PULSEN REVIEW IN DANISH MAGAZINE ARKITEKTEN
Quietness, silence, texure, material and light. Nicolai Steinø's review of LETH & GORI and Elkiær+Ebbeskov's community center PULSEN in the Danish magazine Arkitekten, recognizes the influence of the open windy northern danish landscape on the quiet robustness and greyscale toning of the building complex. The immense scale of the landscape is contrasted by the warm […]
08.07.2015
Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2015
LETH & GORI has been selected for Wallpaper's annual Architects Directory which celebrates 20 rising-star architecture practices from around the world. The Architects Directory 2015 is published in Wallpapers July edition and can also be revived on Wallpaper's website.
12.06.2015
LETH & GORI recieves award in housing competition
LETH & GORI have received an honorable mention in the open competition Dalslandsstugan 2.0 for a new type of detached house in Dalsland, Sweden. The competition attracted 122 participants - a total of 6 projects were awarded by the jury. LETH & GORI's proposal receives praise from the jury for its limited footprint and low ecological impact on the […]
01.06.2015
Dalsland House
Through the last centuries human habitation and cultivation has transformed the original forests and open landscapes. New settlements in the landscape and along the coasts seem to suffer from amnesia. The basic understanding of the scale of the landscape, how landscape were created and what it consists of, seems to have been replaced by a […]
01.06.2015
Victory in bid for Museum of Copenhagen
In collaboration with Rørbæk & Møller Architects we have won the contract for designwork in connection with the relocation of the Museum of Copenhagen. The museum will inhabit Architect Hans Jørgen Holm's listed building from 1894 located on Stormgade 18 in central Copenhagen. The project also includes new administration facilities and archives in the neighbouring building Stormgade 20. We […]
07.05.2015
THROUGH MULTIPLE LENSES
Pop by Absalonsgade 21B on Thursday 30 April for the opening of Troels Steenholdt Heiredal's exhibition Through Multiple Lenses. The exhibition feature works created over the past two years as well as a new site specific multiple lensed camera obscura constructed in the storefront. The work focuses on collecting the world / layering it through photography, printmaking and installation. Different […]
24.04.2015
FREDENSBORG MUNICIPALITY ARCHITECTURE PRIZE 2015
ROOF HOUSE is rewarded Fredensborg Municipality Architecture Prize 2015 for '[...] an example of how the close collaboration between client and architect can create outstanding architecture. A simple and precise transformation of the existing 60s villa into a contemporary dwelling. A great inspirations to others.' The project would never have been realized without the hard work and […]
15.04.2015
Review of the exhibition ‘Housing and Welfare – Homes|Ensembles|City’
LETH & GORI og Powerhouse Companys 'Very social Housing' project receives positive review in the Danish newspaper Politiken. Kartsen Ifversen writes about the project: '[...] Here you'll find warm materials and a discreet but very sensory variation. The architects have considered the quality of the individual dwellings from the inside-out as well as the functional-aesthetically […]
14.04.2015
COPENHAGEN SPACE
About 30 % of all Danish households now live in the capital, and it is expected that 1,000 new citizens will move to Copenhagen every month over the coming years – more than 10,000 per year. This makes it difficult to build in general, and almost impossible to build cheaply. Many search in vain for […]
09.04.2015
Housing and Welfare
LETH & GORI and Powerhouse Company's project for 'Very Social Housing' in Copenhagen is exhibited at the Housing and Welfare exhibition opening at the Royal Academy School of Architecture tomorrow 18 March @ 16.00. The exhibition investigates the future of Copenhagen as a residential city through a series of planned or proposed projects. >See the […]
17.03.2015
Museum of Copenhagen
In a team with Rørbæk & Møller and Hundsbæk & Henriksen we have been selected to bid on the project for relocation of the Museum of Copenhagen. The museum is moving from our neighbourhood in Vesterbro to a more central location in Stormgade 18-20 where they will inhabit an existing listed building from the 1890IES by […]
13.03.2015
Exhibition opening – ENTREENTRE Presents Works by Nat Chard and Teis Draiby
Join us on Friday 6 March @ 16.00 for the opening of ENTREENTRE's exhibition ENTREENTRE Presents Works by Nat Chard and Teis Draiby. ENTREENTRE is a new digital publication and exhibition platform focused on experimental architecture. The intention is to collect and present radically different and investigatory approaches to architectural process and tools and to […]
28.02.2015
ByNaturrum Randers
ByNaturrum Randers receives support from The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities [Lokale og Anlægsfonden] and The Danish Outdoor Council [Friluftsrådet]. The 140m2 building is an invitation to the citizens of Randers to experience and learn more about nature.
