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.
