Keynotes is an ongoing lecture series that features internationally prominent architects, designers, and thinkers who are at the forefront of design discourse and innovation. A diverse group of speakers working from various disciplinary perspectives and in different geographic, cultural, and political contexts will present how their work engages with contemporary issues and debates.
Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard appointed as Professor in Practice of Urban Design at Harvard University
The founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard, has been appointed as Professor in Practice of Urban Design at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He will assume the role on July 1st while concurrently continuing his position as Chief Architect at Cobe.
Jeppe Hein artwork completed at Frederiksberg Allé 41
Jeppe Hein's public artwork 'Balance of Time' has been completed at Frederiksberg Allé 41 in Copenhagen. This art project was specifically created for Frederiksberg Allé 41 and was realized through a close collaboration between Frederiksberg Municipality, Jeppe Hein, the art agency Creator Projects, and Cobe.
Cobe wins competition to design wooden House for the People
Cobe together with Finnish Lundén Architecture Company have won the competition to design the Espoo House – a 24,000 m² hybrid municipal building serving both decision-makers, city employees and residents, as well as various residential blocks, in the Finnish city of Espoo – the second largest city in the country and part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
The project stands out for its use of wood and close connection with the urban and natural surroundings, demonstrating Espoo’s commitment to develop innovative solutions for future environmental and social challenges. The design proposes a new distinctive house for the people that strengthens the future identity of Espoo.
Cobe launches The Cobe Tour map
On the occasion of the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023, Cobe is introducing 'The Cobe Tour' map. With three distinct routes in the city, you can explore some of Cobe's most significant projects in architecture, urbanism, and landscape architecture. Download a digital version of the map below or pick up a free copy of the map/poster at our in-studio café – and be inspired by our 20+ completed projects in the city.
Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard and Chief City Architect in Copenhagen Camilla van Deurs to debate urban transformation at MorgenDAC
On the morning of May 23, Cobe Founder Dan Stubbergaard will meet with Camilla van Deurs, Chief City Architect for the City of Copenhagen, for a session of MorgenDAC, a weekly debate on urban development and architecture organized and hosted by the Danish Architecture Center. They will discuss the future of transformation and the question of whether we should preserve everything that can be preserved for the sake of the climate, including the less aesthetically pleasing elements
Register for the debate via this link.
Event Details: May 23 2023, 08:15 am-09:15 am CET, at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen.
Cobe is official partner for the World Capital of Architecture 2023 in Copenhagen
UNESCO and UIA have selected Copenhagen as the World Capital of Architecture for 2023. At Cobe, we are excited to announce that we are official partners and welcome everyone to visit our office and in-house café in Copenhagen's Nordhavn area. Cobe has created various initiatives for experiencing Copenhagen throughout the year and will participate in a wide range of activities. Stay tuned!
See the official program from here.
Cobe wins competition to transform Nyhavna, Trondheim, into vibrant waterfront neighborhood
We are excited to share the news that Cobe has won the competition to develop Nyhavna in Trondheim, Norway.
The central feature of our masterplan is to ensure proximity to the fjord and accessibility for everyone. This will be achieved by establishing a generous waterfront park with a sequence of urban spaces designed for various uses and seasonal changes. All buildings are constructed with wood and utilize the footprint and foundations of the existing warehouses on the site today. The colorful design pays tribute to Trondheim's existing historical wooden buildings. Nyhavna will evolve into a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood featuring both housing and workplaces.
The project has been developed in collaboration with Topic Architecture, Olav Olsen, and Moe Denmark, for Nyhavna Utvikling.
Cobe opens in-studio café in collaboration with Copenhagen Dockside
Cobe and Copenhagen Dockside are excited to open a new café located within Cobe's Copenhagen studio. The café will serve as an interlude between the street and the studio, creating a cozy lobby atmosphere. It will be a place where Cobe's guests, employees, neighbors, and passers-by can enjoy coffee, breakfast, or a quick lunch, read a magazine, have informal meetings, purchase books, or view the latest architectural models directly from the studio. The models on display in the café are scaled-down versions of Cobe's projects, providing a unique opportunity for visitors to step inside and witness where the surrounding architecture takes shape.
Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cobe shares design for New Stadium in Aarhus
Cobe is proud to share our design proposal, as one of the three finalists in the international competition, for a new stadium and home ground for the AGF football club in Aarhus, Denmark. The design draws inspiration from the existing historical entrance hall and the surrounding Kongelunden forest. It features an ambitious sustainability strategy that involves upcycling and reusing building components from the existing stadium, which is only 20 years old.
Respecting the cultural heritage, our proposal scales down the large stadium volume and incorporates the red-tone colors of the existing buildings on the facade, as well as AGF's signature white color inside. The facade design is inspired by cones found in the forest clearing, with facade plates resembling leaves of trees, filtering light and creating a unique atmosphere.
This project is a collaboration with AFL Architects, Buro Happold, and Turner and Townsend.
Cobe to design Turku Science Park in Finland
Cobe wins the design of a 17 ha mixed-use area, Turku Science Park, in Turku, Finland. The area will bring together a 25,000 m² education campus, Taito Campus, for Turku Vocational Institute with residential and office buildings offering new types of workplaces. Centered around a mobility hub with a new tram line and bus lines, the district will strengthen the connection between Turku and Helsinki. The district will become a lively neighborhood for the residents, students, and workers.
The project is done in collaboration with the architects, Lundén and Arkkitehdit von Boehm – Renell, the engineers, WSP and AFRY, and the developer, YIT. In the coming years, we will develop the masterplan, and build the education campus, the mobility hub, and one of the mixed-use buildings - set to complete in 2027.
Read more here.
Cobe wins the competition to design a new School of Culture and Music
Cobe is excited to share the news that we have won the competition to design a new School of Culture and Music in Copenhagen, Denmark. The school is inspired by the historical context and neighboring listed Radio House building - a cornerstone in Danish modernism designed by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen in the 1940s as the headquarters for Danish broadcaster DR and now home to the Royal Danish Academy of Music. The project will create a campus for filmmaking, dance, art and music, and the surrounding urban spaces will offer students and visitors a new green oasis in a dense city – meeting the site's full potential.
The project is designed in collaboration with acoustician Anders Christian Gade and Norconsult for the City of Frederiksberg and Musikhøjskolen.
Cobe shares three sketch proposals for the future Palads in Copenhagen
We are proud to share three sketch proposals for the transformation of the iconic Palads in central Copenhagen, developed in close collaboration with Nordisk Film and incorporating ideas from the citizens of Copenhagen.
Cobe founder, Dan Stubbergaard, elaborates: "Nordisk Film has been extremely ambitious exploring several different options for the future of Palads and a world-class cinema. We propose three directions for the development of Palads, a classical approach, a modern approach, and a green approach. All three proposals have been developed with respect for the site, aiming to create architecture that is more open, welcoming, and inviting to the people of Copenhagen and the surrounding city."
Read more about the project here.
The university building, AAU INNOVATE Science & Innovation Hub, opens to the public
AAU INNOVATE Science & Innovation Hub is now open to students, researchers and future users. The 8,500 sqm building at Aalborg University (AAU) will provide an ambitious and innovative environment dedicated to interdisciplinary research and innovation. It is an open and inviting building that provides spaces for both lively research and focused concentration. The building includes laboratories, digital workshops and facilities for collaboration between students, entrepreneurs and businesses.
The project is designed for Aalborg University, the Danish Building and Property Agency, and A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation in collaboration with STED, OJ Rådgivende Ingeniør and MT Højgaard.
Cobe is part of the team selected for the revitalization of Collingwood Grain Terminals
The Corporation of the Town of Collingwood has selected Streetcar Developments Inc. & Dream Unlimited Corp together with Cobe, Urban Strategies, DTAH, Purpose, Entuitive, ERA, Crozier, and Two Row Architect as the successful proponent to move forward with the revitalization of the Collingwood Grain Terminals in Collingwood, Canada.
The Collingwood Grain Terminals revitalization project includes preservation and adaptive reuse of the Terminals through the creation of a full-service and authentic boutique hotel, restaurants, and events spaces, that highlight the heritage attributes of the building and provide public access to the entire Terminal building. The project will also include a residential component to the east of the terminals, a public realm enhancement, a reimagined park, new trails and walkways, and a renewed focus on recreational and cultural activities for year-round public enjoyment. Collingwood Harbour will be transformed into a marine destination unmatched on Georgian Bay and beyond.
Read more here.
Cobe wins the masterplan competition for a new city district - Quartier Am Humboldthain – in central Berlin
Quartier am Humboldthain is inspired by the neighboring Humboldthain Park, one of Berlin’s green lungs and the old AEG Turbine Factory by architect Peter Behrens, which had a significant influence on Berlin’s and Germany’s industrial history. The new city district transforms an area of 6,5 ha from a closed, monofunctional solitary building to an open and flexible urban plan organized around a new central park. Closing the building block towards the park, the district will offer new addresses along Gustav-Meyer-Allee with significant green views. The park becomes the green lung and central public space, also preventing heat and collecting rainwater after cloudbursts. It forms the organic counterweight to the unique industrial heritage with large industrial halls and the four new built high-rises. The masterplan will include 235,000 m² of commercial use with a focus on the science and technology related industries. The synergy of history and future, research and production, nature and culture, openness and enclosure will make the new “Quartier am Humboldthain” a true future-proof district of Berlin.
The project is developed together with SHP Ingenieure, Werner Sobeck, and Hans-Jörg Scherbening, DEKRA, for Quartier Am Humboldthain, Büro Dr. Vogel, and Coros.
Frederiksberg Allé 41 wins MIPIM Awards 2022 Best Mixed-Use Development
Frederiksberg Allé 41 has been announced as winner of the MIPIM Best Mixed-Use Development Award 2022 - an internationally-renowned real estate competition at MIPIM, the world's leading property event. The project is a completely new typology in Copenhagen: A building placed on top of a metro station, with commercial facilities at grade, a culture house in the mezzanine and a housing community on top.
Cobe to design the headquarters for pharmaceutical company Dr. Falk Pharma and the Falk Foundation
Cobe has won the competition to design the headquarters for pharmaceutical company Dr. Falk Pharma and the Falk Foundation. The 18,500 m² future-proof innovation campus offering 250 workplaces, offices, co-working spaces and public facilities will be located in Freiburg, Germany, next to the city’s historic locomotive workshop building; Die Freiburger Lokhalle. Cobe’s winning project draws cues from the architecture of the locomotive workshop building, its pitched roofs and rational, industrial design language. Flexible and robust spaces with visual connections and direct access to greenery create a high degree of flexibility for different styles of working, and lets Dr. Falk Pharma adapt the spaces to the company’s needs as they evolve and vary over time.
The campus is planned for completition in 2025 and designed with support from Buro Happold and DEKRA.
Read more here.
Cobe launches its first Industrial PhD in the field of sustainable architecture and urbanism
In collaboration with the Royal Danish Academy, Aalborg University and ETH Zurich, Cobe is initiating its first industrial PhD in the field of sustainable architecture and urbanism, conducted by architect Simon Sjökvist and supervised by Cobe’s Founder Dan Stubbergaard, Head of Resiliency Jacob Blak, and Managing Director Mari Randsborg. The PhD will investigate how we can transform and reuse the existing building stock more broadly and on a larger urban scale than today, what the environmental benefits of doing so could be and how such an upscaling could be implemented in current practices and systems.
Existing research indicates that the potential of reusing the existing building stock is currently not fully exploited and that the focus is often on the recycling of individual building components or materials. Taking a broader look, this PhD will explore the potential of the city as a resource in future urban development (including buildings, infrastructure or urban districts), to develop knowledge that can influence current policy and practice, and tools to navigate urban transformation processes.
The project is financed by the Innovation Fund Denmark. Learn more here.
Meet Dan Stubbergaard in a talk about Copenhagen's quality of life
On the occasion of the book, 'København - Urban Architecture and Public Spaces', published by DETAIL earlier this year, featuring several projects by Cobe, Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard and Editor in Chief of DETAIL Sandra Hofmeister will meet in a digital book talk to discuss Copenhagen's celebrated quality of life and how you can succeed in activating the public with architecture.
The online talk will take place on Dec 14 at 5:00 pm CET. Join via this link.
Cobe's new addition to one of Copenhagen's most significant historic boulevards fits in and stands out
Completing a vacant corner site along one of the most historic boulevards in central Copenhagen, established in the 1700’s as the King’s road leading from the city center to Frederiksberg Palace, Frederiksberg Alle 41 adapts to its immediate listed surroundings and enhances the unique cultural heritage of the area. The building on one hand fits in, and on the other hand, it stands out.
In addition to becoming a new infrastructural node for public transport, built on top of a metro station, Frederiksberg Allé 41 is also a social and cultural focal point in the neighborhood- with its food and cultural functions. It is a new gateway to the neighborhood and its nearby theaters, museums, and parks, and also a generator of urban life, reinforcing the area’s position as an vibrant and important destination within the Danish capital.
