Dorte Mandrup
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Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen is a Danish
architect, founder and owner of the architectural practice
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter which is based in Copenhagen
, Denmark.
in 1991. From 1991–92 she studied sculpture and ceramics at the G.S.C Art Department
in the United States. She then went to work for Henning Larsen Architects
for a few years before, in 1995, co-founding Fuglsang & Mandrup-Poulsen with Niels Fuglsang. This firm was eventually split in 1999 when Mandrup set up her current practice, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. It was founded on 30 June 1999 and is based in Copenhagen.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
architect, founder and owner of the architectural practice
Architectural firm
An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter which is based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark.
Biography
Dorte Mandrup graduated from the Aarhus School of ArchitectureAarhus School of Architecture
The Aarhus School of Architecture was founded in 1966 in Århus, Denmark. Along with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, it is responsible for the education of architects in Denmark...
in 1991. From 1991–92 she studied sculpture and ceramics at the G.S.C Art Department
Rowan University
Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...
in the United States. She then went to work for Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by noted Danish architect and namesake Henning Larsen, it has around 150 employees...
for a few years before, in 1995, co-founding Fuglsang & Mandrup-Poulsen with Niels Fuglsang. This firm was eventually split in 1999 when Mandrup set up her current practice, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. It was founded on 30 June 1999 and is based in Copenhagen.
Completed
- Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2005)
- Jægersborg Water Tower conversion, Gentofte, Denmark (completed 2005)
- Crystal Sports and Culture Centre, Amager ØstAmager ØstAmager Øst is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It encompasses the part of Copenhagen located on the island of Amager, east of the major shopping street Amagerbrogade.Prior to an administrative reform in 2006-08, the district was known as Sundbyøster.Amager Øst holds within...
, Copenhagen (completed 2006) - Reading Nest, Asserbo, Denmark (pre-fab, 2008)
- Youth Recreation and Culture Centre in Gersonsvej, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2008)
- St. Nicolai Cultural Centre, Kolding, Denmark (completed 2008)
- Bordings Independent School extension, ØsterbroØsterbroØsterbro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day Østerport Station...
, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2009) - Community centre Herstedlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2009)
- Munkegård School extension, Gentofte, Denmark (completed 2009)
In progress
- Sjøparken Agnes, LarvikLarvikis a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....
, Norway - Råå Förskola, Sweden
- Z House, Århus, Denmark
- Gota Media House, KalmarKalmarKalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
(competition win 2009)