Isbjerget ( Lit.: The Iceberg) is a residential building in the

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neighborhood in

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. It is situated on the waterfront on ''Mariane Thomsens Gade'' and was finished in 2013 after three years of development. The building was designed by four architectural firms, the Danish CEBRA and

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, French Louis Paillard and

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SeARCH, and was funded by the Danish pension fund ''PensionDanmark''. Isbjerget was the first project to be completed on the former industrial port area, which is being developed into a new residential and commercial neighborhood after the

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was moved to new facilities to the south of the city center. The building complex consists of four buildings with 208 apartments between and both rented and owned. The apartments are either in two stories, double in height or with shifted floor plans, catering to different needs. The buildings are up to ten floors tall but vary in height, with the shortest building closest to the waterfront and the tallest further back. The complex is designed and modeled after floating icebergs in the north

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, both in shape and color. The buildings are divided and crisscrossed into smaller units with steep crooked roofs, to ensure that all inhabitants have ideal views of the sea. Visually, the buildings display sharp triangular edges and shifting, irregular facades. The buildings are clad in white

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and have

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made of blue glass.

Awards

* In 2013, Isbjerget was awarded the Best Residential Development award at the French architects conference

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. * In 2015 it was given the Best Housing award by the

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Gallery

File:Udsyn fra Riis Skov.jpg, View from nearby

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References

External links

Architecture pictures of Isbjerget at Arkitekturbilleder.dk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Isbjerget Buildings and structures in Aarhus Residential buildings completed in 2013 Modernist architecture in Aarhus