Groundbreaking for The Danish Rock Museum
Today we celebrate the groundbreaking for The Danish Rock Museum in Roskilde. The new building is located between two old industrial halls that previously housed a concrete factory. It is characterized by its twenty meter cantilever over the main entrance and an outer façade of anodized gold aluminium pyramids. With a surface of 3.500 m² over 5 floors the building features a large exhibition hall, flexible auditorium, café, museum shop, administration offices and a lobby.
The Danish Rock Museum will open its doors in 2015.
New vision for Nydalen in Oslo
Nydalen+ is one of the largest masterplans for Oslo in modern times. The new masterplan is created by Cobe and MAD (no) in close collaboration with Avantor (no), who owns and manages the area. With its central location in Oslo at the Aker-river, right where the Oslo Metro crosses, Nydalen is a prime target for Oslo's next big urban development project. The project creates a broader urban context where the Aker-river and the metro stations of Nydalen and Storo are linked together, revealing the '+' shape. This gives way for the densifying of approx. 500,000 m² and at the same time allows for a doubling of housing in the area from 3,000 to 6,000.
The project is presented at the conference Open Urban Arena in Oslo from the 18th to 19th of June.
Cobe shortlists for Adidas World of Sports Conference Center
Cobe is shortlisted among a group of international teams, including Zaha Hadid Architects, Sauerbruch Hutton and REX, to design a new 11.000 m² conference center at the headquarters of the Adidas Group in Herzogenaurach in Germany.
Forfatterhuset Kindergarten under construction
Today the construction of Forfatterhuset Kindergarten reached a milestone with the topping-out ceremony. The 1.500 m² day-care institution will open its doors in the summer of 2014 creating the frame for the daily life of 160 kids. Check out Cobe's facebook page for pictures from the construction site.
Cobe shortlists for Tampere Travel and Service Centre
Cobe is one of 5 selected international participants for the design of Tampere Travel and Service Centre in Tampere, Finland. The design contest for the travel and service centre is looking for a shared vision for the area’s development as well as guidelines for future modes of public transport, easy accessibility by different modes of travel, pleasant urban spaces as well as high-quality office, service and housing units.
See more info here.
Krøyers Plads under construction
Today we celebrated the topping-out ceremony of Krøyers Plads. Check out Cobe's facebook page for more amazing construction site pictures.
Rockmagneten moves ahead
Rockmagneten – Denmark's new museum of rock music – moves ahead with a new amazing facade mock-up, breathing life into the abandoned factory area of Unicon in Roskilde, Denmark. The museum will open it's doors in 2015.
Grand opening of Porsgrunn Maritime Museum
Today is the grand opening of the new Maritime Museum and Exploratorium in the Norwegian town Porsgrunn. The 2,000 m² museum is composed of eleven smaller square volumes, each with a different roof slant. The building's ruptured shape into smaller building volumes and the expressive differentated roof profile are references to the area's historic small wooden buildings.
Porsgrunn Maritime Museum receives award
Porsgrunn Municipality selects the city's new Maritime Museum as the winner of this year's Byggeskikk Award 2013!
See more information here.
Gazelle 2013
For the second year running, Cobe is honored to be appointed as a Gazelle company by the Danish business paper Børsen. Signifying a company in growth, the award is assigned to innovative companies, showing a constant progressive development of business during the last four years, based on their annual turnover and financial statements.
