KHR Architecture A/S, formerly known as KHRAS and KHR Arkitekter is a Danish
architecture
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company founded as Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen in 1946. The company was founded by
Gunnar Krohn and
E. Hartvig Rasmussen after winning an architectural competition for the machine factory Atlas.
During the 1960s, the company started focusing on European styles applied to public buildings in Denmark. The company has around 100 employees and six partners involved in the daily management: Janina Zerbe,
Henrik Richter Danielsen, Mikkel Beedholm, Lars Kragh And, Torben Juul and Peter Nielsen. Several works have been nominated for the
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture and Mies van der Rohe Award. In 1992, the company was awarded the
Nykredit Architecture Prize.
Among the company's projects are Sct. Hans New Forensic Psychiatry (2021), Østerport 2 office building (2021),
Copenhagen Airport
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(several terminals), Rødovre Centrum (1966),
Hvidovre Hospital (1968),
University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark ( da, Syddansk Universitet, lit=South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark that has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand.
The university offers a number of joint programmes in ...
(1970),
Bahrain National Museum (1987), the Danish pavilion at
Expo 92 (1992),
Fonnesbæk Church (1992),
Frederiskberg Centret (1996),
Copenhagen Metro
The Copenhagen Metro ( da, Københavns Metro, ) is a 24/7 rapid transit system in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby.
The original system opened in October 2002, serving nine stations on t ...
stations (1996),
Billund Airport
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(1997),
Bang & Olufsen head office (1998),
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
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(1999),
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities (2000),
Forum Horsens (2002),
St. Olavs University Hospital (2002),
KMD head office (2002),
Fiberline (2004),
Haukeland University Hospital (2006),
Biocenter (2007),
Hillerød Town Hall (2008),
Church of the Holy Cross (2008), Campus Rådmandsmarken of the
Metropolitan University College (2008) and
Hedorfs Kollegium (2009), Ørestad School and Library (2012), Amalie Skrams School and AdO Arena in Bergen (2014). Nyt SUND, Faculty of Health at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense (2023) and many more.
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External links
Official site
Architecture firms of Denmark
Architecture firms based in Copenhagen
Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality
Design companies established in 1946
Danish companies established in 1946