New local plans for Nordhavn ahead
Three new local plans within the Nordhavn area are under way. During the fall of 2012 and the spring of 2013, the plans for ‘Århusgadekvarteret Vest’, ‘Trælastholmen’ and ‘Levantkaj Vest’ have been developed, comprising of a total of 250,000 m² mixed office, commercial, housing and educational program. The new areas all follow the concept of the original structure plan for Nordhavn, won in an open international competition in 2009 where canals are excavated to create islets, each with their own character and identity.
All three areas take into account the construction of the new Nordhavn Metro line with stations and structures designed by Cobe in collaboration with Rambøll and Arup, due to open in 2019.
The local plans are expected to be adopted by the City of Copenhagen by the end of 2013.
Cobe, Arup and Rambøll win Nordhavnen Metro
Cobe, Arup and Rambøll have won the tender for the design of Cityringen – Branch off to Nordhavnen. The new Nordhavnen Metro will unlock the potential for the Nordhavnen development forming a central hub for the urban development of this new area of Copenhagen. The project includes, among other things, a detailed design of tunnels, structures and two stations – one tunnel station (Nordhavn) and one elevated station (Orientkaj). The two stations are expected to open in 2019.
Cobe wins new kindergarten competition in Copenhagen
Cobe and our collaborators PK3 and D.A.I. have been announched as winner of the competition to design the new kindergarten Forfatterhuset in Copenhagen. The new day-care institution will house 160 children, and is expected to open in 2014.
Cobe recieves Nykredit’s Architecture Prize
Skandinavia’s largest architecture prize, Nykredit’s Architecture Prize of DKK 500,000, is this year awarded to Cobe represented by Dan Stubbergaard. Dan Stubbergaard won Nykredit’s Motivation Prize in 2007. At that time, Cobe had not completed any projects but has since then seen an impressive professional development, leading to a number of prize-winning national and international projects. “In its choice the jury emphasized the fact that Cobe spans the full professional spectrum from construction and urban space design to strategic planning and research. Currently, Cobe is most renowned for the design and realization of the new Nørreport Train Station and is currently detailing the development of the Nordhavn harbour area – one of Scandinavia’s largest and most ambitious metropolitan development projects”, says the chairman of the prize jury, Mette Kynne Frandsen, Architect and CEO. The Nykredit Foundation is behind Nykredit’s Architecture Prize. The prize is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia and with the prize money of DKK 500,000, it has joined the league of leading architecture prizes such as the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Mies van der Rohe Prize.
MIPIM Award 2012 to the Library
At the annual MIPIM International Real Estate Fair in Cannes, the Library receives this year’s MIPIM Award for best refurbished building in 2012
Cobe wins Lund Science Village
Today, Cobe has been announced as winners of the international competition to develop Lund Science Village in Sweden – a new urban neighborhood for education and research facilities, enterprises, and the world’s most powerful neutron cannon – the European Spallation Source. Together, they will create a world-leading materials science city.
Cobe and Transform win the competition to design Aarhus central station area
Cobe and Transform are today announched as winners of the competition to design the central station area in Aarhus C. The project includes a new urban neigbourhood, a new bus terminal connected directly to the central station and an extension of the shopping center Bruun’s Galleri.
Cobe wins the competition to design the kindergarten Smørblomsten in Frederiksberg
Cobe, Preben Skaarup Landskab, Søren Jensen Rådgivende Ingeniører and Learning Spaces are announched as the winning team of the design competition for the new kindergarten Smørblomsten in Frederiksberg.
The Library honored
Today, the Danish association ‘Hovedstadens Forskønnelse’ hosted the annual award ceremony to honor projects that beautify Copenhagen. The Library was awarded Best Building in 2011.
The Library awarded Best Public Building in 2011
Today, the City of Copenhagen hosted the award show to honor the best buildings and urban environments of Copenhagen. The purpose of the award is to inspire architects and their commissioners to create innovative contemporary architecture. The Library was awarded Best Public Building in 2011.