Dan Stubbergaard is part of the jury for PHI Contemporary
Dan Stubbergaard is part of the jury for the international architectural competition for PHI Contemporary - a cultural institution in Old Montreal, Canada, dedicated to exploring the contemporary through public engagement with art and culture. The future museum will house exhibition spaces, a network of new media galleries, mediation, research and studio spaces, and an expansive public domain. He will be joining respected colleagues from the international artistic and architectural scene, including Amale Andraos (WORKac), Elizabeth Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro) and Ippolito Pestellini (OMA/AMO and 2050+), among others.
Cobe wins competition for Mühlendamm Bridge in Berlin
In collaboration with Arup, Cobe has won the competition for the Mühlendamm Bridge in Berlin - one of the main east-west arteries in the city's historic Mitte district. The project transforms a heavy infrastructural node into a generous public space for people, offering bicycle lanes, pedestrian zones, a new tram line, and stands for the public to relax and enjoy the spectacular views of Berlin's iconic Cathedral and TV Tower.
Denmark's first urban, ultra-fast charging station is open to the public
Located next to Frederiksberg City Hall in central Copenhagen, Denmark's first urban, ultra-fast charging station supports a cleaner and greener transportation in Denmark. The station is able to charge 4 electric vehicles at the same time, and provides drivers a pleasant, natural environment for relaxing while waiting for their car to charge up. Composed of two timber canopies, designed for disassembly, reuse and upcycling, the station is part of Clever and Cobe’s modular system of ultra-fast charging stations currently being rolled out across Europe.
Karen Blixens Plads wins AZ Awards 2021
Karen Blixens Plads is the people's choice winner in AZ Awards 2021 - selected from more than +1,200 entries from 57 countries.
Azure Magazine elaborates on the award: "Boasting a resplendent topography, Karen Blixens Plads in Copenhagen is both a 20,000-squaremetre public space and a parking lot large enough for 2,000 bicycles. Architect Dan Stubbergaard of local firm Cobe achieved this feat by stacking one program element on top of the other. On the surface, the square is an undulating landscape, half hardscrabble, half green, and perfect for bike rides or summertime strolls. But in key locations, the space is punctuated with whimsical circles to reveal semi-submerged parking lots beneath the artificial mounds. Karen Blixens Plads is a climate park, too: During heavy storms, when nobody’s biking anyway, the storage will become a massive rainwater collector."
Two Cobe projects announced as winners of the Danish Concrete Award 2021
Every second year, the Danish concrete association, Dansk Beton, recognizes the most excellent and sustainable concrete projects in Denmark. For the 2021 prize-giving, Orientkaj Station has been announced as winner of the Sustainable Concrete Award 2021, and Karen Blixens Plads the winner of the In-Situ Award 2021.
Cobe completes second project at adidas headquarters
Cobe has completed its second project for adidas. Located at adidas World of Sports headquarters in Germany, HOMEGROUND is an ultimate hub for team-building and creativity that brings people together and enables success. Designed as a hidden village in the woods and constructed of cross-laminated timber, it will host the German National football team during the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament, before opening up to adidas staff and future visiting sports teams.
Cobe wins competition for Gothenburg University Library
Cobe has won the competition for a new university library in the heart of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg. The new 16,000-m² university library will be located in the heart of Gothenburg in the university area of Näckrosen, near many of the city's cultural institutions and to the Faculties of Humanities and The Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.
Cobe's winning project uses the book as the source of inspiration and point of departure for the design. Both the lightness and the gravity of a book is reflected in the subtle curvature of the building's volume and the vertical lines of its facade - much like the pages of a book, just being opened. The volume rests on an open and transperant ground floor with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows. The ambition is to allow the building to blend in with the surrounding park, to invite both new and current users inside, and to stand out as a beacon of knowledge at the top of the university area of Näckrosen.
Gothenburg University Library is set for completion in 2028.
Karen Blixens Plads wins Rethinking The Future Awards 2021
Karen Blixens Plads is an awardee of Rethinking The Future Awards 2021 - this year celebrating its 9th year by highlighting projects that are one step ahead towards a more sustainable future. This year, 1,400+ registrations were received from more than 50 countries.
Cobe wins masterplan competition to design Copenhagen’s new green city district – Jernbanebyen – at the city’s former railroad yard
Landowners Freja Ejendomme and DSB have selected Cobe as winner of the masterplan competition to design Jernbanebyen (english: railway city) - one of the last undeveloped industrial sites of downtown Copenhagen.
Designed in collaboration with Arcgency, Urban Creators, EKJ, 103, Metropolitan Metaculture, Mark Vacher and Sandra Lori Petersen, the project introduces car free neighborhoods where traditional streets are replaced with green urban spaces for cyclists and pedestrians. As a continuation of the site’s former function as an industrial production facility for the Danish national rail company DSB, the project aims to be a city of production. Products will be developed, produced and sold locally, and the unique, listed workshop buildings will be transformed into workshops for creative businesses and startups. Filled with contrasts and creativity, the transformed historical industrial buildings and train tracks will be located side by side with green urban spaces, housing, institutions, shops, eateries, communal facilities and cultural offerings, creating the framework for a better and more sustainable everyday life.
Cobe exhibits at DAC - Danish Architecture Center
Tingbjerg Library and the Ultra-fast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles are part of the recently opened 'Backstage' exhibition at DAC - Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition gives visitors a unique look at what happens backstage when architects and urban planners create the projects that shape our everyday lives.
The exhibition is open to the public from 21 April to 3 October 2021.
Cobe to design Global Business Gate in Gothenburg
Cobe has won the competition to design a 100 m high-rise for Global Business Gate, delevoped by Elof Hansson Properties and Alecta, in central Gothenburg, Sweden. Completed in 2025, the 30,000 sqm mixed-use building will offer 3,000 workplaces, offices, co-working spaces and public facilities and will be part of the new Masthuggskajen development at the city's central harbour front.
Global Business Gate will be an open and inviting workplace and meeting place for international trade, community and culture. The terracing and concave volume gives it a characteristic profile in the Gothenburg skyline, inspired by the waterfront location and the harbour's scale and existing buildings.
Paper Island is under construction in Copenhagen
Paper Island in Copenhagen's inner harbour has officially started construction. Set for completion in 2024, the former industrial paper storage site will undergo a transformation into a place for people, with 45,000 sqm condos, co-operative social housing and hotel as well as a host of diverse and multifaceted cultural activities.
Cobe selected for masterplan competition for the Porta Romana railroad yard in Milan
COIMA, Covivio and Prada Holding have invited Cobe for the masterplan competiton for the Porta Romana railroad yard in Milan, Italy. The development will include a 100,000 sqm park, residences, offices, social housing, student housing and the Olympic Village for the Olympic Vinter Games in 2026, interconnected to the entire metropolitan area of Milan.
Cobe, in collaboration with SD Partners, TRM Engineering, AKT II, Hilson Moran and Urban Foresight, are invited as one of six teams competing, including BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, John McAslan + Partners, OUTCOMIST (Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture, Carlo Ratti Associati), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Studio Paola Vigana.
Four Cobe projects nominated for EU Mies van der Rohe Award 2022
Cobe has four projects in the running for the world's most prestigious architecture prize - the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022. The prize is awarded every two years by the European Commission, recognising and commending excellence in European architecture in both conceptual, social, cultural, technical and constructive terms.
Read about the EU Mies Award here.
The nominated projects include:
Cobe and Kilo contribute with terracotta vase collection to new line of accessories from HAY
The Facade collection is a unique partnership in Danish design between Cobe, product designers Kilo and design brand HAY. Inspired by Cobe's kindergarten Forfatterhuset in Copenhagen, the series shares the same structure, material and design DNA, and is a versatile ceramic container solution for plants, utensils, servings and home decoration. The Facade collection is part of HAY’s Autumn 2020 Accessories Collection, now available at HAY stores globally.
Cobe wins competition for Koelnmesse headquarters in Cologne
Cobe wins the competition to design a 25,000 m² headquarters for Koelnmesse – one of the largest convention centers in the world, located in Cologne, Germany, with over 3 million visitors passing through it’s doors annually.
Designed in collaboration with Buro Happold and DEKRA, the project draws cues from the existing architecture of the Messe and its long colonnades and spacious ground floors. It consists of an ensemble of 3 buildings with a unifying public base connected to the trade fair grounds including conference halls, co-working, canteen and fitness, and flexible work spaces on the upper floors with excellent daylight, amenities and a high degree of flexibility for different styles of working. With its unique location in the center of Cologne, the new headquarters will create the best possible framework for meetings among employees and visitors, collaboration, and the exchange of experience, innovation, community and culture, slated for completion by 2025.
Cobe to design Zech Haus in Dûsseldorf
Cobe, Buro Happold and DEKRA have won the competition to design Zech Haus - a 31,500 sqm mixed-use development and high-rise for Gustav Zech Stiftung at Düsseldorf's harbor front in Germany, slated for completion in 2022.
Køge Nord Station wins UNESCO’s Prix Versailles 2020
Køge Nord Station is the world winner of UNESCO's Prix Versailles 2020, awarded with the Special Prize Exterior in the passenger stations category.
Administrated by the United Nations, the award recognises architecture from around the world, encompassing innovation, creativity, reflection of local, natural and cultural heritage, ecological efficiency and the values of social interaction which the United Nations holds in high regard.
Cobe to transform former correctional facility into new city district
Cobe is selected to design a masterplan transforming the iconic star-shaped Vridsløselille correctional facility, located in the city of Albertslund just 15 km from central Copenhagen, into a new city district of up to 160,000-square-metre housing and common facilities. Rather than tearing down the former state prison, the well-known prison gate and other essential qualities of the existing landscapes and cultural environments in the area will be preserved, transformed and actively integrated in the new city district.
We have already started up the process for the Vridsløselille masterplan and are excited to continue our work in collaboration with landowner A. Enggaard A/S, Freja Ejendomme and Albertslund Kommune. In a parallel assignment done earlier this year, two schemes, designed by Cobe and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, respectively, were recommended for the next step. Elements from the two projects can be implemented in the work ahead to develop the masterplan.
Karen Blixen Plads wins Dezeen Awards 2020
Karen Blixens Plads wins Dezeen Awards 2020 - landscape project of the year - selected out of more than 4,300 entries from over 85 countries across five continents!
Identifying the world's best architecture, interiors and design, the award was given with the following words from the jury: "It's impressive - how they made this project feel like a breath of fresh air; it's egalitarian in spirit whilst triggering curiosity. A mix of landscape design and architecture, it offers a great solution to the problem of bike storage in Copenhagen."
Dan Stubbergaard lectures online at the University of Washington
As part of his Visiting Professorship this year for the University of Washington, Department of Architecture, Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard will present recent works of Cobe in an online lecture on November 24 at noon PST. Register for the lecture (for free) by submitting you name and email and you will recieve a link the day before.
Cobe to design Culture School
Cobe, Norconsult and Gade&Mortensen Acustics win the competition to design a new culture school in the Danish city of Hjørring, and part of the city’s cultural axis.
An industrial and flexible truss supported structure will contain a learning landscape of wooden boxes stacked around a central common area functioning as the school’s communal heart and center stage. Each of the boxes will host a variety of functions - music studios, art studios, dance halls, classrooms and offices. Positioned to receive DGNB Gold certification, the one-of-kind culture school will be a informal, robust and flexible frame, set for completion in 2022.
New ultra-fast charging station opening in Aarhus
Electric car drivers can now get their EV charged while enjoying a spectacular view of the bay and harbor in Aarhus city, Denmark. A single wooden canopy, constructed for future disassembly, offers ultra-fast charging with 300 kWh - not only minimizing the usual charging time but also creating a meaningful break for the driver and passenger.
The new station opening today is part of an upcoming network of 10,000 new charging points in Denmark, provided by Clever by 2025.
Karen Blixens Plads nominated for DETAIL Readers' Prize 2020
As 1 of 13 projects, Karen Blixens Plads is nominated for DETAIL Readers’ Prize 2020 – the international award for innovative architecture, outstanding interior design and constructive highlights.
Awarded on the basis of public voting, vote for Karen Blixens Plads before October 30 2020 and help us win the DETAIL Readers' Prize.
Cobe wins masterplan competition to transform Bremerhaven harbour into resilient, mixed-use city district
Cobe has been announced as winner of the competition to transform the former industrial harbor in Bremerhaven, Germany, into a 140 ha robust and resilient city district. Appreciating both new and existing structures, the masterplan is based on three equally important strategies for the blue, the green and the build. The project gives the water back to the city with a planned bio pool and a 6 km long harbor promenade, among others. The city district is planned with a focus on small neigbourhoods with their own social and cultural catalysts. The catalysts are reused historical buildings that preserve the former harbour’s inherent DNA, while helping to set the masterplan in motion.
Created in collaboration with Transsolar and SHP Ingenieure, the project consists of mixed-use developments integrated into the industrial heritage architecture preserved on-site, providing homes for approx. 7,000 inhabitants and workspaces for another 4,000.
