The Danish Association of Architects (

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: , abbreviated to AA), is an independent

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for architects in Denmark. Pbenrå 34

History

The Danish Association of Architects was founded at the initiative of L. A. Petersen on 21 November 1879. The principal aim was to advance and promote architectural quality by influencing planning and design of the physical environment in the widest possible context. Between 1951 and 2004, the Danish Association of Architects was part of the umbrella organisation National Association of Danish Architects (Danish: ; DAL/AA). In 2004, DAL/AA was demerged into the Danish Association of Architects, the

Danish Union of Architects The Danish Union of Architects is a trade union in Denmark. It has a membership of 4,500 and is affiliated with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. External links Official website
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, and the industry organisation (now ).

Building

The association is based in the former rectory of the

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in Copenhagen. The building is located in the street Åbenrå. It was acquired by the property investment company

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and put through a renovation in 2014. AA was formerly based in the Architects' House in Strandgade,

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Presidents of Akademisk Arkitektforening/Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund

* 1886-18??: P.V. Ditlevsen (?) * 1897-1900

Albert Jensen Albert Jensen (25 December 1847 – 26 June 1913) was a Danish architect. He collaborated with Ferdinand Meldahl on several projects, including the completion of Marble Church in Copenhagen and Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall. He also design ...

* 1902-1904 Axel Berg * 1904-1907 Andreas Clemmensen * 1907-1909 Axel Berg (again) * 1909-1913

Anton Rosen Anton Rosen (13 September 1859 – 2 July 1928) was a Danish architect, furniture designer, decorative artist and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In his architecture, he combined a free Historicist style with inspiration ...

* 1913-1917

Kristoffer Varming Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

* 1919-1922 Henning Hansen * 1922-1924

Carl Brummer Carl Harald Brummer (12 July 1864 – 14 February 1953) was a Danish architect who was influential in the design of homes at the beginning of the 20th century. Biography Brummer was born in Bogense. After attending the Danish Academy from 18 ...

* 1924-1930

Emanuel Monberg Emanuel may refer to: * Emanuel (name), a given name and surname (see there for a list of people with this name) * Emanuel School, Australia, Sydney, Australia * Emanuel School, Battersea, London, England * Emanuel (band), a five-piece rock ban ...

* 1930-1930

Axel Preisler Axel Preisler(12 May 1871 – 25 September 1930) was a Danish architect. History Preisler was born in Odense where his father was a merchant. He completed a carpenter's apprenticeship in his home town and studied at Odense Technical College befo ...

* 1930-1937

Alf Cock-Clausen Alf Cock-Clausen (2 March 1886 – 10 July 1983) was a Danish architect. He was active during the transition from Neoclassicism to Functionalism and many of his works show influence from Art Deco. His factory for the distillery De Danske S ...

* 1937-1942

Kay Fisker Kay Otto Fisker, Hon. FAIA (14 February 1893 – 21 June 1965) was a Danish architect, designer and educator. He is mostly known for his many housing projects, mainly in the Copenhagen area, and is considered a leading exponent of Danish Functi ...

* 1942-1946

Thomas Havning Thomas Laub Hansen Havning was a Danish architect, illustrator, writer and royal building inspector born in Nyboder, Copenhagen on 4 September 1897. Career Thomas Havning graduated from the secondary school ''Borgerdydskolen'' in Copenhagen ...

* 1946-1951

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* 1952-1955

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* 1954-1960

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* 1955-1961

Philip Arctander Philip Arctander (1916–1994) was a Danish architect. He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1942. Later, he served as director of the Danish Building Research Institute. See also *List of Danish architects A ''list'' is a ...

* 1960-1966

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* 1966-1969 Philip Arctander (again) * 1969-1973

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* 1973-1976

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* 1976-1979

Jørgen Pers Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

* 1979-1985 Søren Nielsen * 1985-1991 Jens Rosenkjær * 1991-1997 Viggo Grünnet * 1997-2006 Gøsta Knudsen * 2006-2010 Rikke Krogh * 2010- Natalie Mossin

Honorary members

* 1909:

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* 1913:

Martin Nyrop Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect. Early life and education Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805–1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807–1874). ...

* 1922: Andreas Clemmensen * 1924: Axel Berg * 1927:

* 1943: Gotfred Tvede * 1943:

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* 1944:

Honorary Medal recipients

Akademisk Arkitektforenings's Honorary Medal is awarded to architects and organisations that have made a particularly important contribution to architecture. The medal is awarded in silver or gilded silver.

Foreign architects

* Arne Eide, Norway, 21 April 1934 *

Ragnar Östberg Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 – 5 February 1945) was a Swedish architect who is best known for designing Stockholm City Hall. Biography Östberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were Carl Östberg and Erika Kindahl. Between 1884 a ...

, Sweden, 30 September 1936 *

Ivar Tengbom Ivar Justus Tengbom (April 7, 1878 – August 6, 1968) was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s. Tengbom was born in Vireda in Jönköping County, stu ...

, Sweden, 2 November 1939 *

Eliel Saarinen Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American Architecture, architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero ...

, Finland, 21 November 1939 * Hakon Ahlberg, Sweden, 17 October 1941 *

Auguste Perret Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the C ...

, France, 7 January 1949 *

Arnstein Arneberg Arnstein Rynning Arneberg (6 July 1882 – 9 June 1961) was a Norwegian architect. He was active professionally for 50 years and is often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time. Personal life Arnstein Rynning Arneberg was b ...

