Presenting Karen Blixens Plads
A new name for the University of Copenhagen's new square and student hang-out is now official: Karen Blixens Plads, named after the famous Danish poet Karen Blixen.
One core element of the design is the creation of high capacity bicycle parking under and around three bicycle hills. Another is the integration of the University’s urban functions with the adjacent nature reserve, Amager Fælled. With its approximately 20.000 m², Karen Blixen Plads will be one of the biggest public squares in Copenhagen.
Nørreport Station wins 2016 WAN Awards
Nørreport Station is announched as the winner of WAN Awards 2016! Once a tired urban space with a chaotic, unsafe and noisy atmosphere, the station is now a place characterised by safety, comfort and efficiency, very people friendly, the jury emphasized.
WAN (World Architecture News) launched in 2005 and is now one of the world's leading suppliers of news to the global architectural community. The yearly WAN Awards celebrates the best in architectural design, as the largest award of its kind, attracting entries from all over the world.
See more information here.
Cobe awarded Gazelle for the fifth year in a row
For the fifth year in a row Cobe is appointed as a Gazelle company by Danish business newspaper Børsen. Every year since 1995, Børsen has selected a small group of Danish high leaping companies, which have shown positive growth each year within four financial years. Accomplishing this five years in a row makes Cobe a Super-Gazelle and places the company in the exclusive group of role models, continuously creating jobs, growth and optimism. Only 3,3% of the 1.805 Gazelle-awarded companies in 2016 have recieved the award 5 years in a row or more.
Cobe and Kilo design architectural terracotta collection
As part of the Our Urban Living Room exhibition, Cobe and Kilo have bridged scales, and together designed a limited edition architectural terracotta collection. As the exhibition refers to the extension of the personal sphere into the cityscape, the collection brings the city back into your personal living room. The collection is inspired by the material and DNA of Cobe’s Forfatterhuset Kindergarten and contains 3 simple objects for everyday use – a small bowl, a flower pot and a vase. Buy them at the Danish Architecture Centre during the run of the Our Urban Living Room exhibition.
See here for link to webshop.
Our Urban Living Room hot off the press
Our publisher Arvinius + Orfeus has just recieved the first print of the Our Urban Living Room book, just as we are about to celebrate the book launch and exhibition opening of Our Urban Living Room on Friday at Danish Architecture Centre.
Order your copy here and see more images of the book on our Facebook page.
Cobe wins competition to transform the harbour of Cologne
Stadt Köln and Moderne Stadt choose Cobe to transform the old industrial harbour of Cologne, Deutzer Hafen, into a new urban district! Together with Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl and Transsolar, we envision a masterplan that includes new housing typologies, public plazas, a new bridge and a public infinity pool where you can take a swim in purified rainwater. The pool ends in a huge waterfall and will cleanse the Rhine River over the coming years. The new neighbourhood in Cologne will provide homes for 5,000 inhabitants and work spaces for another 4,500.
See more images of the project on our Facebook page here.
Cobe celebrates groundbreaking in Køge
Today, we are celebrating groundbreaking of Køge North Station – a new distinctive landmark for green mobility in the capital region of Copenhagen. The project consists of a 225-meter long pedestrian bridge, a new train station and an associated park and ride facility and will be a new gateway to Copenhagen for the 90.000 people passing through the area daily. Køge North Station is expected to be in use by the end of 2018.
Cobe wins competition to design island number 1420 in Denmark
Cobe, together with Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, Sted and Rambøll, wins the competition for Kronløbsøen – a new island in the Inner Nordhavn district in Copenhagen, including 30,000 m² of housing, two urban spaces, three bridges and a three-storey underwater car park.
Introducing HalfTime
Cobe's building for Adidas will from now on officially go by the name HalfTime. The name for the new building has been chosen from proposals made by Adidas' employees. In July we celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony and the construction is now well under way. HalfTime is expected to be finished in summer of 2018.
Cobe celebrates groundbreaking at Adidas HQ
Today, the first step towards realising Adidas Meet & Eat – a new conference center, employee restaurant and showroom – is taking place in at the world-renowned sport's brand's headquaters in Herzogenaurach in Germany, where Adidas' CEO Herbert Hainer will cut the first sod together with Dan Stubbergaard. The iconic rhombus-shaped building, which will be the only public building in adidas’ headquarters campus 'World of Sports' and house many different functions for both employees, visitors and sport stars, will be completed in late 2018.