Dan Stubbergaard recieves the C. F. Hansen Medal
The Danish Academy Council has bestowed Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergard with the C. F. Hansen Medal – the highest honors from the academy – for his distinguished work and contribution to the arts.
See more info here.
Karen Blixens Plads wins the Climate Prize in Building Awards 2020
Karen Blixens Plads has been announced as winner of the Climate Prize in this year's Building Awards. The award is given on the basis of creating innovative solutions in relation to future climate challenges. The jury elaborates on the award:
“A plane, dull and wind-swept site has been transformed into an open and inviting urban space that considers and promotes green transportation, climate proofing and biodiversity. A powerful example of how climate proofing not necessarily needs to be boring and “unsexy".
The project has succeeded in creating an urban space, that takes part in providing Denmark against incipient and future climate changes. Moreover, the university square connects a large campus area with aesthetic and practical solutions that not only include handling of rainwater and wind but also merges the plaza with the neighbouring greenery and smoothly encourages the most climate neutral kind of transportation: The bicycle.”
Cobe selected for architecture competition for the Millennium site in Frankfurt
In corporation with the City of Frankfurt, CA Immo has invited Cobe to compete for the Millennium-Areal in the heart of Frankfurt’s Europaviertel in Germany. The goal is to develop a 208,000-square-metre mixed-use building complex. With two towers respectively 280-metre and 157-metre tall and a low-rise development, the project will include EU’s tallest tower when completed.
Cobe is invited as one of eight architecture firms, including David Chipperfield (UK/DE), Herzog & de Meuron (CH), OMA (NL), Ferdinand Heide Architekt (DE), Ingenhoved Architects (D), Schneider+Schumacher (DE) and 3xN (DK).
AAU Science & Innovation Hub breaking ground in Aalborg
AAU Science & Innovation Hub breaks ground at Aalborg University in the Danish city of Aalborg.
The 8,500 m² campus extension will provide spaces for both lively research and focused concentration where students will be able to inhabit a new type of un-programmed workshop spaces named Garages. The garages alongside the atrium street will be the innovative basis for informal learning, acting as a supplement to the formal education and research offered at Aalborg University.
AAU Science & Innvation Hub is set for completion in 2022.
Dan Stubbergaard in online public debate on the future of cities, co-hosted by New York Institute of Technology and the Consulate General of Denmark in New York
Founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard, will participate in "The Future of Cities: Urban Regeneration in a Time of Crisis" virtual debate taking place September 15 2020, 3:00 PM (CEST).
Co-hosted by New York Institute of Technology and the Consulate General of Denmark in New York, the public virtual event aims to discuss the critical role that urban regeneration and resilience will play to address the global climate crisis.
Besides Stubbergaard the panel also includes: Matthias Altwicker (Principal, Studio A+H and Associate Professor of Architecture, New York Institute of Technology), Ehsan Kamel (Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Director of Energy and Green Technologies Laboratory, New York Institute of Technology), Suzanne Musho (Vice President for Capital Panning and Facilities Management, New York Institute of Technology), and Mirella A. Vitale (Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communication and Public Affairs, ROCKWOOL Group).
Mark Chambers (Chief Sustainability Officer, City of New York) will open the panel discussion before involving the panel in the debate moderated by Maria R. Perbellini (Dean, School of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology). Ambassador of the Consul General of Denmark In New York, Berit Basse, will be giving the closing remarks.
Read more about the event and sign up here.
New ultra-fast charging station at the Great Belt Link
The second ultra-fast charging station for electric vehicles, powered by Clever, has opened at the Western bridge of the Great Belt Link, Storebæltsforbindelsen, in Denmark. The new station is part of a network of 48 sustainable, fast-charging stations planned along Scandinavian highways.
The pilot EV charging station opened last year in the city of Fredericia, creating a meaningful break and inspiring both the driver and other road users to change their habits. The EV charging network is designed as certified wooden canopy modules, constructed for future disassembly and scalable to match a rapid global shift in mobility patterns.
Dan Stubbergaard is key note speaker at Building Green 2020
Building Green has announced their 10 year anniversary program, including Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard as key note speaker on the topic "Design for life" on October 28 2020.
Based on the theme 'New decade and anniversary – accelerate sustainability now!', Building Green each year gathers the construction industry to discuss sustainable construction and architecture. The public event runs from 28 to 29 October 2020 in Copenhagen, DK.
Sign up for free here.
Deutzer Hafen receives DGNB Platinum
Deutzer Hafen in Cologne has been pre-certified with DGNB platinum – the DGNB certification system's highest possible ranking within sustainability. The certification is the result of developing a flood resistant urban neigbourhood, where water challenges are turned into water resources. Among others, all rainwater is collected and filtered naturally in an integrated water handling system, ending up in a new public harbour pool and waterfall. Streetscapes and public spaces are shaped to mitigate and contain the flow of water from the Rhine River, while focus on future means of transport and new networks of bike paths are established at a flooding-safe height, as well as diverse building sites and types ensure a livable and mixed city.
adidas HALFTIME honored with Iconic Awards 2020
The German Design Council has honored adidas with an Iconic Award for Innovative Architecture – given for adidas' two new buildings at its “World of Sports” HQ in Germany: HALFTIME by Cobe and ARENA by Behnisch Architekten.
Statement from the jury:
"Although the two buildings are notably different in their aesthetics, they nevertheless reflect the brand values of the world-famous sportswear manufacturer – performance, passion, integrity, diversity – with consistency and clarity right down to the details both inside and out. Two remarkable projects which, with their iconic architecture, not only do justice in a very particular way to the company's aspirations of modernity and contemporary functionality, but which are also a striking testament to adidas's visionary strength and its readiness for the extraordinary."
Three Cobe projects longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020
adidas HALFTIME, Karen Blixens Plads and Køge Nord Station are longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards. From over 4,300 entries, 302 projects have been selected for the longlist of the prestigious architecture prize in 12 different categories. A panel of prominent jurors will reveal the shortlisted projects in the beginning of September before announcing the winners in late-October.
Check out the full longlist for Dezeen Awards 2020 here.
Cobe to design Visitor Center at Germany’s third largest monument
Cobe has won the international competition to design a new Visitor Center at the Kyffhäuser Monument – Germany’s third largest monument and a historic 10th Century castle ruin. Set for completion in 2022, the Visitor Center is conceived as a simple ‘cut’ in the sandstone cliffs – merging architecture and landscape through a large green roof that rests softly on the surrounding cliffs. Constructed in locally sourced timber, the visitor center provides a warm and natural material counterpoint to the raw expression of the cliffs. A funicular lift connects the Visitor Center to the monument 80 meters above, providing the necessary infrastructure for the thousands of tourists who visit the site annually.
Cobe and Arup's new metro stations celebrate Copenhagen’s redeveloped docklands
Part of the Nordhavn metro line extension connecting the docklands to Copenhagen’s city center, Cobe and Arup have worked together to design two new metro stations, Orientkaj and Nordhavn, under the Nordhavn metro line extension. The recently opened public transport link unlocks the potential for the redevelopment of Copenhagen’s northern docklands, one of the largest urban regeneration projects in northern Europe.
Cobe to transform the House of Denmark in Paris
Cobe, in collaboration with Moe, is selected to transform Maison du Danemark, the House of Denmark, located on the famed Parisian boulevard Avenue des Champs-Élysées, including an overall plan for the future transformation of the building and a massive reduction of the building’s CO₂ footprint, as well as a reconstruction of the exhibition hall that burned down in 2019.
"We are honoured and excited to be working with the House of Denmark to create the framework for a new sustainable institution, promoting Danish culture, values and savoir-faire for the 300,000 pedestrians that daily pass by the building," Dan Stubbergaard, Founder of Cobe.
Dan Stubbergaard appointed juror of Kasper Salin Prize
Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard will be the first Danish juror of the Kasper Salin Prize. Established in 1962, the Kasper Salin Prize is regarded as the most prestigious architecture prize in Sweden, and is annually awarded by the Swedish Association of Architects to a significant building in Sweden of unique architectural quality.
This year's jury also include Karin Milles (City Architect of Norrkoping), Joakim Lyth (Wingårdhs) and Torun Hammar (The National Property Board Sweden).
Cobe to create new design center for global automaker Geely in Sweden
Cobe is to create a new 14,000-m² design center for the multinational organisation Geely Design, which develops and executes new world-class designs for the Chinese global automaker Geely. The new building is going to form the setting for Geely Design’s development of, among others, the new electric car brand Lynk & Co. Located in a unique campus named ”Uni3 by Geely” on Gothenburg’s harbour front, Geely Design Center is set for completion in 2022.
Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder of Cobe, comments on the project:
“We are very excited to work with Geely Group on their new design center in the heart of Gothenburg’s buzzing and beautiful harbour front. Electric vehicles are the way of the future and Geely Group’s innovative strategy and new ideas within this field fit perfectly with our mindset. Lynk & Co’s coming subscription service for electric cars, among others, is a potential gamechanger in the transition from fossil fuels to a more green, energy-efficient and CO₂-neutral transportation. Hopefully the new design center can help to promote this urgent transition even further”.
Dear Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
As a part of the annual Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard has written a personal letter to Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen with the message to fight monotonous architecture, demand sustainable buildings and retain and cultivate diversity, so Copenhagen also in the future can be a city for everyone.
Read the full letter in Politiken in Danish or here in English.
Open for business
Dear clients, collaborators and friends,
Cobe is closed for Corona, but open for business. Following the Danish Government’s guidelines to limit the spread of Covid-19, we have taken necessary actions to keep our colleagues, clients, collaborators and community safe.
This means for Cobe:
- As many employees as possible are working from home.
- Travel activities are replaced by virtual meetings.
- The number of physical meetings are reduced and replaced by virtual ones.
- Our café in Nordhavn is temporarily closed.
This situation has been met with an extraordinary level of energy from everybody at Cobe. Our commitment to meet each project’s obligations and to maintain each team’s productivity remain our highest priorities. We are collaborating and cooperating closer than ever, while working from our home offices across Copenhagen. When the situation stabilizes, we are looking forward to seeing you all again. In the meantime, don’t hesitate to reach out to us on any of our platforms for questions or business.
Best Regards,
Dan Stubbergaard and the Cobe team
The Bella City district secures midterm DGNB Gold certification
The Bella City district in Copenhagen is the first urban area in Denmark to be midterm certified with a DGNB Gold certification, demonstrating an outstanding commitment to meeting sustainability objectives. Created in a collaboration between Solstra Development, Cobe and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, Bella City has received the mid-term gold certification after 25% of the area has been completed.
Køge Nord Station wins Denmark's Structure Award 2019
The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) has awarded Køge Nord Station with Denmark's Structure Award 2019, highlighting the station's advanced engineering and unique architectural design. Built over two important railway lines as well as Denmark’s busiest stretch of motorway with nearly 100,000 cars passing daily, Køge Nord Station enables more efficient and sustainable transport to and from the Danish capital, thereby helping to reduce car congestion throughout Copenhagen's metropolitan area.
The Ultra-Fast Charging Stations win ArchDaily Building of the Year 2020 Awards
ArchDaily has announced Cobe's Ultra-Fast Charging Stations as winner of Building of the Year 2020 Awards. The award is the world's largest architecture prize centered around people’s opinion. Altogether, 15 projects from around the globe have won the prestigious award, out of almost 4,000 nominated projects and with more than 95,000 votes. The stations for electric cars won the award in the 'Commercial Architecture' category.
See more info about the winners of ArchDaily Building of the Year 2020 Awards here.
Cobe to design new neighbourhood in Dortmund
Cobe has won the competition to design Dortmund’s new harbor neigbourhood, 'Hafenquartier Speicherstrasse', the transformation of the biggest channel harbor in Europe. The winning project focuses on creating a city where creativity, technology and sustainability goes hand in hand, giving new life to the abandoned industrial buildings at the harbor front. This includes the re-use of a silo and an enormous industrial 13,000 m² hall, transforming it into a new technology campus with auditoriums, workshops, exhibition spaces and foodhalls for the city’s booming tech-industry and creative start-up companies.
Make sure to visit the exhibition about the project at Studieninstitut Ruhr, Königswall 25-27, 44137 Dortmund, opening today at 6:00 pm in connection with the award ceremony.
Køge Nord Station is finalist for MIPIM Awards 2020
Køge Nord Station is finalist for MIPIM Awards 2020, selected among 228 entries from 45 countries around the world. Fingers crossed for the MIPIM Awards Ceremony on 12 March when the winner will be announced.
Visit MIPIM Awards for more information.
Our Urban Living Room officially opens to the public at Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin
On January 17, Cobe and Aedes Architecture Forum celebrated the official exhibition opening of Our Urban Living Room in Berlin, Germany. An exhibition that tells a story about the architectural and urban development of Copenhagen, while exploring the progression of the Danish capital – from an industrial city into an urban living room – known as one of the world’s most livable places.
We thank our clients, collaborators, friends and sponsors, including Dreyers Fond, Tømmerhandel Johannes Fogs Fond, Knud Højgaards Fond and Konkuruz.com, for making the exhibition possible.