10.02.2015
FIRST MEASURES exhibition opening
We hope to see You for the opening of MAP Architect’s exhibition FIRST MEASURES: Site studies prior to design on Friday 23 January @ 16:00. The exhibition exemplifies four small actions relevant to the design philosophy of MAP Architects; to survey, investigate and understand the site, its challenges and potentials, before engaging with design.
19.01.2015
Pulsen
PULSEN is the new sustainable community center in Balling. The project is the result of an open architecture competition in 2011 won by LETH & GORI in collaboration with Elkiær + Ebbeskov. The new centre combines programmes within healthcare, culture, sports, and education organized as a small city with buildings, plazas, streets, and alleys. In addition to the building the […]
18.01.2015
Halmtorvet V Open House and Event
As part of a group of citizens on Vesterbro, Copenhagen we have been working with Halmtorvet since last summer. In a series of workshops with different user groups we have discussed the development of Halmtorvet and generated ideas for this historic urban space in Copenhagen. Now it's Your turn to share Your ideas for the […]
12.01.2015
BRICK HOUSE featured on ArchDaily’s 50 Best Houses of 2014
BRICK HOUSE is featured on ArchDaily's '50 Best Houses of 2014'. The list represents a wide range of innovative projects from all around the world including some of our own favourites like Tham & Videgård Arkitekters House on Husarö and many more. BRICK HOUSE is very happy! See ArchDaily's list here: http://www.archdaily.com/582057/archdaily-s-50-best-houses-of-2014/ And the presentation here: […]
30.12.2014
OddenseHus nearing completion
OddenseHus is nearing completion. Based on the drive and donations of local citizens of the city of Oddense, the project transforms the existing sports hall by adding a new extension that includes a common public kitchen and dining area, a multipurpose hall, new dressing room facilities etc.. OddenseHus is the result of a collaboration between […]
19.12.2014
PUBLIC AIR COPENHAGEN
PUBLIC AIR COPENHAGEN Af Philippe Rahm architectes & Frans Drewniak D. 5. december 2014 - d. 9. januar 2015 Fernisering fredag 5 december @ 16:00 'Public Air' er et projekt for København der forsøger at gentænke den formelle teknologiske arv fra det 20 århundrende i forhold til til et nyt psykologiske kriterier, i forhold til […]
27.11.2014
Mark
MARK An exhibition by ceramist Lene Roehrig Kjaer 17. October – 28. November 2014 Opening 17. October @ 16.00 Lene Roehrig Kjær recently relocated from Copenhagen to the countryside in Lolland with her husband and is now literally living on a field. Her workshop is now side by side with the material she uses most […]
05.11.2014
Building Green
Building Green is a the biggest event in Denmark for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. This year Jørgen Søndermark from Realdania Byg will present the Mini CO2 housing project including LETH & GORI's BRICK HOUSE. The BRICK HOUSE is part of Realdania Byg's large development project; The MiniCO2 Houses. The project includes a […]
29.10.2014
MARK – exhibition opening
Please join us for the opening of ceramist Lene Roehrig Kjær's exhibition MARK on the 17th of October. The exhibition takes its starting point in the double meaning of the title MARK. In Danish MARK means field and in English MARK means to make a visible impression in or stain on something. Lene Roehrig Kjær recently relocated […]
13.10.2014
Inauguration of PULSEN
Friday, 3 October marks the official opening of PULSEN - The Community Center of the Future, in Balling, Jutland. The new facility is conceived as a village within the village, and includes separate buildings for athletics, heathcare, culture, and wellness. Individual buildings are connected by a series of streets and plazas roofed in glass to […]
29.09.2014
Harvest Festival
