Henning Larsen

Described as one of the harshest campus locations in the world, Henning Larsen's new university for the Faroe Islands has been designed to take the sting out of the local climate, allowing students to enjoy the outdoors for 150 days more than usual.

Henning Larsen Architects continues its enthusiastic use of sustainable timber construction with a new experience center designed for automaker Volvo. World of Volvo takes the form of three tree trunks embedded into a heavily landscaped plot.

An ambitious new project planned for Toronto will transform an area of the city's waterfront into a lush green neighborhood named Quayside, which will consist of a number of tree and plant-covered buildings, including a huge timber housing project.

Henning Larsen's Solrødgård Water Treatment Plant doubles as a park to encourage the public to become invested in water use.

Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has been declared the winner of this year's European Prize for Architecture. The award recognizes architects whose work "embodies vision, commitment, and profound respect for humanity and for the social and physical environment."

Henning Larsen has shown a particular talent for producing eye-catching projects that break the mold. It reaffirms this with the newly-opened Hangzhou Yuhang Opera, which resembles a giant piece of cracking ice on the surface of a manmade lake in China.

Henning Larsen Architects recently made our end of year best buildings list for its unusual Eysturkommuna Town Hall and its newly-completed project, The Wave, once again shows the firm's flair for producing interesting designs.

After three years of construction work, Siemens has moved into its new headquarters in Munich, Germany. It has apparently cut its annual CO2 emissions by the equivalent of 5.6 million km of air travel, consumes 90 percent less electricity than Siemen's previous HQ and uses 75 percent less water.​

Danish firm Henning Larsen offers an energy-efficient house that adapts to accommodate work and family over a lifetime of changing needs, including a growing family, retirement, or even divorce.

The century-old Swedish town of Kiruna in the Arctic Circle sits on one of the world’s richest deposits of iron ore. Now in danger of collapse due to extensive deep mining, the city center is to be relocated in a plan developed by White Arkitekter, and including a new town hall by Henning Larsen.