We have won the invited 2-phased competition for the multifunctional sports building Langvang in Randers, Denmark. The competition organised by Randers Municipality in collaboration with The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities [Lokale og Anlægsfonden] had five participating teams in phase 1 and three teams in phase 2.
Uffe Leth and Karsten Gori have been accepted as members of The Danish Artists’ Society [Kunstnersamfundet]. We look forward to meeting our colleagues and joining the discussion.
LETH & GORI and Elkiær + Ebbeskov’s project for a sports building in Oddense, Denmark has received support from The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities. This means that the project can now move towards realisation in 2014. We look forwards to showing the project in the near future. Press release from The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities [Danish] >
The construction site of PULSEN in Balling, Jutland is growing bigger every day. In the beginning of 2014 the existing sports hall will re-open following an extensive transformation. The sports hall will be almost like a new space – filled with daylight and natural materials and ready to welcome back the school kids and athletes from the local sports clubs. The remaining part of the project is scheduled to open in autumn 2014. See more images here> See the project presentation here>
We are happy to announce that we have been selected for the second phase of the competition for Langvang multifunctional sports building in Randers, Denmark. Three teams are competing in the second phase. We look forward to continuing our work with this exciting project in collaboration with the client and the multiple users. Our proposal is still confidential until the the result of the competition is announced in the beginning of 2014. The Langvang project is a collaborating with Elkiær + Ebbeskov, LIW Planning, Hundsbæk & Henriksen, Klaus Eskelund and Rasmus Bergman.
The completion of our Brick House project is presented at a public open house event in Nyborg on the 8th and 9th of November @13.00 – 16.00. Brick House is a part of Realdanis Byg’s housing project Mini CO2 Houses. The goal is to create affordable family houses with different strategies for reducing carbon emission. A total of five houses are now completed and a sixth is on the way. More about the project [Danish] here> Invitation[Danish]> See the Brick House project here>
Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing have released Nordic Architects – Ebbs & Flows showcasing the latest work from a wide range of Nordic architecture offices including LETH & GORI. Interviews by David Sokol and preface by Michael Aasgaard Andersen. The book is out in bookstores now. More info about the book can be found here >
With a group of 120 students and teachers from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Karsten is taking part in a two week fieldwork in Istanbul, Turkey. Karsten is leading a group of 2nd year students studying the drastically changing urban landscape and the changing organization of order and chaos as the basis for (a new) architecture and habitation. Wow what a city……
We have been invited to participate in the competition for a new multifunctional sports building in Randers Denmark. We are collaborating with Elkiær + Ebbeskov, LIW Planning, Hundsbæk & Henriksen, Klaus Eskelund and Rasmus Bergman.
LETH & GORI’s experimental house for Realdania Byg, ‘Brick House’, Denmark is starting to grow under the supervision of Ebbe Bernth and a group of dedicated craftsmen. Bricklayer: Murermester Ask Askholm, carpenter: Ole Larsen & Sønner v. Anders Larsen, foundations, Alf Jensen ApS, HVAC: Skovhavens VVS ApS, electrical installations: Flemming Nielsen A/S, landscape: Th. SKov Larsen ApS, painter: Malermester Henrik Aaskov Eriksen.
Prequalification for Housing Competition in Copenhagen
The Housing organization 3B has selected a team comprising of LETH & GORI, Powerhouse Company, and Buro Happold for a competition to design a new non-profit housing project in Copenhagen. Six Teams participate in the competition that is due in the end of may.
LETH & GORI are treavelling to St Petersburg to give a lecture at the 2013 St Petersburg Architecture Biennale. The lecture will take place on Thursday the 4th of April at 19:00 in the Marble Hall of the Russian Museum of Ethnography. > Info and Program
LETH & GORI’s design for a roof extension to a single family house in Fredensborg, Denmark is starting to grow. We look forward to presenting the project to you soon…
Construction has started on LETH & GORI and Elkiær + Ebbeskovs project Pulsen in Balling, Denmark. The new community center includes the existing sports hall on the site and adds new sports activities, healthcare facilities and spaces for social and cultural events. The services from LETH & GORI |Elkiær + Ebbeskov included handling of the tendering procedure for five individual trade contracts. We are happy that this has resulted in contracts with the following local contractors: Site management: Andreas Ravn Arkitekter, foundation and concrete works: Ole Ibsen A/S, carpenter: Oddense Tømrerfirma A/S, installations: Børge Hansen A/S VVS, electricity: Balling El A/S
Realdania has announced the advisors for the Steder i Landskabet (Places in the Landscape) projects. LETH & GORI is leading an international team of advisors that has been selected to make a project for Fur Knudeklint. We are collaborating with Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Buro Happold, and Anne Tietjen on the project.
A team comprising of LETH & GORI, Erik Møller Arkitekter, Schul Landscape, and OBH engineers have been selected for the competition for Kastanjehuset Kindergarten in Copenhagen.