LETH & GORI, VEGA landskab and Aarstiderne are happy to invite you to 'Harvest Festival' with drinks and green street kitchen on Architecture Day 1. October 16.30 - 18.00. The event will take place in front of our office in Absalonsgade and concludes the exhibition 'Instant City Life' by VEGA landskab. >More info about the […]
25.09.2014
LECTURE ON TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Karsten lectures today at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture on the architectural quality of timber construction. Starting from LETH & GORI's year-long interest in the performance and ecological and sustainable issues in timber constructions, the lecture will discuss the building site and the (hidden) attic and loft spaces as powerfull ressources for […]
15.09.2014
Teaching at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture
Uffe and Karsten are both teaching at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture in the new Institute of Architecture and Technology. Karsten is involved in the Bachelor programme titled Architecture's Anatomy and Fabrication lead by Nini Leimand and Jan Søndergaard. Uffe is engaged in the Master programme titled Settlement, Ecology and Tectonics lead […]
02.09.2014
House of Hungarian Music
BUILDING AN(-D) INSTRUMENT The New House of Hungarian Music frames a richness of diverse spaces for experience, learning and relaxing that support the educational development and understanding of the nature of sound and the origin of music. A new museum building with a ‘soft’ curved interior that ‘surrounds’, ‘reverbs’, ‘mirrors’, ‘tunes’ and ‘curves’ sound and music […]
01.09.2014
Instant City Life
INSTANT CITY LIFE. An exhibition by Anne Galmar & Anne Dorthe Vestergaard/ VEGA landskab 15 August– 1 October 2014 Opening 15 August @ 16.00 Finissage 1 October @ 16 – 20.00 How to transfor a non place into a place The exhibition INSTANT CITY LIFE creates a green oasis with the exact same dimensions as a […]
27.08.2014
‘instant city life’ exhibition opening
After three years of exhibitions in the storefront exhibition space of Absalonsgade 21B we are now ready to conquer the street. Join us for the opening of VEGA landskab’s exhibition ‘INSTANT CITY LIFE’ on Friday 15. August from 16.00. VEGA landskab have created a small park, the size of a parking spot, and filled it […]
08.08.2014
TEXTILISATIONS – Pleated Sound, Woven Light
TEXTILISATIONS – Pleated Sound, Woven Light An exhibition by Cecilie Bendixen & Astrid Mody 5. June – 1. August 2014, Monday - Friday 9 -17.00 Opening: 5th of June, 16-20.00 Finissage and concert with Budhaditya Chattopadhyay: 1. August, 16-20.00 Imagine if sound was not only an invisible phenomenon, but could be materialized and formed […]
29.07.2014
Fur Diatoms
For almost two years we have been working on a small project on the island Fur in Denmark. The site on Fur is one of ten unique sites in the Danish landscape selected in Realdania's project Stedet Tæller. Join us on Fur this Thursday 19. June for a presentation of our project to improve visitors […]
17.06.2014
BRICK HOUSE official inauguration and open house
The official inauguration of Brick House and the other five Mini CO2 Houses will take place this friday 20. June with participation of the Danish minister of Climate Rasmus Helveg Petersen. Saterday and Sunday 21-22. June 11.00 - 14.00 the houses are open to the public. From 29. June to 31. August the houses are open […]
16.06.2014
BRICK HOUSE PHOTOS BY STAMERS KONTOR
Photographer Laura Stamer from STAMERS KONTOR has been around the Brick House for a photo shoot now published on DEZEEN. The images captures the projects tactile and innovative use of materials. Laura Stamer is a trained architect and photographer. The beautiful art work for the photo shoot is kindly lent by artist Malene Bach: Malene Bach> and […]
13.06.2014
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