Henning Larsen, Hon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a

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architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in

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and the

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. Larsen studied at the

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, from which he graduated in 1952. He continued studies subsequently at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the

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. His mentors included

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and

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, Utzon ...

. Larsen founded an architectural firm that bears his name,

Henning Larsen Architects Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees. In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, ...

(formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S). From 1968 to 1995, he was a professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he established the SKALA architecture gallery and the parallel SKALA architecture journal, both entities of which continued until 1994.

Buildings

*1968 The campus center in

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at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology,

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*1979 The Danish embassy,

*1982–87 Commercial college and residences,

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...

*1982–84 Ministry of foreign affairs, Riyadh *1984–85

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library *1992 The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, Churchill College, Cambridge *1997 Extension of

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*1995 Egebjerggård, Ballerup *1994–1999 Extension of Malmö City Library *1999 Head office of

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Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

*2004

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*2007 Musikens Hus (The house of music),

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, Sweden *2004–2007 The Roland Levinsky Building as part of Plymouth University,

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*2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters, HafenCity,

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*2008-2011

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(Concert hall and conference center),

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Distinctions

* 1965

Eckersberg Medal The Eckersberg Medal (originally the ''Akademiets Aarsmedaille'' or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting. The Ec ...

* 1981 Norwegian Concrete Award for Excellent Building, for the Dragvoll complex in Trondheim * 1985 Honorary member of the

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* 1985 C.F. Hansen Medal * 1986

Prince Eugen Medal The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...

* 1987 The Daylight and Building Component Award * 1987

Nykredit Architecture Prize The Nykredit Architecture Prize is the largest Danish architecture prize. Founded by the Nykredit Foundation (an arm of the Nykredit Group), it is awarded annually to a person, or group of people, who have personally, or through their work, made a ...

* 1987 International Design Award, United Kingdom * 1989 Aga Khan Award for the '' Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh'' * 1991 Honorary member of the

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 supp ...

* 1997

Kasper Salin Prize The Kasper Salin Prize ( sv, Kasper Salin-priset) is a prize awarded annually by Architects Sweden () to a Swedish building or building project "of high architectural quality". It is considered the most prestigious architectural prize in the countr ...

, Sweden * 1999 Dreyer Honorary Award * 2001 Stockholm Award * 2012

Praemium Imperiale Prince Takamatsu The Praemium Imperiale ( ja, 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, Takamatsu-no-miya Denka Kinen Sekai Bunka-shō, World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu) is an international art prize inaugur ...

Notes

References

*Henrik Sten Møller, ''Legen og lyset. En frise over Henning Larsen som menneske og arkitekt'' (''Light and Life. A portrait of Henning Larsen''), Politikens Forlag 2000, *Henning Larsen, ''De skal sige tak. Kulturhistorisk testamente om Operaen'' (''You ought to be thankful. A historical document about the Opera''), People's Press 2009.

External links

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Henning Larsen ArchitectsUniversity Campus In Kolding
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