The exhibition continues until April 30 2020. Admission is free.
Visit www.aedes-arc.de for more information
Our Urban Living Room opens in Berlin
On 17 January 2020, Cobe and Aedes Architecture Forum open the doors to the exhibition ‘Our Urban Living Room’ in Berlin. The exhibition invites visitors to experience the city from a new perspective – as an extended living room in which the boundaries between the private and public space are erased. The exhibition presents a selection of realized Cobe projects. Using models, images, texts, drawings and films, an expansive wooden installation also tells a story about Copenhagen's architectural development and how these changes affect the everyday lives of people and their social interactions.
This is Cobe's third ‘Our Urban Living Room’ exhibition, following its first at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen in 2016, and later at Laituri in Helsinki in 2018. The revised edition is developed by Cobe in collaboration with Aedes, and generously supported by Dreyers Fond, Tømmerhandel Johannes Fogs Fond and Knud Højgaards Fond. 'Our Urban Living Room' runs from 17 January to 30 April 2020 at Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin, Germany. See more info here.
All of adidas under one roof
In 2019, the iconic sports brand adidas had its 70th anniversary. And in 2018, the world-famous company with the three iconic stripes opened the HALFTIME building – a huge and striking new building that forms part of its corporate headquarters, ‘World of Sports’, in Germany.
In addition to a canteen for all HQ employees, the building contains meeting rooms, a conference center and a showroom where the company’s high-profile brand ambassadors can stop by to see the latest designs, collections and ideas. To accommodate the many internal and public functions that HALFTIME includes, the building is versatile and multi-purpose, bringing together as many of the company’s activities and functions as possible together under one roof. The huge rhomboid roof covers the entire building like a carpet, bringing staff, visitors and brand ambassadors together and thus enabling more and wider contacts.
Cobe Sessions Podcast, episode 2, is online
The second episode of Cobe Sessions Podcast is out now, recapitulating 'Cobe Sessions – From C40 to 2025'. Meet Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen and CEO of Realdania, Jesper Nygård, discussing Copenhagen's sustainable future. The debate is moderated by Journalist, Mikkel Frey Damgaard.
Subscribe at your preferred podcast service or follow this link to listen to the podcast. This podcast is in Danish.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn where Cobe invites different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work.
West Don Lands wins 2019 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
Cobe and Architects Alliance's affordable housing project in Toronto, West Don Lands, has been awarded the 2019 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.
The project stacks the architectural components from the three surrounding neigbourhoods: townhouses, warehouses and silos, creating a complex that both adapts to its surroundings and contributes by adding new distinctive, robust architecture. Consisting of three buildings, two of which Cobe has designed, the project contains 761 market rental apartment units including 30 percent affordable rental units.
Quote from jury member Joe Lobko:
"This project reminds us of the basic rules of great urbanism: buildings that help define streets and public spaces, with a vibrant ground plane and appropriately scaled and shaped built form that artfully interprets its historic context, while accommodating a wide range of use and population. It works on so many levels. The approach to affordable housing for this privileged site is timely, ambitious and appropriate for provincial land such as this".
Roskilde Festival Folk High School wins German Design Award 2020
Cobe and MVRDV have won the distinguished German Design Award 2020 for Roskilde Festival Folk High School. The project is part of the Musicon district in the city of Roskilde, where a former industrial area has been transformed into a bustling new neigbourhood consisting of a school, student housing, and a rock museum, among others.
The jury of the German Design Council has given the following statement on awarding the folk high school:
"The colorful cubes, integrated into the existing architecture of the old concrete factory through a distinctive box-in-box concept, act as classrooms reminiscent of the modern interior style of a start-up company. A refreshingly-different choice of architecture for a school, which underlines the informal teaching style beautifully."
The German Design Award identifies and presents unique design trends and is given to projects that truly represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape. See more info here.
Cobe Sessions No 4: From C40 to 2025
In October the world’s mayors met in Copenhagen at the C40 World Mayors Summit to discuss climate solutions worldwide. As the C40 host city, Copenhagen has a goal to be the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025. What strategies and concrete measures will get us there? And is Copenhagen able to achieve the goal in time?
Join us for a prominent debate between Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, CEO of Realdania, Jesper Nygård, and Architect and Founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard. The debate is moderated by Journalist, Mikkel Frey Damgaard.
The session will be in Danish. FREE admission. NO registration. Cobe Sessions is a recurring event held at Cobe's studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. We invite different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work. The in-studio café run by Cobe and Depanneur is open during and after the event, where you are welcome to have a drink and hang out. See more info here.
Time and location:
December 5 2019 at 4.00-8.00 pm at Cobe's studio, Orientkaj 4, DK-2150 Nordhavn.
Free give-away: New book about The Silo
Following the Global Galvanizers Award that Cobe received last year for The Silo, European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA) has published a limited edition paperback book about The Silo, written by Isabelle Priest. The book explores the critically acclaimed project in details, telling about everything from the local history to the construction process and the interior and exterior of the building.
Get your free copy at our in-studio café – first come, first served.
New spectacular square in Copenhagen, promoting green transportation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity
Late August was the official opening of a new, major square at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Karen Blixens Plads.
The square has a unique undulating landscape with bicycle hills and plant beds. It is one of the largest public spaces in Copenhagen and has room for more than 2,000 parked bicycles, two-thirds of them in covered spaces inside the bicycle hills. In a soft transition, Karen Blixens Plads brings together the university's need for urban spaces and bicycle parking with the open landscape of the neigbouring common, promoting green transportation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity.
A closer look at greater Copenhagen’s new public transport landmark: Køge Nord Station
In early summer, greater Copenhagen’s new public transport hub, Køge Nord Station, was officially opened. A spectacular foot-bridge, a station and a park area, hovering high-speed trains, local trains and the busiest motorway in the country. Designed by Cobe, DISSING+WEITLING architecture and COWI, the station forms a significant hub for green mobility, and provides access to more efficient and sustainable public transport for everyone going to and from the Danish capital.
'Architects, not Architecture' returns to Copenhagen, featuring Dan Stubbergaard
The unique event format 'Architects, not Architecture' will be held in Copenhagen on October 10 2019, with architect and founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard, as key note speaker, sharing his background and the formative experiences that shaped his work. The speaker line-up also includes Sheila O'Donnell, founder of O'Donnell+Tuomey (Dublin), and Morten Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (Aarhus).
Learn more about AnA and book tickets for the event here.
Tingbjerg Library is an honoree of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award 2019
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is an honoree in the Spaces, Place, and Cities category in Fast Company's 2019 Innovation by Design Award.
The award highlights designers and businesses solving the problems of today and tomorrow and the 2019 applicants pool had more than 4,300 entries from around the world.
Click the link to see all the honorees of Fast Company's 2019 Innovation by Design Award.
Cobe to design new Opera Park in Copenhagen
The Opera Park is a generous public park, centrally located in Copenhagen’s inner harbor and next door to the Royal Opera House. The purpose is to create a lush green space at the water’s edge where the hustle and bustle of everyday city life is put on hold and where nature and calmness take over.
The park is a contemporary translation of classical English romantic gardens and features more than 80 different species of trees, plants and flowers – injecting an island of biodiversity into the city’s heart. The park’s centerpiece is a greenhouse, nestled into the trees, with a café and a vertical connection to the underground parking facility for 300 cars. The surrounding area is rapidly being developed to meet the demands of Copenhagen’s increasing population, while the Opera Park will stand as an open and public space filled only with its diverse plant life as well as the lives of Copenhageners and those who will visit its newest green space.
Red Cross Volunteer House shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2019
Red Cross Volunteer House has been shortlisted in the civic building category for Dezeen Awards 2019! Built for Denmark's 34,000 Red Cross volunteers, it has also been designed as a public space and an urban living room for the city.
The Dezeen awards programme celebrates the world's best new architecture, interiors and design, and the volunteer house was selected among 4,500 entries from 87 different countries, judged by an international panel comprised of 75 leading figures from the architecture and design world. Organised by Dezeen, the world's most popular and influential architecture and design website, Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence. The winner of each category will be announced in October 2019.
See the shortlisted projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 here.
Cobe to design new headquarters for FLSmidth
Cobe has been selected as the winner of the architecture contest to design FLSmidth's new headquarters. The winning proposal honours the preservation-worthy buildings, while also creating new, green and modern spaces for workspace collaboration.
FLSmidth delivers sustainable productivity to the global mining and cement industries and has more than 11,000 employees represented in 60 countries. Since 1956 the home of the company's global business has been in Valby, Copenhagen where the buildings are iconic in the area. However, they do not meet modern standards for collaboration for a global company like FLSmidth.
Cobe's winning proposal strikes the balance between respecting the original architecture while also incorporating the companys values and need for a collaborative working environment that nurtures innovation. While a few of the existing buildings will be torn down, the biggest buildings remain and will be joined by a new underground carpark and two new buildings. Local residents will also benefit from the reconstruction as the surrounding park will be opened to the public.
Karen Blixens Plads is officially inaugurated
After being opened to the public last month Karen Blixens Plads is officially inaugurated.
During the inauguration, Cobe's founder Dan Stubbergaard gave a speech followed by Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla from the A.P. Møller Foundation, and Rector Henrik Wegener from the University of Copenhagen. The afternoon also included performances from the student choir Lille Muko.
Located at Copenhagen University's South Campus, Karen Blixens Plads is set to be a new outdoor public space and cultural meeting point for students and passers-by. The campus site became a reality thanks to a generous donation from the A.P. Møller Foundation.
Cobe wins Architizer A+ Awards 2019
Cobe's Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is selected as Jury Winner in Architizer A+ Awards 2019! With entries from over 100 countries, the reputable judges of 400+ industry leaders have selected the Copenhagen, wedge-shaped library as winner in the Institutional-Libraries category.
The Architizer A+Awards is the world's largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture.
Introducing Cobe Sessions Podcast
As a new feature, Cobe is publishing our Cobe Sessions as podcast.
The first episode is out now, where you meet Karsten Ifversen, Architecture Editor at Politiken, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, CEO at The Danish Architectural Press and Marc-Christoph Wagner, Editor at Louisiana Channel, discussing how architecture is reflected through the lense of non-architects. The debate is moderated by Founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard.
Subscribe at your preferred podcast service or follow this link to listen to the podcast.
This chapter is in Danish.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn where Cobe invites different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work.
Red Cross Volunteer House is in the running for Dezeen Awards 2019
Red Cross Volunteer House is longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2019 in the Civic building category. The Dezeen awards programme celebrates the world's best new architecture, interiors and design, and the volunteer house was selected among 4,500 entries from 87 different countries. The winner of each category, which will be announced in October, will go on to compete for the title of architecture project of the year.
See more info about the longlisted projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 here.
Cobe designs CO₂-neutral museum in Sweden
Cobe has won an international competition for a new science museum in the Swedish university city of Lund. The museum will be constructed in wood, is fully CO₂-neutral and has the potential to become a future icon of sustainability. The plans for the new museum were announced yesterday at a major event as part of Almedalen Week on the island of Gotland in Sweden.
The science museum is to promote general interest in natural science and research in an engaging and playful way, thus also helping to cement Lund’s international position as a science city and serve as an inviting and cultural landmark for the local area and the region at large.
The two-story building has a total floor space of 6,000 square meters and will contain exhibition halls, a gallery, a reception area, workshops, a museum shop, a restaurant, offices and an auditorium, scheduled to open in 2024.
Cobe exhibits at Utzon Center
Cobe is part of the new exhibition 'Space Crazy' at Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark.
The Utzon Center has invited six architects and designers to create spatial installations in a joint exhibition and play centre. Children, adults – anyone – are able to gaze through a space telescope, decorate a model town, create rooms using light and smoke, take a nap above the clouds, or explore the notion of scale in an architectural installation designed by Cobe.
The exhibition runs until 23 February 2020.
Two Cobe projects are finalists in Architizer A+Awards
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House and Red Cross Volunteer House are finalists for Architizer A+ Awards 2019, in the Libraries and Architecture +Community categories, respectively.
The Architizer A+Awards is the world's largest awards program, celebrating the year’s best architecture, and the winner in each category will be decided based on the public's choice. Follow the links below to vote for Tingbjerg Library as your favourite library and Red Cross Volunteer House as best community building.
Vote for Tingbjerg Library and Culture House as your favourite library here.
Vote for Red Cross Volunteer House as best Architecture +Community here.
The voting ends 5 July.
The Ultra-Fast Charging Station – the sustainable alternative
The Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for electric vehicles are the green and sustainable alternative to the traditional gas stations. The stations are constructed in certified wood, topped by solar panels and surrounded by actual trees, grasses and other plantings selected in cooperation with the Danish Society for Nature Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening) with the aim of enhancing biodiversity around the station.
Moreover, all components of the construction can be broken down into usable and recyclable materials, while the choice of wood as a building material further emphasizes the building’s sustainable design.
