Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (born 28 July 1961) is a

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architect. Founder and Creative Director of the architectural practice Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S that has approximately 60 employees. The practice is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and is behind several internationally acclaimed buildings. Dorte Mandrup’s work is characterized by being conceptually strong as well as innovative in terms of form and material, but also by an analytical approach to architecture. Dorte Mandrup is behind the Wadden Sea Centre at the Danish West Coast, the Icefjord Centre by the UNESCO trail in Ilulissat in Greenland, and most recently Danish clothing company Bestseller’s upcoming mixed use development in Brande, which has already received attention due to its plans of building a more than 200 metre tall tower, thereby becoming Denmark’s tallest building. In 2017, Dorte Mandrup caused an international stir with her opinion piece ”I am not a female architect. I am an architect” in Dezeen, in which she discussed gender politics within the world of architecture. She was also winner of the Berlin Art Prize 2019, architecture division. Mandrup serves on the board of the

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and is a member of the Historic Buildings Council. In 2022, Dorte Mandrup joined the jury of The Daylight Award.

Biography

Dorte Mandrup graduated from the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1991. From 1991–92 she studied ''sculpture and ceramics'' at the G.S.C Art Department in the United States. She then went to work for

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for a few years before, in 1995, co-founding Fuglsang & Mandrup-Poulsen with Niels Fuglsang. This firm was eventually split in 1999 when Mandrup set up her current practice, Dorte Mandrup A/S. It was founded on 30 June 1999 and is based in Copenhagen. In April 2019, Dorte Mandrup headed the jury of the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture –

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. On 1 November 2019, Mandrup won a competition arranged by The Whale AS for designing an attraction to be built on the Norwegian island of

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, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Her design resembles a whale but also presents a slope which visitors will be able to climb for a view over the sea, the mountains and the Northern Lights.

Selected buildings

Completed

* Hangar H (renovation), Holmen, Copenhagen (2001 and 2011) * Holmbladsgade Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (2001) * Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005) * Jægersborg Water Tower conversion, Gentofte, Denmark (2005) * Prismen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006) * Reading Nest, Asserbo, Denmark (2008) * Youth Recreation and Culture Centre in Gersonsvej, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) * St. Nicolai Cultural Centre, Kolding, Denmark (2008)
Bordings Independent School extension

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, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Community centre Herstedlund
Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Lange Eng Cohousing Community
Albertslund, Denmark (2009) * Munkegaard School extension, Gentofte, Denmark (completed 2009)
Råå Förskola
Sweden (2013)
Ama'r Children's Culture House
Copenhagen, Denmark (2014) * Valencia Building, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)
Ikea Hubhult

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, Sweden (2015)
Sundbyøster Hall
Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)
Sallingtårnet
Aarhus, Denmark (2015) * The Wadden Sea Centre, Denmark (2017)

In progress

IKEA Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark (expected 2019)
Icefiord Centre
Greenland (competition win, June 2016) * Bestselleter Tower, Brande, Denmark

Awards

* 2003 Dreyer Honorary Award * 2007 Nykredit Architecture Prize * 201
WAN Education Award
('Built' category) for ''Ama'r Children's Culture House'' * 2015 WAN Mixed-Use Award for ''Sundbyøster Hall '' * 2016 Träpriset for ''Råå Day Care Center '' * 2016 Gröna Lansen - 2015, IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden * 201
WAN Metal in Architecture Award 2016
Salling Tower * 201
Honorary Award, Danish National Bank Jubilee Fund
awarded in recognition of the recipient's contribution and works * 201

the world's leading sustainable design awards * 2017 The Art, Design and Architecture Award of the Year, Dir. Einar Hansen and wife Vera Hansen Foundation * 2017 ”Byggeri” – Magazine, Building of the Year, Wadden Sea Centre * 2017 City of Esbjerg’s City-Fund Award 2017, Wadden Sea Centre * 2017 Breeam Building of the year of Sweden Green Building Awards 2017, IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden * 2019 Berlin Art Prize of architecture division

Gallery

File:Dorte Mandrup - Næstvedgade.jpg, Næstvedgade kindergarten, Copenhagen (2004) File:Dorte Mandrup - Prismen.jpg, Prismen sports venue, Copenhagen (2006) File:Dorte Mandrup - Munkegaard School extension.jpg, Munkegaard School extension (2009) File:Ikea Hubhult.jpg, IKEA Hubhult, Malmö (2015) Image:Kammerrådensvej 2, Hørsholm 2016.jpg, Hørsholm building

References

External links

Official website

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
office profile
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter on ''Architecture News Plus''.
*Mandrup-Poulsen, Dorte. “Icefjord Center and Sustainability in Denmark : Dorte Mandrup.” ''A + U: Architecture and Urbanism'', November 1, 2018, 48–51. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bvh&AN=794202&site=ehost-live. *“Profile , Dorte Mandrup.” Accessed October 25, 2021. https://www.dortemandrup.dk/profile#paragraph-930. *Schwitalla, Ursula,, Itsuko Hasegawa, Nili Portugali, Donna Blagg, Alison Kirkland, and Steven Lindberg. ''Women in Architecture: Past, Present, and Future''. Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2021. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandrup, Dorte 1961 births Living people Danish women company founders 20th-century Danish architects 21st-century Danish architects 20th-century Danish women artists 20th-century Danish artists 21st-century Danish women artists Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal Recipients of the C.F. Hansen Medal Architects from Copenhagen Danish women architects