Dan Stubbergaard is key note speaker at Building Green 2020
Building Green has announced their 10 year anniversary program, including Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard as key note speaker on the topic "Design for life" on October 28 2020.
Based on the theme 'New decade and anniversary – accelerate sustainability now!', Building Green each year gathers the construction industry to discuss sustainable construction and architecture. The public event runs from 28 to 29 October 2020 in Copenhagen, DK.
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Deutzer Hafen receives DGNB Platinum
Deutzer Hafen in Cologne has been pre-certified with DGNB platinum – the DGNB certification system's highest possible ranking within sustainability. The certification is the result of developing a flood resistant urban neigbourhood, where water challenges are turned into water resources. Among others, all rainwater is collected and filtered naturally in an integrated water handling system, ending up in a new public harbour pool and waterfall. Streetscapes and public spaces are shaped to mitigate and contain the flow of water from the Rhine River, while focus on future means of transport and new networks of bike paths are established at a flooding-safe height, as well as diverse building sites and types ensure a livable and mixed city.
adidas HALFTIME honored with Iconic Awards 2020
The German Design Council has honored adidas with an Iconic Award for Innovative Architecture – given for adidas' two new buildings at its “World of Sports” HQ in Germany: HALFTIME by Cobe and ARENA by Behnisch Architekten.
Statement from the jury:
"Although the two buildings are notably different in their aesthetics, they nevertheless reflect the brand values of the world-famous sportswear manufacturer – performance, passion, integrity, diversity – with consistency and clarity right down to the details both inside and out. Two remarkable projects which, with their iconic architecture, not only do justice in a very particular way to the company's aspirations of modernity and contemporary functionality, but which are also a striking testament to adidas's visionary strength and its readiness for the extraordinary."
Three Cobe projects longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020
adidas HALFTIME, Karen Blixens Plads and Køge Nord Station are longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards. From over 4,300 entries, 302 projects have been selected for the longlist of the prestigious architecture prize in 12 different categories. A panel of prominent jurors will reveal the shortlisted projects in the beginning of September before announcing the winners in late-October.
Check out the full longlist for Dezeen Awards 2020 here.
Cobe to design Visitor Center at Germany’s third largest monument
Cobe has won the international competition to design a new Visitor Center at the Kyffhäuser Monument – Germany’s third largest monument and a historic 10th Century castle ruin. Set for completion in 2022, the Visitor Center is conceived as a simple ‘cut’ in the sandstone cliffs – merging architecture and landscape through a large green roof that rests softly on the surrounding cliffs. Constructed in locally sourced timber, the visitor center provides a warm and natural material counterpoint to the raw expression of the cliffs. A funicular lift connects the Visitor Center to the monument 80 meters above, providing the necessary infrastructure for the thousands of tourists who visit the site annually.
Cobe and Arup's new metro stations celebrate Copenhagen’s redeveloped docklands
Part of the Nordhavn metro line extension connecting the docklands to Copenhagen’s city center, Cobe and Arup have worked together to design two new metro stations, Orientkaj and Nordhavn, under the Nordhavn metro line extension. The recently opened public transport link unlocks the potential for the redevelopment of Copenhagen’s northern docklands, one of the largest urban regeneration projects in northern Europe.
Cobe to transform the House of Denmark in Paris
Cobe, in collaboration with Moe, is selected to transform Maison du Danemark, the House of Denmark, located on the famed Parisian boulevard Avenue des Champs-Élysées, including an overall plan for the future transformation of the building and a massive reduction of the building’s CO₂ footprint, as well as a reconstruction of the exhibition hall that burned down in 2019.
"We are honoured and excited to be working with the House of Denmark to create the framework for a new sustainable institution, promoting Danish culture, values and savoir-faire for the 300,000 pedestrians that daily pass by the building," Dan Stubbergaard, Founder of Cobe.
Dan Stubbergaard appointed juror of Kasper Salin Prize
Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard will be the first Danish juror of the Kasper Salin Prize. Established in 1962, the Kasper Salin Prize is regarded as the most prestigious architecture prize in Sweden, and is annually awarded by the Swedish Association of Architects to a significant building in Sweden of unique architectural quality.
This year's jury also include Karin Milles (City Architect of Norrkoping), Joakim Lyth (Wingårdhs) and Torun Hammar (The National Property Board Sweden).
Cobe to create new design center for global automaker Geely in Sweden
Cobe is to create a new 14,000-m² design center for the multinational organisation Geely Design, which develops and executes new world-class designs for the Chinese global automaker Geely. The new building is going to form the setting for Geely Design’s development of, among others, the new electric car brand Lynk & Co. Located in a unique campus named ”Uni3 by Geely” on Gothenburg’s harbour front, Geely Design Center is set for completion in 2022.
Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder of Cobe, comments on the project:
“We are very excited to work with Geely Group on their new design center in the heart of Gothenburg’s buzzing and beautiful harbour front. Electric vehicles are the way of the future and Geely Group’s innovative strategy and new ideas within this field fit perfectly with our mindset. Lynk & Co’s coming subscription service for electric cars, among others, is a potential gamechanger in the transition from fossil fuels to a more green, energy-efficient and CO₂-neutral transportation. Hopefully the new design center can help to promote this urgent transition even further”.
Dear Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
As a part of the annual Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Cobe's Founder Dan Stubbergaard has written a personal letter to Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen with the message to fight monotonous architecture, demand sustainable buildings and retain and cultivate diversity, so Copenhagen also in the future can be a city for everyone.
Read the full letter in Politiken in Danish or here in English.