In the longer term, it is the ambition that the Ultra-Fast Charging Stations will help make it more attractive to invest in EVs and thus promote the transition from fossil fuels to a more green, energy-efficient and CO₂-neutral transportation both in Denmark and abroad.
Nørreport Station exhibited at the Bicycle Architecture Biennale 2019
Nørreport Station is one of 15 selected projects exhibited at this year's Bicycle Architecture Biennale in Amsterdam.
The transformation of Nørreport Station is based on a study of preferred routes that formed the basis for the station’s new design. The new station accommodates parking lots for 2,500 bikes, and in order to create a clear hierarchy between the area for bicycles and the area for city life, all bicycle parking is placed 40 cm below the city floor – as sunken ‘bicycle beds’.
The Bicycle Architecture Biennale showcases outstanding built environment projects that transform places through the cycling culture as much more than just infrastructure. The exhibition runs from 17-21 June in Amsterdam before heading for an international tour.
Transforming Designmuseum Danmark
On June 17 2019 Dan Stubbergaard, founder of Cobe and Anne-Louise Sommer, director of Designmuseum Denmark, will share their ideas behind the process of turning Designmuseum Denmark “inside out” and talk about how this collaboration has been a lever for the museum’s strategy to reach visitors in a more immediate and aesthetical way and expand the museum experience.
The talk is part of the public conference "Communicating The Arts Copenhagen" and will take place at SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark at 2.00 pm. Find more info about the conference here
Dan Stubbergaard at The People's Democratic Festival in Denmark
On Friday June 14, Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard will participate in two debates during this year's People's Democratic Festival (Folkemødet) at the Danish island of Bornholm.
12.00-12.45 pm: Debate on green urban development, taking its starting point in the upcoming C40 summit in October with Copenhagen as host city. During this debate, Dan Stubbergaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen and CPO of Realdania Nina Kovsted Helk will discuss the future green solutions to urban development in Copenhagen.
2.00-3.00 pm: Debate regarding the dilemmas in the building industry, moderated by Danish journalist Mads Steffensen.
NB: Both debates will be in Danish.
See the program and read more about Folkemødet 2019 here.
Cobe develops future living solutions for IKEA and Ikano Bostad
How to create a better everyday life for people in growing urban communities? For the last year, Cobe has developed solutions for future living, as part of the Better Living project, for IKEA and Ikano Bostad. The project looks at how to make future living more inclusive, diverse, sustainable and affordable, exploring a whole neighborhood as a home, as well as prototypes of a new type of 1:1 apartment aimed to simplify sharing between families, compact living and furnishing solutions for shared living. Our collaboration continues with IKEA and Ikano Bostad, creating extraordinary everyday life.
Køge North Station opens to the public
Today, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince inaugurated Køge North Station – a 225 meter long pedestrian bridge and train station built above the busiest motorway in Denmark, the Køge Bay Motorway.
Køge North Station will not only be a sustainable traffic hub for the public transport of the entire Copenhagen region connecting high-speed trains, local trains and the Køge Bay Motorway, but also a distinctive landmark for green mobility.
The station is expected to serve six local trains and three regional highspeed trains per hour direction, with around 90.000 people passing through the area daily. A significant step on the commute for the expected 8.000 daily users and symbol of Køge and Denmark's strive towards a sustainable, green and CO₂ neutral future.
The first of 48 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for electric vehicles opens in Denmark
In cooperation with Powered by E.ON Drive & Clever, Cobe has designed a new type of sustainable charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in Scandinavia. The stations not only promise to recharge a vehicle in just 15 minutes but also offer drivers and passengers a chance to recharge their own mental batteries while the car is being powered up.
The stations are constructed in certified wood and surrounded by trees, grass and shrubs with the aim of enhancing biodiversity around the station. All building components can be disassembled and reused.
Located in the Danish city of Fredericia, the first of its kind was inagurated today, and is part of an upcoming network of 48 ultra-fast, sustainable EV charging stations along Scandinavian highways.
Cobe and HAY reveal the Halftime Chair
Cobe and HAY reveal the design of the Halftime Chair. A chair designed and developed in a joint collaboration between Cobe and HAY, launched in connection with 3daysofdesign.
With a moulded veneer seat and back riveted directly to the steel-tube frame, Halftime is a resilient, stackable chair with a clear expression that perfectly balances lightness, strength, and functionality. Crafted by the desire to create an extremely strong and durable chair that can last generations and is versatile enough for a wide range of contexts, Halftime is suitable for use in institutions, factories, cafés, and boardrooms
“HAY’s designs give the impression that it’s OK to feel comfortable while using their products. Since we mostly design public buildings, cultural facilities and institutional structures, we’re always looking for ways to informalise formal spaces. I think that’s where HAY’s design principles and furniture shine”. — Dan Stubbergaard, Architect and Founder, Cobe.
Cobe Sessions No. 3 featuring Karsten Ifversen, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, Marc-Christoph Wagner and Dan Stubbergaard
Join us for a prominent debate where architecture is reflected through the lense of non-architects. We have invited Karsten Ifversen, Architecture Editor at Politiken, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, CEO at The Danish Architectural Press and Marc-Christoph Wagner, Editor at Louisiana Channel to discuss architecture from inside and outside. The debate is moderated by Architect and Founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard.
The session will be in Danish. FREE admission. NO registration.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. We invite different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work. Our in-studio café run by Cobe and Depanneur is open during and after the event, where you are welcome to have a drink and hang out. See more info here
Time and location:
June 20 2019 at 4.30-8.00 pm at Cobe's studio, Orientkaj 4, DK-2150 Nordhavn.
Cobe Sessions No. 2 featuring Martin Rein-Cano, Stig L. Andersson and Dan Stubbergaard
Join us for a prominent debate about urban space as a stage for social interaction and natural dynamics with Martin Rein-Cano, founder of TOPOTEK 1 from Berlin, and Stig L. Andersson, founder of SLA from Copenhagen, moderated by architect and founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard. The session will be in English. Free admission. No registration.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. We invite different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work. Our in-studio café run by Cobe and Depanneur is open during and after the event, where you are welcome to have a drink and hang out. See more info here.
Time:
May 9 2019 at 4.30-8.00 pm.
Location:
Cobe
Pakhus 54, Orientkaj 4, st.
DK-2150 Nordhavn
Dan Stubbergaard gives public lecture at TU Berlin
Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard will be giving a public lecture at TU Berlin on April 11, as part of the POSITIONEN lecture series organised by Jacob van Rijs, Founder of MVRDV and chair of the university. Jacob van Rijs will introduce Dan Stubbergaard, who will speak about Our Urban Living Room. The POSITIONEN lecture series welcomes practitioners, theorists, and researchers from around the world. The series is free and open to the public. Sign up for the Facebook event here.
Time:
April 11 2019 at 7:00 pm
Location:
Technische Universität Berlin – Institut für Architektur
Hörsaal A151
Straße des 17. Juni 152
Berlin
Germany
Cobe is part of Copenhagen Architecture Festival 2019
Cobe will be participating in several events during Copenhagen Architecture Festival 2019, and will in addition be hosting an event in our own neighbourhood in Copenhagen's Nordhavn.
On April 5 2019, join us for the exhibition opening of 'Manifest Stafet', where Cobe's Dan Stubbergaard contributes with a manifesto on the values and ideals for the architecture of the future. Sign up for the Facebook event here: CAFx: Manifest Stafet.
On April 8 2019, Cobe is organising a city walk around Nordhavn – the neighbourhood of both The Silo, Cobe's office, our architecture café and several other projects. Sign up for the Facebook Event here: CAFx: Byvandring i Nordhavn med Cobe.
On April 12 2019, Cobe will be participating in a city walk around the neighbourhood of Tingbjerg, presenting Tingbjerg Library and Culture House. Sign up for the Facebook event here: CAFxTOUR: Tingbjerg – Nu med ghettoblaster og ejerboliger.
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is finalist for Danish Design Award 2019
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is finalist for Danish Design Award 2019 in the category 'Livable Cities' – nominated with the following words from the Jury:
"The Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is a bold statement that addresses the notion of a marginalized area in the city and the notion of a library building itself. The store-front approach of displaying culture to the local community is very effective. Cobe have designed a building of both high quality and craftsmanship. The library helps bring back trust, community and public life to the area, thus contributing to a more liveable city."
Every year, Danish Design Award gathers the broad business life, the design industry and the entire country to celebrate the difference design solutions can make in socity and everyday life. The winner will be announced at the award show May 13 2019.
Public lecture by Dan Stubbergaard at Aarhus School of Architecture
On March 14, Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard will give a public lecture at Aarhus School of Architecture as a part of the international lecture series Nordic Perspectives.
Nordic Perspectives is organized by Aarhus School of Architecture to shed light on recent and classic Nordic architecture, as seen through the eyes of distinguished practicing architects and leading scholars with the aim to give new breath to ideas and dreams marked by Nordic approaches to architectural solutions on any scale. The lecture will be in English. Read more here.
Date:
March 14 2019, 3:00-5:00 pm
Location:
Aarhus School of Architecture – Navitas' Auditorium
Inge Lehmanns Gade 10
DK-8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Cobe at MIPIM 2019
Cobe will be attending the upcoming, 30th edition, MIPIM real estate conference in Cannes, France, from March 12-15 2019. Join us for a debate about the value of architecture or get in touch below.
Panel participation
Cobe's Managing Director Nina Mathiesen is participating in the 'Architecture with added value' panel discussion hosted by the Danish Association of Architectural Firms and Copenhagen Urban Network, Thursday, March 14 2019, at 10:30-12:00. See more info about the event here.
Meeting enquiries
Please direct your enquiries for meetings to:
- Founder, Dan Stubbergaard (ds@cobe.dk)
- Managing Director, Nina Mathiesen (nina@cobe.dk)
- Director of Business Development and Communications, Stine Lund Hansen (slh@cobe.dk)
We look forward to meeting you at the French Riviera.
Cobe designs affordable housing in downtown Toronto
A client group consisting of Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited and Tricon Capital Group has commissioned Cobe to develop a large scale mixed-use residential development in Toronto’s downtown east in collaboration with architectsAlliance.
Consisting of three buildings, two of which Cobe has designed, the project contains 761 market rental apartment units including 30 percent affordable rental units which are indistinguishable in their design. Located in a former industrial area, called West Don Lands, the site is an intersection of three distinct neighbourhoods. The project stacks the architectural components from the three neigbourhoods: townhouses, warehouses and silos, creating a complex that both adapts to its surroundings and contributes by adding new distinctive, robust architecture. The project provides all residents with a generous apartment, flooded with light through floor-to-ceiling windows and access to attractive amenity spaces. All in all the project encourages public life and a sense of community among the residents and the local community
Groundbreaking takes place mid-2019, and completion is scheduled for early 2022. The project is one of four Cobe is currently undertaking in North America.
Dan Stubbergaard speaking at Roskilde Festival Folk High School
On 10 April, Cobe's founder Dan Stubbergaard will be giving a lecture at Cobe and MVRDV's newly inaugurated Roskilde Festival Folk High School. During the lecture, he will be sharing his own journey from being a young aspiring architect and folk high school student, to founding Cobe.
Sign up for the event here.
Time:
10 April 7:00-8:30 pm
Place:
Roskilde Festival Højskole (Roskilde Festival Folk High School)
Basgangen 20
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
North Europe’s biggest music festival opens folk high school designed by Cobe and MVRDV in a former concrete factory
Today is the official opening of Roskilde Festival Folk High School – the first new-build general folk high school in Denmark for 50 years. The new folk high school is designed by Cobe and MVRDV, the same partnership that created the nearby RAGNAROCK Museum in the creative Musicon district in the city of Roskilde, DK.
The 5.578 m² school is situated in a former concrete production hall and offers a setting for learning based on the same ideals as the annual music festival Roskilde Festival. Cobe and MVRDV have renovated and opened the former factory hall up by adding large windows while preserving the existing structure. The hall, which was originally a single open space, now houses 16 large boxes in different colors and materials. The boxes contain a variety of functions, such as workshops for the school’s artistic courses, stages, music studios, dance hall, classrooms, staff room and a lecture hall. In addition to the folk high school the project also includes dwellings for students and teachers.
See more picture of Roskilde Festival Folk High School om Cobe's Facebook.
Cobe Sessions No. 1 featuring Anne Skovbro, Camilla van Deurs and Dan Stubbergaard
Join us for a debate about the future of Copenhagen – the visions and realities together with Anne Skovbro, CEO, CPH City & Port Development, and Camilla van Deurs, City Architect for the City of Copenhagen. Moderator: Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder of Cobe.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. We invite different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work. Our in-studio café run by Cobe and Depanneur is open during and after the event, where you are welcome to have a drink and hang out.
Free admission. No registration. See more info here.
Time:
28 February 2019 at 4:30-6:30 pm
Location:
Cobe
Pakhus 54, Orientkaj 4, st.
