Nørreport Station awarded the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016
Among 276 candidatures from 33 countries, Nørreport Station and the City of Copenhagen has received Special Recognition in the prestigious European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016 – representing one of the best interventions carried out in public space in European cities in the past years.
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by seven European institutions with the aim to recognize and encourage the recovery projects and defense of public space in our cities.
See more information here.
Cobe and MVRDV open Ragnarock
Cobe and MVRDV's museum for pop, rock and youth culture has officially been inaugurated today by His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Denmark. With a gold studded facade, velvety red interior and daring cantilevered auditorium, Ragnarock museum offers visitors a fully immersive rock experience and acts as a cultural beacon in a former industrial area in Roskilde, Denmark.
Opening of Ragnarock
10 days to the official opening of the Museum for Danish Rock Music which officially will go by the name RAGNAROCK.
Ragnarock will be inaugurated on Friday April 29 2016 by HRH The Crown Prince and invited guests. During the weekend April 30 to May 1 2016 the museum will be open to the public and admission is free. Check out the full programme for the opening weekend here.
Copenhagen's Kids City tops out
Today we celebrated the topping-out ceremony of Prinsessegade Kindergarten and Youth Club. The ceremony was held in the future town hall of Copenhagen’s new city for kids. Later this year the first phase of the project will be completed and some 500 children will move in. Second phase will be finished during 2017 after which the project will be the largest daycare center in all of Denmark hosting roughly 700 kids.
Cobe celebrates groundbreaking
The first step towards realising Landgangen – a new promenade and pedestrian bridge connecting the city centre of Esbjerg with the harbour – took place today when the city mayor cut the first sod. The 280 m long bridge connecting the harbor and the city will be completed at the beginning of 2017.
The City of Copenhagen lauds Nørreport Station as Best Urban Environment
Each year the City of Copenhagen awards the best buildings and urban environments of Copenhagen. This year Nørreport Station is awarded Best Urban Environment in 2015. The purpose of the award is to inspire architects and their commissioners to create innovative contemporary architecture, and thus increase quality of life for all inhabitants of Copenhagen. The award was presented today at Copenhagen's city hall by the Mayor of Culture and Leisure Carl Christian Ebbesen.
Dan Stubbergaard awarded the Eckersberg Medal
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts grants the 2016 Eckersberg Medal to Dan Stubbergaard. The medal is presented today by Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark in connection with the annual Commemoration.
In the motivational statement from the Jury it is emphasized that “Dan Stubbergaard’s talent originates from an understading of both the individual and the relationship between people. This is precisely why he is one of the gifted persons who effortlessly can transfer his talent to all scales and work with great empathy in both urban planning, building design and urban spaces. For his consistent and conceptual approach to the entire architectural spectrum and his fine sense of design, Dan Stubbergaard is awarded the Eckersberg Medal”.
The Silo on Danish television
The Silo is featured in Danish TV station DRK’s new program series where host Ane Cortzen visits transformation projects and talks to the minds behind. See Dan Stubbergaard and Caroline Nagel talk about the transformation of the former grain silo in Copenhagen’s Nordhavnen district into private apartments and public functions here
Cobe wins Paper Island in Copenhagen
Cobe wins the competition for the future development of Paper Island, also known as Christiansholm, in Copenhagen's inner harbor. With a prime location right across from the Opera House and the Royal Danish Playhouse, Paper Island is the crown jewel of the inner harbour. Together with Inside Outside, Transsolar and Via Trafik we envision a series of new halls for informal, public functions, building on the island's current status as a vibrant urban destination in central Copenhagen.
New kindergarten in Copenhagen inaugurated
Today Frederiksvej Kindergarten in the Copenhagen neigbourhood of Frederiksberg is inaugurated. A series of 11 small houses facing different directions create a safe and eventful setting for the daily life of 182 children from zero to six years old.