, Norway, 26 September 1950 * Magnus Poulsson, Norway, 26 September 1950 *

Alvar Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...

, Finland, 5 June1953 *

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

, United States, 16 May 1957 *

Louis I. Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

, United States, 19.9.1965 *

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

, United States, 3 October 1965 * Sir

Robert Matthew Sir Robert Hogg Matthew, OBE FRIBA FRSE (12 December 1906 – 2 June 1975) was a Scottish architect and a leading proponent of modernism. Early life & studies Robert Matthew was the son of John Fraser Matthew (1875–1955) (also an archite ...

, United Kingdom, 8 November 1965 *

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, Japan, 10 October 1968 *

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Danish architect

, 25.11.1927 * Axel Berg, 21.11.1929 *

Martin Borch Martin Borch (1 March 1852 – 8 February 1937) was a Danish architect. Biography Borch was born at Skerngaard near Skjern, Denmark. He was the son of Frederik Borch (1807–1868) and Johanne Frederikke Borch née Frausing (1809–1886). He a ...

, 21.11.1929 *

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* Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi {{disambiguation ...

, 21.11.1929 *

Ulrik Plesner Ulrik Adolph Plesner, usually known as Ulrik Plesner (17 May 1861 in Vedersø – 22 November 1933 in Skagen) was an innovative Danish architect who designed in a National Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century. He is remembered in p ...

, 16.9.1931 *

Emil Jørgensen Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen (7 February 1882 in Gentofte – 23 March 1947 in Gentofte) was a Danish amateur football player and administrator. He played four games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summ ...

, 3.10.1933 *

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, 4.2.1939 *

Axel Høeg-Hansen Axel Høeg-Hansen (27 June 1877 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish architect. Stylistically he mainly worked in neoclassical and functionalist styles. He primarily worked in and around Aarhus at the turn of the 20th century. Background Axe ...

, 4.2.1939 *

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, 4.2.1939 *

, 12.7.1939 * Henning Hansen, 25.4.1941 *

, 20.11.1943 * Valdemar Schmidt, 9.4.1944 * Andreas Jensen, 21.8.1948 *

, 14.1.1952 *

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, 21.11.1954 *

, 28.2.1957 *

Ejnar Dyggve Ejnar Dyggve (17 October 1887 in Liepāja, Russian Empire - 6 August 1961 in Copenhagen) was a Danish architect and archeologist. He worked extensively on Balkan architecture starting in 1922 during an expedition to Salona in Dalmatia Dalmati ...

, 17.10.1957 *

Flemming Grut Flemming is a surname and a male given name referring, like the more common '' Fleming'', to an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of Flanders,

, 12.3.1960 *

, 7.10.1961 *

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA () 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple we ...

, 11.2.1962 *

, 14.2.1963 *

Vilhelm Lauritzen Vilhelm Lauritzen (9 September 1894 – 22 December 1984) was a leading Danish modern architect, founder of the still active architectural firm Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter. Biography Vilhelm Lauritzen was born in Slagelse, Denmark. He studie ...

, 9.9.1964 *

, 2.6.1966 * C.F. Møller, 31.10.1968 *

, 21.1.1969 *

Mogens Lassen Mogens Lassen (20 February 1901 – 14 December 1987) was a Modernist Danish architect and designer, working within the idiom of the International Style. He mainly designed residential buildings, both in the form of single-family houses and apartm ...

, 25.2.1971 * Esbjørn Hiort, 28.3.1972 *

Kaj Gottlob Niels August Theodor Kaj Gottlob, usually known as Kaj Gottlob, (9 November 1887 – 12 May 1976) was a Danish architect who contributed much to Neoclassicism and Functionalism both as professor of the School of Architects at the Royal Danish Aca ...

, 11.7.1975 * Edmund Hansen, 10.12.1976 * Poul Erik Skriver, 20.11.1982 * Tobias Faber, 12.12.1985 *

, 6.11.1991 *

, 21.4.2001 *

Knud Friis Knud Friis (March 12, 1926 – November 25, 2010) was a Denmark, Danish Modern architecture, Modernistic architect who worked extensively in Denmark and founded Friis & Moltke. Biography Knud Friis was born in Stilling to Anton Friis and Petra ...

, 7.6.2002 *

Jørn Utzon Jørn Oberg Utzon, , Hon. FAIA (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzo ...

, 30.11.2006 *

Jan Gehl Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA (born 17 September 1936, Copenhagen) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and ...

, 8.6.2012

Other recipients

* V. Eilschou Holm, 9 June 1932 * Axel Bang, 2 November 1937 *

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, 5 February 1957

Organisations

* Oslo Arkitektforening, Oslo, 4.9.1931 * Södra Sveriges Byggnadstekniska Samfundet, Malmø, 9.11.1932 *

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

, London, 21.11.1934 * Norske Arkitekters Landsforbund, Oslo, 7.6.1935 * Finlands Arkitektförbund, Helsingfors, 27.11.1943 * Arkitektföreningen för Södra Sverige, Malmø, 8.12.1943 *

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, London, 17.12.1947 * Det Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster, København, 31.3.1954 * The American Institute of Architects, Washington, 16.5.1957 * Svenska Arkitekters Riksförbund, Stockholm, 23.9.1961 * Stadsarkitektens Direktorat, København, 1.11.1961 * Vridsløse Andelsboligforening, Albertslund, 10.12.1976 *

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, Albertslund, 10.12.1976

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Architects' Association Of Denmark Organizations established in 1879 Professional certification in architecture Architecture-related professional associations Organizations based in Copenhagen