DK-2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
Groundbreaking for 77,000 m² mixed-use building in Bremen
Today is the groundbreaking for the 77,000 m² Europahafenkopf on the harbour front in the German city of Bremen. The project is a milestone in the transformation of Bremen’s industrial port to a new city quarter. With its prominent position at the end of the harbour and its characteristic saddle roof skyline the project is going to connect the historical city core with Bremen’s new urban neighbourhood.
The Europahafenkopf project consists of four buildings, all containing a series of halls on the ground floor that invite passers-by in with a wide range of public functions, including cafés, shops, galleries and a sprawling street food market. Housing and offices will be placed on top of the halls which encircle green and intimate courtyards.
The project is financed and built by the local Gustav Zech Foundation and scheduled to be completed in 2021.
Danish Architecture Center exhibits Tingbjerg Library and Culture House
Danish Architecture Center has opened the doors to their new exhibition; 'Communities Between the Walls'. The exhibition focuses on art and urban development and has contributions from artists and architects who work with or in low-income ares across Denmark, including Tingbjerg Library and Culture House.
'Communities Between the Walls'' runs from 15 February until 1 June 2019.
Read more about the exhibition here.
Connecting city and harbour
The city of Esbjerg has a new pedestrian bridge and promenade, connecting Esbjerg harbour – Denmark's biggest harbour as regards area – with the city center of Esbjerg. Landgangen takes shape as a branch gradually connecting and growing between the harbor and the city. Each turn offers new vantage points, plateaus, stairs and connecting pathways, with unique views to Esbjerg, the historic surrounding landscape and the waterfront. Originally built for infrastructure, the bridge has become a new meeting point in the city.
Interview with Monocle 24 Radio
Why open a café in an architecture studio? Monocle 24 Radio interviewed Dan Stubbergaard, founder of Cobe, to find out how Cobe and Depanneur are embracing the city by opening up the architects' studio to the public through an in-house café.
Listen to the interview in Chapter 3 here.
Lecture at BAU 2019 in Munich
Cobe will be participating in the BAU 2019 Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems in Munich, Germany, with a key note lecture by Dan Stubbergaard about Our Urban Living Room on Monday 14 January 2019. The BAU München is one of the world's leading fair trades for the construction industry.
Read more about the trade fair here.
Time:
Monday 14 January 2019 at 12.45 pm
Location:
Messe München GmbH – Entrance West, Hall C2/309
Messegelände
81823 München
Germany
The Silo wins Civic Trust Awards 2019
The Silo has been selected as winner of Civic Trust Awards 2019.
From 240 applications world wide, The Silo is recognisesd as an outstanding architectural project that improves the built environment and offers a positive social, cultural, environmental or economic benefit to its local community.
See more info here.
Cobe opens in-studio café in collaboration with Depanneur
As the first Danish architectural office, Cobe invites the people into their world, as the café is part of and located at Cobe's studio in Nordhavn. Cobe and Depanneur will work as the intermezzo between street and studio, and the idea is to create a cozy lobby vibe, where both Cobe’s guests and employees, neighbors and passers-bys can have a coffee, read a magazine, have an informal meeting, buy a book or take a look at the latest architecture models straight from the studio. The models in the café are all smaller versions of Cobe’s buildings and projects, thus the café hosts the unique opportunity to come inside and see where the surrounding architecture is born, and then go for a walk in Nordhavnen and the rest of Copenhagen and experience the architecture in 1:1 scale.
Opening hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm, Friday 8:00am-7:00pm
Where:
Cobe
Pakhus 54, Orientkaj 4, st.
DK-2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
Red Cross Volunteer House – a building turned into a public space
Cobe unveils the completed design of Red Cross Volunteer House. The building is designed by Cobe in cooperation with the red cross volunteers as a celebration of volunteer work and commitment and as a meeting place for the volunteers, the city and anyone wishing to contribute to the work the Red Cross does for marginalized citizens. Designed to fit within a wider context as a focal point for the 34,000 volunteers of Danish Red Cross, Red Cross Volunteer house expresses generosity as well as modesty.
The Red Cross Volunteer House is an extension of the national headquarters of Red Cross in Denmark in Copenhagen. Shaped as a triangle with a publicly accessible roof surface, the Volunteer House is designed with the ambition of being inviting and encouraging passers-by to enter and explore it. This is a building for the Red Cross volunteers, but it is also a public space for the city.
Last chance to visit Our Urban Living Room in Helsinki
Next week is your last chance to see Cobe's Our Urban Living Room exhibtion in Helsinki, closing on 30 November 2018.
The exhibition and accompanied book is based on Cobe's last 10 years of practice in Copenhagen, grounded in social livability and urban democracy with the aim to create buildings and spaces that invite Copenhageners to use and define them; as an extended living room, where the boundaries between private and public space become fluid.
See more images of the exhibition on our Facebook and Instagram and buy a copy of the Our Urban Living Room book through the online shop of Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing.
Lecture in Cologne
Project Director Caroline Nagel is participating in the round table discussion and lecture 'The Sooner Now' in Cologne, presenting Cobe's Deutzer Hafen and discussing innovative urban development and future living concepts.
The Sooner Now is a joint initiative by Freunde von Freunden and MINI fostering collective imaginations of urban futures. See more info here.
When:
November 20, 2018 at 4:30 PM – 8 PM
Where:
25 Hours Hotel
Im Klapperhof 22-24
50670 Cologne
Germany
Ultra-Fast Charging Stations win Building Awards 2018
Cobe’s Ultra-Fast Charging Stations is named winner of the Infrastructure Prize at Building Awards 2018. The jury found, among other things, that the ultra-fast charging stations are a step in the right direction if Denmark is to be free of petrol and diesel cars.
While it takes approx. five minutes to fill up your car with petrol, charging an electric vehicle today is a more time-consuming exercise. Cobe’s design for the ultra-fast charging station is based on a green rethink of the conventional petrol station. The charging station should not only minimize the charging time, but also create a meaningful break for the driver. The station takes the form of a series of structural ‘trees’, with ‘crowns’ that filter light and shade. The modular approach means that the design is scalable, and that one ‘tree’ can easily be multiplied to become a ‘forest’ depending on the required capacity.
The future is being built in Fredericia these days, with the first ultra-fast charging station under construction, set for completion in 2019.
Stockholm book launch of Our Urban Living Room
We are celebrating the Stockholm book launch of Our Urban Living Room next week. Please join us for two events:
A conversation with Cobe and Veronica Hejdelind from Arwidssonstiftelsen.
When: November 14 2018, 5.30 pm to 7 pm
Where: Konst-Ig, Åsögatan 124, 116 24 Stockholm, Sweden
See more info here
A lecture based on Cobe's ten years of practice, grounded in social liveability and urban democracy
When: November 15 2018. The lecture begins at 6 pm. Mingle with drinks, snacks and book sales from 5.30 pm
Where: Konstakademien, Fredsgatan 12, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden
See more info here
The Silo is nominated for EU Mies Award 2019
Out of 383 projects from 38 countries, The Silo is nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019.
Biannually, the prize is granted by The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe. In this way, the Award draws attention to the major contribution by European professionals to the development of new ideas and technologies. At the same time, it offers both individuals and public institutions an opportunity to reach a clearer understanding of the cultural role of architecture in the construction of our cities. The Mies van der Rohe Award is the official architecture prize of the European Union.
40 shortlisted projects will be announced in January and the final winner in mid-April 2019.
Read more about the prize here.
Offical opening of Designmuseum Danmark
Desigmmuseum Danmark celebrates their new plaza, entrance, café, ticket office and museum shop with a public grand opening event on Friday November 2 2018. Please join us at 3.30-5.00 pm and celebrate the museum's new entrance where you will have the opportunity to experience and explore design – even before entering the museum.
When:
2 November 2018, 3.30-5.00 pm
Where:
Designmuseum Danmark
Bredgade 6
DK-1260 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is open to the public
1 October 2018 Tingbjerg Library and Culture House officially opened to the public. The opening was marked by a huge celebration where the public and future users of the building experienced their new community house.
With the opening, Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is a new landmark building that will be a new gathering point for people of all ages and backgrounds. The new library and culture house has been designed with input from the residents of the multicultural Tingbjerg community in western Copenhagen to create a new destination at the heart of their neighbourhood. Cobe’s aim is for the project to serve as an urban catalyst and an architectural framework for social and cultural activities, thereby contributing to a positive development of the local community on the fringe of Copenhagen.
Cobe opens adidas Halftime
On 12 October 2018, Cobe and adidas celebrated the official opening of Halftime – a 14,000 m² event center with integrated employee restaurant, designed by Cobe, in adidas’s headquarters, 'World of Sports' in Germany. The design is guided by adidas' three company behaviors; creativity, collaboration and confidence.
Debate in Copenhagen
Cobe will be participating in the Urgent.Academy – Share Your Practice conference held at Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference is setting out to share the real practices within strategic design, change-making and architecture. Cobe's Dan Stubbergaard will be speaking about how be make spaces that make sense and cater to how we want to live, work and interact with each other.
Sign up here.
When:
11 October 2018, 1:00-5:00 pm
Where:
Copenhagen Business School – Arla Auditorium
Solbjerg Plads 3
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Book about The Silo published
Strandberg Publishing presents Cobe's transformation of The Silo in Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The book contains an interview with Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard, an essay by Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss about the project and Cobe’s work in general, images by COAST Studio and graphics by Studio Atlant.
The 96 pages book is part of a book series of 10 volumes each showcasing and illustrating one building and through this portraying the architecture firm behind it.
Buy the book through the online bookshop of Strandberg Publishing here.
Official opening of Tingbjerg Library and Culture House
Copenhagen's new meeting place, Tingbjerg Library and Culture House, is finally ready to open to the public. Put an X in your calendar on 1 October 2018, as the new library and culture house invites to the official opening event.
The day will be filled with music, workshops and lectures. The final programme of the day will be announced on the library's Facebook page and website.
When:
1 October 2018, 3:00-9:00 pm
Where:
Skolesiden 4
2700 Brønshøj
Denmark
The Silo wins RENOVER Prisen 2018
The Silo wins RENOVER Prisen 2018, acknowledged as Denmark's best renovation project the past year. Out of 182 entries, the prize was granted last night to the team behind the renovation of the former grain silo in Copenhagen's Nordhavn; Cobe, Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark. The Silo was awarded with the following words:
"The Silo is a billiant example of an ambitious transformation of a post-industrial harbour area into attractive, exclusive residences. This is of great value as there are multiple abandoned silos located around Denmark's harbour areas, awaiting the decision to be reused or demolished. The recklessness of The Silo's material roughness, the interior design and the groundbreaking architectural facade expression are all so promising and innovative that there is absolutely no doubt about the renovation's calibre."
RENOVER Prisen is an annual award celebrating Denmark's best renovation – funded by Reldania and Grundejernes Investeringsfond. The ambition is to provide the visibility and recognition that the architectural discipline deserves by emphasizing outstanding renovation projects that exist throughout the country. Read more here.
Lecture in Helsinki
Cobe is participating in the annual Finnish Housing Fair, taking place in Helsinki this year, organised in cooperation with the City of Helsinki and the City Living in Jätkäsaari.
Project Manager Alexander Ejsing will deliver a lecture based on Cobe's work in Copenhagen, grounded in social liveability and urban democracy, followed by the opening seminar for the architecture and innovation competition Housing Reform Helsinki – Housing 2020.
When:
7 september 2018, 12:00-4:00 pm
Where:
Clarion Hotellissa, Sitra Auditorio
Ruoholahti
Itämeternkatu 11-13
Helsinki
Finland
Sign up for the lecture here.
Cobe is Architect of the Year Finalist for Dezeen Awards 2018
Cobe has been shortlisted as finalist in the Architect of the Year category for Dezeen Awards 2018. The studio category celebrates all-round design excellence over a body of work by an architect or architecture practice that has been in business for more than ten years.
Dezeen Awards is a new annual prize-giving organized by Dezeen magazine. It will identify the world's best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work.
The winner will be announced November 27 2018.
See more info here.
Our Urban Living Room officially opens in Helsinki
Last Thursday, Cobe, Laituri and Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing celebrated the exhibition opening and book launch of 'Our Urban Living Room' during Nights of the Arts in Helsinki.
The exhibition and book is based on Cobe's last 10 years of practice, grounded in social livability and urban democracy with the aim to create buildings and spaces that invite Copenhageners to use and define them; as an extended living room, where the boundaries between private and public space become fluid.
Our Urban Living Room runs from 23 August until 30 November 2018.
See more images of the exhibition on our Facebook page here and buy a copy of the book through the online shop of Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing here.
The Silo wins Architizer's Project of the Year Award
The Silo is honored as Project of the Year for Architizer's A+Awards 2018.
The Architizer A+Awards is the world's largest awards program celebrating the year’s best architecture and products. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world. As a Special Honoree Award Winner The Silo is chosen for its extraordinary contribution to the field of architecture, championing architecture’s potential to positively impact everyday life.
See more info here.