LETH & GORI have been selected for the competition for a new culture house and library in Tingbjerg, Copenhagen. We are collaborating with Erik Møller Arkitekter, GHB and Bascon on the project.
LETH & GORI and A-Lab’s project for Skien Brygge is now moving forward. The sustainable urban community in Skien, Norway is a result of a competition organized by Rom Eiendom and Grenland Havn in 2010. See the project here.
LETH & GORI are represented in the exhibition Show Me Your Model at the Danish Architecture Center. We are showing a model of PULSEN Community Center in 1:200 scale. The exhibition opens on the 21 June @ 17:00.
LETH & GORI receives Danish Arts Council’s Three Year Scholarship
LETH & GORI have been awarded a Three Year Scholarship from the Danish Arts Council. In the motivation from the selection committee LETH & GORI receives praise for the high quality of architecture and for insisting on a dialogue with the surrounding world through exhibitions and events.
A team with LETH & GORI as total consultant and collaborators E+E, Schul Landscape, Jørgen Nielsen Engineers, and Jens-Peter Madsen Engineers have been selected to make a proposal in the competition for a new sports building in Ringsted, Denmark.
We are proud to announce Anne Holtrop as the first participant in LETH & GORI’s biannual architect in residency programme. Anne will work in LETH & GORI’s combined office and exhibition space through June and the exhibition will open 30 June.
LETH & GORI have been selected to participate in the competition for a new building for children on Prinssesegade in Copenhagen. We are collaborating with Erik Møller, Schul Landskab, and Dines Jørgensen Engineers on the project.
LETH & GORI have been awarded 3rd prize in the open competition for a new Music Gymnasium in Salzburg, Austria. The competition received 55 entries. See the project here>
In connection with the Show Me Your Model exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center (DAC), LETH & GORI are participating in an event that puts focus on the architectural model as a medium. The event takes place 20 September @ DAC. >More info here
LETH & GORI have been selected for the second phase of the Prinsessegade competition. The project includes new daycare an afterschool facilities for 620 children. We are collaborating with Erik Møller Architects, Schul Landscape, and Dines Jørgensen Engineers.
In collaboration with Erik Møller Arkitekter, Preben Skaarup Landscape and OBH engineers we have been prequalified for competition for two kindergartens in Copenhagen. The projects are based on the educational philosophy of Reggio Emilia. We look forward to the challenge..
As part of a multidisciplinary international team LETH & GORI have been prequalified for the 2-phased competition for Hersted Industrial Park in Albertslund, Denmark. The challenge is to create visions for future sustainable urban development of the 1.6 million m2 area.
We have been invited to talk about our work this Friday 2 February @ 10:00 as part of the LTH School of Architecture Scandinavian architecture and urbanism course. We are happy to be selected along with fine Scandinavian offices like Tham & Videgård, BIG, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, and Jarmund & Vigsnæs.
LETH & GORI and Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter’s project for Marthagården is part of the travelling exhibition ‘Day care institutions of the future.’ The exhibition opens in Copenhagen today.
Uffe has started teaching at Lund School of Architecture, Department of Conservation and Transformation. The school occupies a building by one of LETH & GORI’s favorite architects, Klas Anshelm.
LETH & GORI has been invited to exhibit at ARKITEKTURMASSAN in Goterborg as one of 10 Emerging Nordic Architects. The exhibition showcases the work of ALA architects, Mia Hagg, JAJA, Elding Oscarsson, AoA, COBE, Testbedstudio, Ghilardi Hellsten, Fantastic Norway, and LETH & GORI.
LETH & GORI and Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter have won the competition for Marthagården Day Care Center in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. The project is a collaboration with Marianne Levinsen Landscape, Henrik Larsen, and Jørgen Nielsen Engineers.
LETH & GORI Prequalified for Marthagården Competition
LETH & GORI has been prequalified for the competition to design the day care facility Marthagården in Frederiksberg. LETH & GORI is collaborating with Dorte Mandrup Architects, Marianne Levinsen Landscape, and Henrik Larsen, and Jørgen Nielsen engineers.
LETH & GORI and A-Lab have won the competition for Skien Brygge in Norway. The project is designed as a compact urban community with housing, offices, retail, and urban space.
LETH & GORI wins award in vartov plaza competition
LETH & GORI’s proposal for a new Vartov Plaza in Copenhagen recieved praice from the jury for its commited manifestations of sustainable solutions. >See the project here
LETH & GORI recieves an honorable mention in the competition for a new water building in Ängelholm, Sweden. The open international competition had 190 participants from 13 countries. See the project here>
LETH & GORI wins Estonian Academy of Arts competition
LETH & GORI have won the competition for a new building for the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. The competition had 91 participants from 26 countries. The project is a collaboration with EFFEKT. See the project here>