Friis & Moltke

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Friis & Moltke
Hotel foroyar.jpg
Hotel Foroyar
Practice information
PartnersThomas H. Svendsen
Line Frier
Thomas Ruus Christensen
Mikkel Bahr
Mikkel Wienberg [1]
FoundersKnud Friis
Elmar Moltke Nielsen
Founded1955
Location Aarhus
Significant works and honors
Buildings Hotel 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. [2] 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. [3]

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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. [5] 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:

60's and 70's
80's and 90's
2000's

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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