Arkitema Architects is a

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architectural firm headquartered in Aarhus, with branch offices in

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, Stockholm and Oslo. Arkitema Architects was founded in 1969 in Aarhus, and nowadays has about 400 employees with its main activity in

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. Arkitema Architects is owned by Danish engineering company

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History

The firm was founded in 1969 as Arkitektgruppen Aarhus by five students from the Aarhus School of Architecture after they won a competition for the design of an expansion of

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. They were Helge Tindal, Ole Nielsson, Michael Harrebæk, Eriling Stadager and Lars Due. Today Arkitema Architects has 14 partners. In 1990, Arkitektgruppen Aarhus won the

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. In 2003 the firm changed its name to Arkitema Architects and in 2004 it merged with AA Arkitekter to be able to expand internationally. In 2011, as part of its continued efforts to grow on the Scandinavian market, Arkitema Architects acquired majority ownership of Swedish Dot Arkitekter. In 2015 Arkitema Architects opened an office in

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, Norway. In late 2018, Danish consultant and engineering company

bought Arkitema Architects.

Partnership

Arkitema Architects includes an

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department (Arkitema Urban Design) and a

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department (Arkitema Consulting). The company has teamed up with skilled people from several disciplines, including the fields of engineering, sustainability, management and construction. As of 1 January 2018, Arkitema had the following partners: Senior partners: Jørgen Bach, Peter Hartmann Berg, Wilhelm Berner-Nielsen, Thomas Birkkjær, Thomas Carstens, Glenn Elmbæk, Per Fischer, Ola Göransson, Dorthe Keis, Kim Risager, Poul Schülein, Anne Guri Grimsby og Aasmund Bjørnstad. Partners: Anders Halgren, Kristina Peters, Mette Julie Skibsholt, Håkan Sandhagen og Søren Haugsted. Associated partners: Mette Baarup, Eric Engström, Viktor Ahnfelt, Emil Carstens, Birgitte Gade Ernst, Carsten Jensen, Heidi Hjort Thuesen.

Selected projects

Mikado House Orestad 20110505 0095F (8366836705)

Arkitema has designed a broad range of architectural projects, from minor expansions and renovations to large redevelopment, infrastructural, residential and urban design projects. Some of the most notable and representative projects from Arkitema includes the following:

Completed

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(1976) - Expansion of an old listed building * Vamdrup Rådhus,

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(1981) - Town Hall * Håndværkerparken, Aarhus (1981) - Postmodern lowrise residential quarter * Police station,

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(1991) * Arosgården, Aarhus (1993) - Postmodern office building * Fåborg Swim Stadium, Fåborg (1996) * ''Enhjørningens Gård'', Christianshavn, Copenhagen (2001) - Apartment block * Hellerup School,

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(2002) - Public school * Danish Crown, Horsens (2002) - Slaugtherhouse * Kobbertårnet,

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, Copenhagen (2004) - High-rise office building * Mary's, Vejle (2008) - Shopping arcade (closed) * Bellahøj Swim Stadium, Copenhagen (2009) - Renovation and landscape designs * Sluseholmen Canal District, Copenhagen (2009) - Apartment blocks (redevelopment) * Mikado House,

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, Copenhagen (2010) - Mixed use (offices and shops) * CeresByen, Aarhus (2013) - Urban design of a new neighbourhood *

Aarhus City Tower Aarhus City Tower (formerly HL Huset) is a building on Værkmestergade in Aarhus, Denmark and it is one of the tallest buildings in both the city and Denmark at large. At 94 meters it is the second tallest building in Aarhus after Aarhus Cathedral ...

, Aarhus (2014) - High-rise hotel *

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Campus Aarhus C, Aarhus (2015) - Educational institution

In progress

* Østfold Hospital,

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, Norway (u/c) * Thor highrise,

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Aalborg, Denmark * Vibeeng School,

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, Denmark * Bindesbøll Byen, Aarhus, Denmark (from 2019) - New city borough (redevelopment) * Oksenøya, Oslo, Norway (from 2019) - New city borough

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