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.
