Entasis (company)

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Entasis
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Practice information
Key architectsChristian Cold
Signe Cold
Founded1996
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Significant works and honors
Buildings Spinderiet (1997)
Projects Carlsberg masterplan

Entasis is a Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Greek word for tension.

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History

Entasis was founded by Christian and Signe Cold in 1996. Their first building, a new main entrance for Copenhagen Zoo, was awarded the AIA Prize 'Best Building in Europe 1998'. [1]

In 2007 the firm won the open international competition for the redevelopment of the former Carlsberg brewery site in Copenhagen, with a proposal which, in reaction to Modernist planning, relied on dense, Medieval town centres for inspiration. An emphasis on physical density and the human scale are characteristic of their work. [2] The same trend is seen in their entry for the Søtorvet competition in Silkeborg which they won in 2010. [3]

Selected projects

Awards

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References

  1. "Entasis". e-architects. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. "A city for the people". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. "Byens Have vandt arkitektkonkurrence om Søtorvet" (in Danish). Silkeborg. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  4. "Our city - our urban spaces by Entasis". World Architecture Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2011-05-22.