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Contemporary Danish Architecture PracticeBuilding News 2009'Learning from Nature', Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark2009  photo : 3XN / Adam Mørk Learning from Nature pavilion LSE New Students Centre Design Competition, London, UK 2009  LSE New Students Centre : Shortlist Saxo Bank Building, Hellerup, Copenhagen 2009  photograph : Adam Mørk © 3XN Saxo Bank Building Denmark's Highest Architectural Honour awarded to Kim Herforth Nielsen, Principal and Founder of 3XN architects Buen, Mandal, Norway 2007-10  Buen Mandal Stadshuis Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 2006-10  City Hall Nieuwegein : Invited Architecture competition - 1st prize Tangen Polytechnic College, Kristiansand, Norway 2004-09  Tangen Polytechnic College Utrecht Culture Centre - entry, The Netherlands -  Culture Centre Utrecht : Invited Architecture competition ’Der Cube’ building, Washington Platz, Berlin, Germany -  Kubus Berlin : Architecture competition winner Randers Museum of Art, Jutland, Denmark 2009-  Randers Museum of Art Daimler Headquarters Competition Entry, Stuttgart, Germany 2009-  Daimler Headquarters Competition Ørestad Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006  photo: Adam Mørk Orestad College : 3XN nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 Major Projects, alphabetical: Århus Harbour Tower, Århus, Jutland, Denmark 2006-22 UNStudio & 3XN Architects  image : Aarhus Harbour, 2022, UN Studio Aarhus Harbour buildings Aarhus Town Hall Annex, Jutland, Denmark 2000 Architecture competition 1998, ref. Arne Jacobsen's Århus Radhuset 1941 Alsion - Danish University South & Concert Hall, Science Park South, Sonderborg 2007 RIBA European Award 2007 Bella Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008-  Bella Hotel The Blue Planet, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008-  Blue Planet Copenhagen Bryggen, Vejle, Denmark 2008 with Schmidt Hammer Lassen CPH Arch, Copenhagen harbour, Denmark 2008-  CPH Arch Deloitte Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark 2005  3XN : Deloitte Headquarters Copenhagen, with artist Steven Scott Marmormolen Masterplan - proposal, Copenhagen harbour, Denmark 2008- New United Nations headquarters + offices, hotels, apartments, retail 142m high tower + bridge [see CPH Arch further up page] Middlefart Savings Bank, Middlefart, Fyn, Denmark 2007- Molde Jazzhouse & Theatre, Norway 2007-  3XN Project : shortlist incl. Keith Williams Architects; JKMM Architects; 3XN; Studio Andrew Todd/ 3RW Arkitekter; HLM arkitektur & plan Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island, Liverpool, England 2004-10; 3XN removed from this project Nov 2007  3 x Nielsen building The Music Building - Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2005  photo © adrian welch Dutch building : Best Building in the Netherlands Award 2006 Sampension Headquarters, Hellerup, Denmark - RIBA Awards 2005 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark 2005  Tivoli Concert Hall More 3XN Architecture online soon |
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Practice Information
3XN A/SStrandgade 98 DK-1401 København K Denmark
+45 7026 2648 3xn@3xn.dk
3XN Architects - Project
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland – Architecture Competition:
Shortlist: 3XN, Reiach and Hall Architects, Richard Murphy Architects,
Nicol Russell Studios - cancelled early 2006
3XN Architects : Danish designers
3XN - Practice Information (Oct 2008):
Architecture is creative futurology. That is why we always try to understand the context in which we build - the physical surroundings as well as the social, cultural and historical context in general. It is a process that is ultimately about the people who will live in the buildings for many years to come. This dialogue often continues long after construction is complete.
Architecture is story-telling. We listen to the story the site is telling us, and that story becomes part of the concept we develop. We investigate the site and we ask people questions in order to find the story the building should tell. This is the process we have summoned with the words ‘investigate, ask, tell, draw, build’.
Architecture shapes the world. We constantly seek to develop designs that encompass in a single expression the spatial needs, the spirit of the location, the constructive solution and the main theme of the project. This is a process equally divided between craftsmanship and deliberations. And it is driven by a love of good design.
Architecture creates behaviour. That is why we try to create places where people can interact and communicate and where synergy can grow. We believe that buildings, like people, are more than just the sum of their many parts. We believe that it is possible to achieve a synthesis of design, function and context. That is why a holistic approach is our guiding principle, and why we are forever exploring the possibilities of building better, cleverer, more beautifully.
Right from the start, with just a few works completed, 3XN positioned itself as a professionally conscious and artistically ambitious practice. A first breakthrough came with the court house in Holstebro (1992), which was followed by a number of first prizes in architectural competitions, such as the Architects’ House in Copenhagen (1994) The Glass Museum in Ebeltoft (1995) the Oceanarium in Hirtshals (1996), the Danish Embassy in Berlin (1998).
A concert hall, the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, completed 2005, together with Museum of Liverpool (2004-) and the Cube in Berlin (first prize 2007), marks the focus on culture buildings and prestigious international competitions, without, however, compromising on the continued development of original solutions in plans, facades and organisation of the interiors. This two-fold ambition shows in the Danish upper secondary school Ørestad Gymnasium (2004-2007), which has revolutionised school architecture and attracts interest from all over the world. Together with a number of original corporate headquarters designs such as FIH, Deloitte, Saxo Bank, Horten and KPMG, this became e new platform for the practice. Daring concepts and design also characterize master plans and housing projects like the Lighthouse in Aarhus and the new Denmark’s Aquarium, The Blue Planet, in Copenhagen. The latter being a spectacular design inspired by a whirlpool, which one critic in the Danish daily Politiken found so original as to warrant a comparison to Jørn Utzon’s opera house in Sidney.
The firm comprises of two offices each with a staff of 60 – one in Kystvejen in Aarhus, and one in Strandgade in Copenhagen. We work, however, as one practice continuously interchanging ideas and staff between the two offices. We operate in a project-oriented network structure, and at every stage we team up in workshops with partners, experts, users etc. At the workshop we discuss the results of our research, develop the concept and a framework for the design work. We work with cardboard models a lot, as they help us to share, discuss and evaluate different spatial solutions.
Our staff is a mix of experienced project architects and talented, young design architects. Each project team is headed by two partners, a contact partner and a backup partner, a head of project, a project manager, who might be a project architect, or a planning manager, as well as a design manager. The managerial functions are the responsibility of the experienced senior architects in the team. The project teams are composed of staff with a variety of expert competencies to ensure that every assignment is carried out optimally. At the end of each planning stage, we evaluate the process with regard to the dialogue with the client and partners, finances and time-frame.
3XN has six partners: The founder of 3XN, Kim Herforth Nielsen, MAA/RIBA, is the principal architect with overall creative responsibility. Kim Christiansen, MAA, is CEO and responsible for administration, finance, contracts and for 3XN Aarhus. Bo Boje Larsen, MAA, is Managing Director with main responsibility for strategy and organisation and for 3XN Copenhagen Jan Ammundsen, MAA, is head of the Competition Department at 3XN Copenhagen. Michael Kruse, MAA, and Tommy Bruun, MAA, head up the Competition Department at 3XN Aarhus.
The 3XN Board consists of the lawyer Torben Winnerskjold (chair), Managing Director Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, Managing Director Lars Frederiksen, MLL, Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen and Jan Ammundsen.
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