Cobe launches a new edition of the book and exhibition Our Urban Living Room
On Thursday 23 August, Cobe, Laituri and Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing open the doors to the exhibition and book launch of ‘Our Urban Living Room’ during Night of the Arts in Helsinki. ‘Our Urban Living Room’ invites visitors and readers to experience the city from a new perspective – as an extended living room – in which the boundaries between the private and public space are erased. At Laituri you can experience a comparison between ‘Our Urban Living Room’ with projects by Cobe in Copenhagen and architectural and urban planning projects in Helsinki.
The exhibition is developed by Cobe in collaboration with Laituri and generously supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Culture Fund for Denmark and Finland. In connection with the exhibition opening, Cobe is launching the 2nd edition of the ‘Our Urban Living Room' book, published by Arvinius+Orfeus. This is Cobe's second ‘Our Urban Living Room’ exhibition, following its first at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen in 2016.
The Silo wins AZ Awards 2018
Azure Magazine has awarded The Silo Best Residential Architecture in the AZ Awards 2018, along being the People’s Choice winner. The Silo is acnowledged as a project that embodies the transformative impact of design, selected among 997 entries from 46 countries – the greatest amount of submissions in AZ Awards history.
See more info here.
Coming soon: Second edition of Our Urban Living Room
An updated and extended version of Our Urban Living Room will be released in late August 2018 by Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing. The book is about Cobe's projects in Copenhagen – but also about what Copenhagen has taught us as architects and as human beings. It is a book celebrating a new kind of city, where public and private spaces are intertwined in exciting new ways. Our metaphor for this invigorating city is "our urban living room".
Our Urban Living Room will be available at major bookstores worldwide as well as the online bookshop of Arvinius + Orfeus where you can pre-order the book from today.
Cobe moves to Nordhavn
Today, our team of 120 employees is moving to our new office – located in a transformed warehouse in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn, an area containing the largest collection of realized projects by Cobe, and a 1:1 laboratory of our work in all scales. Cobe has nearly doubled in size the past few years, and will double its office space in Nordhavn to more than 2.400 m².
Our new adress is:
Cobe
Pakhus 54, Orientkaj 4, st.
DK-2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
The Silo announced winner of the Global Galvanizers Award 2018
The Silo is announced winner of the Global Galvanizers Award 2018, presented at the 25th Intergalva Conference in Berlin, Germany, last week. The Global Galvanizing Awards is presented every three years, celebrating and recognizing the innovative use of galvanized steel by architects, engineers and steel constructors.
See more info here
The Silo is finalist for RENOVER Prisen 2018
The Silo is finalist for RENOVER Prisen 2018 – an award that pays tribute to Denmark's best renovation projects. Annually granted by Realdania and Grundejernes Inversteringsfond, the award aims to inspire and acknowledge the diciplin of great renovation and thereby encourage the society to engage in more renovation projects in the future.
The winner will be announced in September 2018.
Read more about RENOVER Prisen here.
Topping-out ceremony for Karen Blixens Plads
The construction of the urban plaza, Karen Blixens Plads, in connection with the University of Copenhagen is progressing and has reached an important milestone: the topping-out ceremony, celebrating the craftsmen's work and effort at the construction site.
Karen Blixens Plads is set to be completed beginning of 2019.
Lecture at the School of Architecture in Nantes
Tomorrow, Project Director Caroline Nagel will give a lecture at the School of Architecture in Nantes (École Nationale Supéreiure d'Architecture de Nantes), France. Caroline will be speaking about "Our Urban Living Room" and explain how this theme has affected and shaped Cobe's work.
Find more info here
When:
June 13 2018, 7:00-9:00 pm.
Where:
École Nationale Supéreiure d'Architecture de Nantes
6 quai François Mitterrand
44000 Nantes
France
Nørreport Station exhibited in Frankfurt
Using exemplary projects from all over the world, including Nørreport Station, the exhibition 'Ride a bike! Reclaim the city' at DAM – Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt, demonstrates how bicycle freindly infrastructure makes cities more livable – for everyone.
The exhibition presents eight cities and regions, including Copenhagen, New York, Karlsruhe, Oslo, Portland, Barcelona, the Ruhr district and Groningen – all showing how the path towards a more sustainable and social city can also lead via plans for one that is bicycle-friendly.
Learn more about the exhibition here
When:
The exhibition is running until September 20 2018.
Where:
DAM – Deutsches Arkitekturmuseum
Rossdorfer Strasse 15
Frankfurt
Germany
The Silo wins CTBUH Best Tall Building in Europe Award 2018
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has awarded The Silo Best Tall Building in Europe, at the 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Chicago.
Along with the award, The Silo received the following words from CTBUH: "The Silo embodies the importance of restoring original structures in cities, as a matter of environmental sustainability, as well as an ethical and visionary approach to cultural heritage."
Read more here
The Silo exhibited in Oslo
The Silo is part of the exhibition 'From X to Home', displayed at ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition presents a selection of residential Nordic projects, including The Silo, exemplifying how architecture and transformation of physical surroundings can have an impact on human lives and contribute to shape future ways of living.
Read more about the exhibition here.
When:
The exhibition will run from April 19 – June 24 2018.
Where:
ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur
Maridalsveien 3
Olso
Norway
Cobe at the Venice Biennale 2018
Cobe is part of the official Danish contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Under the caption “Freespace”, created by curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, this year's biennale focuses on the primary focus of architecture: the space in itself and its potential for generosity. Kick-starting the biennale, Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard will participate in two debates at the Danish Pavilion at Giardini di Castello on May 24 2018:
When:
3:00-3:45 pm: "Future transportation and mobility" – a debate between Dan Stubbergaard, Cobe, Bjarke Ingels, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Josh Giegel, Virgin Hyperloop One, and Kristian Hagemann, Gottlieb Paludan.
5:00-6:00 pm: "Utzon100" – a debate between Dan Stubbergaard, Cobe, Reiulf Ramstad, Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Lasse Andersson, Utzon Center, and Mette Tony, Praksis Architects.
Lecture in Prague
Today, Project Director Thomas Krarup will give a lecture in Prague at CAMP – Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning, speaking about Cobe's approach to architecture and city and landscape planning. The lecture is open to the public – sign up here.
When:
May 22 2018
Where:
CAMP – Center for Architecture and Metroplitan Planning
Vysehradska 57
128 00 Prague 2
Czech Republic
The Silo wins the City of Copenhagen's Architecture Award
The Silo has been awarded Best Transformation Project in 2018 by the City of Copenhagen.
The City annually awards architecture and urban environments of outstanding beauty, with the purpose of honouring and supporting the development of Copenhagen. The award show took place at Copenhagen’s City Hall, presented by Mayor of Culture and Leisure, Niko Grünfeld.
Cobe's Managing Director named one of Denmark's 100 biggest talents
The Danish newspaper Berlingske Business each year appoints the 100 most talented people in the Danish business community. Nina Mathiesen, Cobe's Managing Director, is one of the top 100 new Danish talents in 2018.
"Nina has managed to safeguard Cobe's culture while at the same time professionalizing the company. She is analytical in her approach, which is a huge force in a creative business. She informs, delegates and engages and has a good gut feeling about the direction we should go in and where we should focus – even in difficult situations," says Cobe's Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard.
Nina has been Managing Director of Cobe since 2014, but has been apart of the company since 2008. In these past four years, Cobe has grown into an international company with some 120 employees and with projects in both Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, UK and North America.
Lecture in Stockholm
Today, Project Director Eik Bjerregaard is keynote speaker at the Arwidsson Talks 2018 Conference at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, exploring Cobe's projects in Copenhagen.
See the conference program here
When:
April 18 2018 (all day event)
Where:
Moderna Museet
Exercisplan 4
Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.
Sweden
Paper Island's aquatics centre
Cobe unveils the competition scheme for The Waterfall – Paper Island's aquatics centre, done in collaboration with BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Hundsbæk & Henriksen, SLA, Dansk Energi Management & Esbensen, Teknologisk Institut, Gade & Mortensen and A Kassen.
The project is part of the masterplan for Paper Island, also designed by Cobe, and proposes one large public hall containing aquatic activities and facilities for clubs and associations, all connected by a continuous cascading flow of waterfalls. The auqatics center follows the distinctive roof motif on Paper Island with large sloping roof surfaces and gables oriented towards the waterfront, becomming an essential part of the important cultural institutions along Copenhagen's inner harbour.
Cobe unveils new entrance to Designmuseum Danmark
Designmuseum Danmark is uniquely situated in the historical centre of Copenhagen, housed in listed buildings in Frederiksstaden district, which is considered one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe.
The project features three elements – repaved plaza, new outdoor display cases and a new entrance with café, ticket office and museum shop – that invites visitors into the new plaza where they will get to preview the museum’s treasure trove.
Cobe was selected as architects for the project during an architectural competition settled in February 2017. The ground-breaking will be held in May 2018, and the project is expected to be completed in November 2018. The project was made possible thanks to a donation from Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs Foundation.
Nørreport Station wins Civic Trust Award 2018
Nørreport Station receives the 2018 Civic Trust Award. From 234 applications worldwide, Nørreport Station is recognised as a project providing an outstanding positive civic contribution.
Founded in 1959, the Civic Trust Award is known as Europe’s longest running architectural and built environment awards programme, each year recognising architecture, planning and design that both improve the built environment through design, sustainability and accessibility, and offer a positive social, cultural, environmental or economic benefit to their local communities.
Read more about the award here.
Cobe at MIPIM 2018
Cobe will be attending the upcoming MIPIM real estate conference in Cannes, France, from March 13-16, with our finalist project for MIPIM Awards 2018: The Silo.
Please direct your enquiries for meetings to :
- Founder Dan Stubbergaard (ds@cobe.dk)
- Director of Business Development and Communications, Stine Lund Hansen (slh@cobe.dk)
- Project Director Caroline Nagel (caroline@cobe.dk)
We look forward to meeting you at the French Riviera!
Lecture in Berlin
Project Director Eik Bjerregaard is keynote speaker at Bautec's international facade design conference "FASSADE 2018 – smart, grün, dynamisch" in Berlin, Germany. He will be speaking about Cobe's projects in Copenhagen including The Silo and Ragnarock – Museum of Pop, Rock and Youth Cultur, among others.
Read more about the conference here!
When:
22 February 2018
Where:
Palais am Funkturm, Messe Berlin
Hammarskjöldplatz
14055 Berlin
Germany
The Silo is a MIPIM Awards 2018 Finalist
The Silo is one of four finalists for MIPIM Awards 2018 in the Best Refurbished Building category!
MIPIM Awards is an internationally renowned real estate competition held in connection with MIPIM, the world’s largest real estate and property fair, held in Cannes, France, each year, attracting more than 25,000 property professionals from around the world. The award honours the world's most outstanding and accomplished projects, completed or yet to be built. This year, the MIPIM Awards has attracted a record number of entries with 227 projects from 55 countries competing for the award.
The winner will be announced at the prestigous MIPIM Awards Ceremony 15 March 2018.
See more info here.
The charging station of the future is designed to give you a meaningful break
In collaboration with CLEVER, which supplies charging solutions for electric vehicles, Cobe unveils the design for the ultra-fast charging station. The idea is to let drivers take a meaningful break during their journey.
The charging station takes the form of a series of structural ‘trees’, with ‘crowns’ that filter light and shade to create a green environment with a calming atmosphere. The modular approach means that the design is scalable, and that one ‘tree’ can easily be multiplied to become a ‘forest’ depending on the required capacity.
Over the next couple of years, a total of eight charging stations will be built in Denmark, the first one completed in Fredericia mid-2018, and a further 40 in Sweden and Norway.
Keynote lecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London
Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard is keynote speaker at the Architectural Association School of Architecture's M.Arch. Jury Week. The lecture will be based on Cobe's past ten years of practice, grounded in social livability and urban democracy.
Read more about the keynote lecture here.
When:
8 January 2018, at 6:30 pm
Where:
Architectural Association School of Architecture
AA Lecture Hall
36 Bedford Square
London
United Kingdom
Cobe unveils design for vernacular visitor center in Stavanger, with Norwegian brewery LERVIG
Cobe and Norwegian brewery LERVIG unveil their plans for an 11.000 m² vernacular visitor center and brewery in central Stavanger, Norway. Located on the edge of the fjord, Cobe and LERVIG envision a unique attraction for locals and visitors to Stavanger. A brewery will be the heart of the new building, surrounded by a visitor center, a ‘street-food’ market, a harbour bath and promenade, and a roof vegetable garden, all framed by a grid of wooden arches and publicly accessible – tailored to celebrate city life.
See more images on Cobe's Facebook.
Honorable mention for German Wallpaper Museum in Kassel
Last week our proposal for the German Wallpaper Museum in Kassel, Germany, received an honorable mention in a competition attended by 30 international architectural practices.
Located in the heart of Kassel's historic museum landscape, the 4.800 m² museum is the first and only museum dedicated to wallpaper in the world. Acting as a gentle counterbalance to the historic context, the museum appears as a white canvas for the 23,000 wallpaper objects exhibited.
