KHR Arkitekter

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KHR Architecture AS
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Faculty of Humanities
Practice information
Key architects


Founded1946
LocationCopenhagen
Significant works and honors
BuildingsCopenhagen Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Bahrain National Museum
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities
St. Olavs University Hospital
ProjectsØrestad
Copenhagen Metro
AwardsNykredit Architecture Prize (1992)

KHR Architecture A/S, formerly known as KHRAS and KHR Arkitekter is a Danish architecture company founded as Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen in 1946. The company was founded by and after winning an architectural competition for the machine factory Atlas.

During the 1960s, the company started focusing on European styles applied to public buildings in Denmark.[1] The company has around 100 employees[2] and five partners: Janina Zerbe, , .[3] Several works have been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture[4] and Mies van der Rohe Award. In 1992, the company was awarded the Nykredit Architecture Prize.[5]

Escalators at Amagerbro Station of the Copenhagen Metro

Among the company's projects are 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), (1992), (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), (2004), Haukeland University Hospital (2006), (2007), (2008), (2008), Campus Rådmandsmarken of the Metropolitan University College (2008) and (2009), Ørestad School and Library (2012), Amalie Skrams School and AdO Arena in Bergen (2014). New OUH, University Hospital in Odense (ongoing) and many more.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historie". KHR Arkitekter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Medarbeidere". KHR Arkitekter. Retrieved 15 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Partnere". KHR Arkitekter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Metro Copenhaguen". European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Nykredit Architecture Prize". Nykredit website (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Nykredit Holding A/S. 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Kronologisk". KHR Arkitekter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.

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