KHR Arkitekter
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KHR Arkitekter A/S, formerly known as KHRAS, is a Danish architecture
company founded as Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen in 1946. The company was founded by Gunnar Krohn and E. Hartvig Rasmussen. During the 1960s, the company started focusing on European styles applied to public buildings in Denmark. The company has 44 architects and five partners: Anja Rolvung, Jakob Brøndsted, Jan Søndergaard, Henrik Richter Danielsen and Mikkel Beedholm. Several works have been nominate for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
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Among the company's projects have been Copenhagen Airport
(several terminals), Rødovre Centrum (1966), Hvidovre Hospital
(1968), University of Southern Denmark
(1970), Bahrain National Museum
(1987), the Danish pavilion at Expo 92 (1992), Fonnesbæk Church (1992), Frederiskberg Centret (1996), Copenhagen Metro
stations (1996), Billund Airport
(1997), Bang & Olufsen
head office (1998), Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
(1999), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities (2000), Forum Horsens
(2002), St. Olavs University Hospital
(2002), KMD
head office (2002), Fiberline (2004), Haukeland University Hospital
(2006), Biocenter (2007), Hillerød Town Hall (2008), Church of Holy Cross (2008), Campus Rådmandsmarken of the Metropolitan University College
(2008) and Hedorfs Kollegium (2009).
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
company founded as Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen in 1946. The company was founded by Gunnar Krohn and E. Hartvig Rasmussen. During the 1960s, the company started focusing on European styles applied to public buildings in Denmark. The company has 44 architects and five partners: Anja Rolvung, Jakob Brøndsted, Jan Søndergaard, Henrik Richter Danielsen and Mikkel Beedholm. Several works have been nominate for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture or Mies van der Rohe award is a prize given biennially by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'...
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Among the company's projects have been Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, south of Copenhagen city centre, and west of Malmö city centre on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality...
(several terminals), Rødovre Centrum (1966), Hvidovre Hospital
Hvidovre Hospital
Hvidovre Hospital is a hospital located in Hvidovre near Copenhagen in Denmark. It is administered by the Capital Region of Denmark.The hospital was built from 1968 to 1979 and was officially opened on March 26, 1976...
(1968), University of Southern Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark, with campuses located in the southwestern part of Denmark - i.e. Funen, Southern Jutland and Sealand - is a research and educational institution with deep regional roots and an international outlook. Reaching even further south, the university offers a number of...
(1970), Bahrain National Museum
Bahrain National Museum
The Bahrain National Museum is the largest and one of the oldest museums in Bahrain. It is constructed near the King Faisal Highway in Manama and opened in December 1988. The museum complex covers 27,800 sq meters and consists of two buildings...
(1987), the Danish pavilion at Expo 92 (1992), Fonnesbæk Church (1992), Frederiskberg Centret (1996), Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...
stations (1996), Billund Airport
Billund Airport
In addition to the scheduled airlines above, several charter airlines serve Billund airport: BH Air, Bulgarian Air Charter, Corendon Airlines, Jettime, Nesma Airlines, Onur Air, Sky Airlines and SunExpress.-Cargo airlines:...
(1997), Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen is a Danish company that designs and manufactures audio products, television sets and telephones. It was founded in 1925 by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, whose first significant product was a radio that worked with alternating current, when most radios were run from batteries...
head office (1998), Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....
(1999), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities (2000), Forum Horsens
Forum Horsens
Forum Horsens is an indoor arena that can be used to sport. It may also be use for concerts. There can be 4000 spectators for sports events. For concerts there can be 4500 sitting or 5000 standing.- External links :*...
(2002), St. Olavs University Hospital
St. Olavs University Hospital
St. Olav’s University Hospital is the hospital in Trondheim, Norway located at Øya. It is part of St. Olavs Hospital Trust that operates all the hospitals in Sør-Trøndelag and thus indirectly state owned. It cooperates closely with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in research and...
(2002), KMD
KMD (company)
KMD develops IT solutions for Danish municipalities and others, and is owned by the municipalities country association .Kommunedata was established in 1972 by a merger of municipal IT centres....
head office (2002), Fiberline (2004), Haukeland University Hospital
Haukeland University Hospital
Haukeland University Hospital is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the 11 institutions that form the Bergen Hospital Trust. The hospital is the largest in Norway in terms of number of patients, and serves as the local hospital of Bergen, Midthordland and Nordhordland, the central hospital of...
(2006), Biocenter (2007), Hillerød Town Hall (2008), Church of Holy Cross (2008), Campus Rådmandsmarken of the Metropolitan University College
Metropolitan University College
Metropolitan University College is one of eight new regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark offering bachelor courses of all kinds in central Copenhagen....
(2008) and Hedorfs Kollegium (2009).