Resembling a roll of wallpaper, facade openings, staircases and exhibition walls have rounded corners. In this way, wallpaper becomes the focal point for the overall design concept – celebrating the museum’s state-of-the-art collection from the 15th century to the present day, including gilt-leather specimens from the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo eras as well as flocked and canvas wallpapers of the 18th century and hand-printed French panoramic wallpapers of the 19th century.
From roundabout to urban agora – Cobe to design the entrance to the European Union
Cobe and BRUT, together with ARA, UTIL and Buro MOVE, reveal the winning design for Place Schuman in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the heart of the European Quarter, in between the main institutions of the European Union, including the European Council and the European Commission, Place Schuman constitutes the entrance to the EU.
The project transforms a heavily trafficked roundabout into an urban space and meeting point. Inspired by the shape of the European Parliaments’ hemicycle, a reflective roof covering an urban agora unites all citizens and institutions of the EU and transforms the European Quarter from a city for cars into a city for people.
The Silo awarded with a golden plaquette
Foreningen Hovedstadens Forskønnelse (Association for the Beautification of the Capital) awards The Silo with a golden plaquette for beautifying the city of Copenhagen.
Established in 1886, the association annually honours selected initiatives which enhance the embellishment of Denmark's capital.
See more info here.
Red Cross Volunteer House inaugurated
Today, the 750 m² Volunteer House for the Danish Red Cross was inaugurated at a grand opening event attended by HRH the Crown Prince and volunteers of the Danish Red Cross, among others.
Shaped as a triangle with a publicly accessible roof surface, Red Cross Volunteer House is designed to invite people in, as well as encourage passers-by to enter and explore. It is not just a building, but a project set to develop voluntary work and become a focal point for anyone wanting to contribute to Red Cross’s efforts to help people in need.
See more images from the opening event on Cobe's Facebook.
Cobe to design Science & Innovation Hub containing 10 garages for informal learning and entrepreneurship
Cobe, Sted and Oluf Jørgensen win the competition to design a 8,500 m² Science & Innovation Hub at Aalborg University, Denmark.
The building rises as a terraced volume that forges new connections and urban intensification at Aalborg university campus. In order to promote idea generation and innovation, users will be able to inhabit a new type of un-programmed workshop space – named Garages – where the users define their own rules and methods of co-working. The garages, along with an atrium street are the innovative basis for informal learning, acting as a supplement to the formal education and research offered at Aalborg University.
The Science & Innovation Hub is set for completion end of 2022.
Grand opening of Red Cross Volunteer House
The grand opening of Red Cross Volunteer House is set for November 30 2017! Shaped as a triangle with a publicly accessible roof surface, the Volunteer House is designed with the ambition of inviting people in as well as encouraging passers-by to enter and explore. This is a building for the 25,000 Red Cross volunteers but also a public space and an urban living room for the entire city.
See more info about the grand opening here.
The square in front of The Library wins Danish Landscape Award 2017
The square in front of The Library, by Cobe, Transform and Schønherr, wins Danish Landscape Award 2017.
The Danish Landscape Award is an annual prize-giving, presented in cooperation between Park- og Naturforvalterne, Danish Association of Architectural Firms and Danish Landscape Architects. Marking the 8th award ceremony since 2009, the award sees the growing recognition of landscape architecture increasingly adding value to the sectors of building and construction.
Ragnarock wins German Design Award 2018
The German Design Council grants Cobe and MVRDV's Ragnarock Museum the German Design Award 2018 for Excellent Communications Design Architecture.
The German Design Award is an annual prize-giving, awarded to projects that truly represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design scene. The award ceremony will be held in 2018 and will be followed by an exhibition showcasing all the winners of German Design Award 2018.
Cobe is moving to Nordhavn
At the beginning of 2018, Cobe is moving to Copenhagen's Nordhavn (North Harbour). Cobe has nearly doubled in size the past few years, and will double its office space in Nordhavn to more than 2.400 m² – while becoming part of their own masterplan.
Dan Stubbergaard, Founder and Creative Director of Cobe, says: “We are looking forward to becoming part of Nordhavn – the sustainable city of the future. Living in Nordhavn will be a unique 1:1 showcase for Cobe and our projects which, besides the masterplan, include The Silo, completed earlier this year, and future projects such as Kronløb Island including 25.000 m² housing, the office building at the tip of Redmolen and two metro stations opening in 2020.”
Ragnarock named one of the world's best museums
National Geographics has listed Ragnarock Musem as one of the world's top 11 museums.
Visit the slideshow of world-class museums here.
Cobe at Housing: the Future conference in Edinburgh
Cobe participates in the 'Housing: the Future' conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, organised by The Scottish Government on the occasion of Festival of Architecture 2017.
An opening address from Kevin Stewart, Minister for Local Government and Housing, will be followed by Cobe's Project Director Rune Boserup discussing strategic, city-level and small-scale approaches to diversifying our cities, based on Cobe's experiences and projects.
When:
27 september 2017, 10 am – 4 pm
Where:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
43 Bread Street
Edinburgh EH3 9AF
United Kingdom
Debate in Copenhagen
Join us for Copenhagen’s annual Golden Days Festival when Cobe's Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard and professor Jan Gehl meet for a debate on how to create cities for people.
This year’s Golden Days Festival marks the 850th anniversary of the founding of Copenhagen. Read more about the festival here and sign up for the event through this link.
When:
11 September 2017, 5:00-7:00 pm
Where:
Copenhagen Main Library
Krystalgade 15
DK – 1172 Copenhagen
Denmark
Nørreport Station wins LILA 2017 Public Choice Award
Nørreport Station is the Public Choice winner in LILA – Landezine International Landscape Award 2017! With 251 submitted entries this year, Landezine International Landscape Award aims to honour progressive landscape architecture practices that both significantly contribute to exploring contemporary landscape issues and offer creative solutions to challenges that our profession is facing.
The LILA award ceremony will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29 September 2017.
Lecture in Stuttgart
Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard will be giving a public lecture on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany, organised by Aufbruch Stuttgart in collaboration with Hospitalhof Stuttgart, the Association of German Architects and the Baden Württemberg Chamber of Architects. Read more about the lecture here.
When:
4 September 2017, 8:00 pm
Where:
Hospitalhof Stuttgart
Büchsenstrasse 33
DE – 70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Cobe finalist for Paper Island's aquatics centre
Cobe is finalist in the competition for Paper Island's new 5,000 m² aquatics centre, in collaboration with BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Hundsbæk & Henriksen, SLA, Dansk Energi Management & Esbensen, Teknologisk Institut, Gade & Mortensen and A KASSEN.
The project is part of the winning masterplan for Paper Island, also designed by Cobe, consisting of private housing on top of a series of new halls for informal, public functions such as an event hall and an aquatics centre.
The City of Copenhagen will announce the winner for Paper Island's aquatic centre in December 2017.
Cobe exhibits in Copenhagen
The Danish contribution to last year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture opens today at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition, Art of Many and The Right to Space, shows how Danish architects insist on creating high quality architecture to benefit the community as a whole – not just the select few.
Cobe contributes with 8 projects in the exhibition, including Nordhavn, Aarhus Central Station Area, Nørreport Station, Tingbjerg Culture House, The Library, Copenhagen's Kids City, Ragnarock Museum and Red Cross Volunteer House.
The exhibition is open from today to 1 October 2017.
Where:
Danish Architecture Centre
Strandgade 27B
DK – 1401 Copenhagen
Denmark
Karen Blixens Plads under construction
The construction of Karen Blixens Plads, also known as KUA University Square, has started. The 22,400 m² plaza at the University of Copenhagen will be a superimposed surface of hills and valleys, offering high functional performance as well as a recreational resource. The plaza, one of the biggest in Copenhagen, is scheduled for completion in 2018.
Cobe at Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2017
Join us at Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2017. Cobe's Founder and Creative Director Dan Stubbergaard participates in the Seameless Moves debate tomorrow discussing the future of transport and how we can create cities where mobility is accessible and works for all people.
Monocle Quality of Life Conference is an annual conference, gathering a diverse range of people spanning from entrepreneuers, architects, shop owners, media partners, property developers etc., for debates, informative panels, engaging hospitality and knowledge exchange.
When:
Seameless Moves debate with Cobe's Dan Stubbergaard, scoo.me's Magnus Schmidt and Meike Niedbal from Deutsche Bahn: 30 June 2017 at 12.00 am
Where:
Römischer Hof Berlin
Unter den Linden 10
DE – 10117 Berlin
Germany
From storage container to urban focal point – construction of The Silo completed in Copenhagen
As the centrepiece of Copenhagen’s redeveloped Nordhavn, Cobe unveils the completed transformation of The Silo. The former industrial silo was originally used as a storage container for grain. Fifty years later, the 17-storey silo has been converted for new use as a residential apartment building with 38 unique units, ranging from 106 m² to 401 m² in size, and with public functions such as event and dining facilities on the upper and lower levels.
Cobe exhibits in Lyon
Cobe is part of the exhibition “La ville en marchant”, opening on Monday at Archipel Centre De Culture Urbaine in Lyon, France. On show from Cobe is Nørreport Station and Køge North Station.
“La ville en marchant” exhibits recent approaches and achievements on how to create and develop more qualitative urban environments for the pedestrians in our cities. The exhibition is based on projects from both Lyon and around the world. Read more about the exhibition here.
When:
The exhibition will run from 20 June until 24 September 2017.
Where:
Archipel Centre De Culture Urbaine
21 place des Terreaux
69001 Lyon
France
Cobe selected to design the Nordhavn Station forecourt
Cobe is selected by CPH City & Port Development, Metroselskabet and the City of Copenhagen to design the Nordhavn Station forecourt – the first station of the Nordhavn metro extension operating in the beginning of 2020. Nordhavn Station is part of Copenhagen’s metro network, linked to the new city circle line, Cityringen, currently under construction.
The station forecourt will be covered in red brick tiles emphasizing the identity of the surrounding red Århusgade neighbourhood, the southernmost part of Nordhavn, uniting metro station, forecourt and buildings.
Lecture in Istanbul
This Wednesday, Dan Stubbergaard will give a lecture in Istanbul at İş Sanat Cultural Center concerning Cobe’s work for the past 10 years. He will be the third guest of the “T Meetings” series, which was guested by Sou Fujimoto and Winy Maas last year.
Check out the program here.
When:
May 10 2017 6.30 – 10.30 pm
Where:
İş Sanat Cultural Center
Şişli, İş Kuleleri, Büyükdere Caddesi
34330 Levent/Istanbul
Turkey
One year with Ragnarock
One year has passed since we celebrated the opening of Ragnarock – Denmark’s new museum of rock, pop and youth culture.
Paper Island approved by Copenhagen City Council
The district plan for Paper Island has been approved by Copenhagen City Council, paving the way to begin site preparation in 2018 and construction in 2019. The future Paper Island will consist of a series of new halls for informal, public functions. Private housing will be placed on top of the halls encircling a green and intimate courtyard. The project is set for completion in 2021.
Krøyers Plads awarded best housing project in Copenhagen
Since 1902, the City of Copenhagen has once a year awarded the best buildings and urban environments of Copenhagen with the purpose to inspire architects and their commissioners to create innovative contemporary architecture, and thus increase quality of life for all inhabitants of Copenhagen.
This year, Krøyers Plads is awarded Best Housing Project in the city, presented today at Copenhagen's city hall by Mayor of Culture and Leisure Carl Christian Ebbesen.
Cobe at CAFx 2017
Copenhagen Architecture Festival 2017 kicks off Thursday April 27, and in collaboration with the festival, Cobe will be hosting a series of unique events.
In addition, Dan Stubbergaard has together with designer Henrik Vibskov curated five films during the festival running from April 27 until May 7.
Debates:
3 May 2017: CAFx Cobe: Papirøen Revisited
4 May 2017: CAFx DR K and Cobe: Fantastiske Forvandlinger
Films:
27 April – 6 May 2017: Dan Stubbergaard x Henrik Vibskov
Krøyers Plads wins Architizer 2017 A+ Award
Krøyers Plads is the Architizer A+ Award Jury Winner in the Multi Unit Housing – Mid Rise (5-15 Floors) Category!
As the world’s largest and fastest growing website for architecture, Architizer's awards programme received entries from more than 100 countries this year representing the best of architecture and design worldwide.
Read more about the winners of Architizer’s 2017 A+ Awards here.
Cobe shortlisted in international competition for aquatics centre on Paper Island in Copenhagen
Cobe – together with BIG, Hundsbæk & Henriksen, SLA, Dansk Energi Management & Esbensen, Teknologisk Institut, Gade & Mortensen and A KASSEN – is among 5 teams selected to participate in the international competition for the design of an aquatics centre and harbour pool uniquely located on Paper Island in the heart of Copenhagen's harbour.
The project is part of Cobe’s winning masterplan for Paper Island where a series of new halls for informal, public functions are envisioned, one of them being a swimming hall. Private housing will be placed on top of the halls encircling a green and intimate courtyard.