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Friis & Moltke
Hotel Foroyar
Practice information
PartnersThomas H. Svendsen
Palle Hurwitz
Anders Christian Bregnballe
Thomas Ruus Christensen
Mikkel Bahr
Mikkel Wienberg
Mogens Husted Kristensen
FoundersKnud Friis
Elmar Moltke Nielsen
Founded1955
LocationAarhus
Significant works and honors
BuildingsHotel Foroyar
Gigantium
Musikkens Hus
Website
https://friis-moltke.dk/

Friis & Moltke is a Danish architectural practice headquartered in Aarhus with branch offices in Copenhagen and Aalborg. Friis & Moltke has about 50 employees and is mainly active in the Scandinavian market. The firm was founded in 1955 by the architects Knud Friis and Elmar Moltke Nielsen who met while working at C. F. Møller Architects in Aarhus. Today the company has 6 partners and 1 associated partner responsible for the department of furniture design.

Selected projects

Friis & Moltke has designed many celebrated buildings across Denmark. The projects covers a multitude of functionalities including residential, educational, stadiums, churches, shopping malls, prisons, city halls, concert halls and hotels. A selection of the most notable comprise the following:

Aarhus

Near Aarhus

Aalborg

Zealand

Other places

Friis & Moltke has been notable architects of the so-called brutalist architecture, a specific branch of the much broader modernist movement. Brutalism had its heyday in the 1960s and 70s, and noteworthy examples from Friis & Moltke includes Hotel Lakolk, Entreprenørskolen, Scanticon Skåde and Odder City Hall in particular. Outside Denmark, the Siemens Global Leadership Center, and associated guest hotel, from 1974 is a prize-winning example of Friis & Moltke's architecture of the brutalist era.

Outside Denmark

Friis & Moltke is also active outside Denmark with notable and prize-winning architecture:

  • Embassy of Denmark in Ankara (1970), Ankara, Turkey
  • Siemens Global Leadership Center (1974), Feldafing, Germany
  • Alter Hafen (2011), Wismar, Germany
  • Dublin Waste to Energy (2017), Poolbeg Peninsula, Ireland
  • Strømme Senter (in 2019), Kristiansand, Norway
  • Ny Anstalt i Nuuk (in 2019), Nuuk, Greenland

Gallery

60's and 70's
  • Højhusene Marselis Boulevard, residential (1967) Højhusene Marselis Boulevard, residential (1967)
  • Grøfthøjhuset, residential (1970) Grøfthøjhuset, residential (1970)
  • Vestervang, residential (1970) Vestervang, residential (1970)
  • Skjoldhøjkollegiet, a large student housing project (1973) Skjoldhøjkollegiet, a large student housing project (1973)
  • Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail) Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail)
  • Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail) Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail)
  • Langkær Gymnasium, a high school (1975) Langkær Gymnasium, a high school (1975)
80's and 90's
  • Skjoldhøj Church (1984) Skjoldhøj Church (1984)
  • Skelager Church (1990) Skelager Church (1990)
  • Scandinavian Center Aarhus (1995) Scandinavian Center Aarhus (1995)
2000's
  • Aalborg Stadion (2002) Aalborg Stadion (2002)
  • Prismet, offices (2002) Prismet, offices (2002)
  • Grønnevang Church (2008) Grønnevang Church (2008)
  • Musikkens Hus (2013) Musikkens Hus (2013)

References

  1. "Management" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. "Friis & Moltke". Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister. Central Business Register. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. "Profil" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. Johannsen 1985, pp. 193.
  5. Kim Dirckinck-Holmfeld (2 February 2010). "Den milde brutalist: Knud Friis (1926-2010)" (in Danish). Danish Association of Architects. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. The original embassy has now been replaced by a new building, also by Friis & Moltke.
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