Friis & Moltke
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Line Frier
Thomas Ruus Christensen
Mikkel Bahr
Mikkel Wienberg[1]
Elmar Moltke Nielsen
| Friis & Moltke | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Foroyar | |
| Practice information | |
| Partners | Thomas H. Svendsen Line Frier Thomas Ruus Christensen Mikkel Bahr Mikkel Wienberg[1] |
| Founders | Knud Friis Elmar Moltke Nielsen |
| Founded | 1955 |
| 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]
Outside Denmark
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
- Hotel Marselis, 1967
- Scanticon, Skåde, 1969
- Risskov Gymnasium, 1969
- Grøfthøjhuset, Viby J, 1970
- Nordgårdskolen, Brabrand, 1970 (demolished 2014)
- Vestervang, 1970
- Skjoldhøj Kollegiet, 1973
- Ellevang Church, 1974[4]
- Langkær Gymnasium, Tilst, 1975
- Skjoldhøj Church, 1983
- Skelager Church, 1990
- Scandinavian Center, 1992
- Near Aarhus
- Odder City Hall, Odder, 1971
- Skanderborg Gymnasium, Skanderborg, 1973
- Silkeborg Gymnasium, Silkeborg, 1977
Aalborg
- Aalborg Stadion, 2002
- University College Nordjylland, 2003
- Gigantium, 2005
- Musikkens Hus, 2014
Zealand
- Vordingborg Uddannelsescenter, Vordingborg 1980
- Grønnevang Church, Hillerød, 2008
Other places
- Vestjydsk Handelsskole, Skjern, 1965
- Hotel Lakolk, Rømø, 1966
- Entreprenørskolen, Ebeltoft, 1968
- Viborg Gymnasium og HF, Viborg, 1974
- Hotel Nyborg Strand, Nyborg, 1977
- Radisson SAS H.C. Andersen Hotel, Odense, 1980
- Morsø Rådhus, Nykøbing Mors, 1980
- Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, 1982
- Øer Maritime Ferieby, Ebeltoft, 1988
- Statsfængslet Østjylland, Horsens, 2001
- Holstebro Police Station, Holstebro, 2016
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.
Friis & Moltke is also active outside Denmark with notable and prize-winning architecture:
- Embassy of Denmark in Ankara (1970), Ankara, Turkey[6]
- Siemens Global Leadership Center (1974), Feldafing, Germany
- Alter Hafen (2011), Wismar, Germany
- Dublin Waste to Energy (2017), Poolbeg Peninsula, Ireland
- Strømme Senter (in 2019), Kristiansand, Norway
- Ny Anstalt i Nuuk (in 2019), Nuuk, Greenland
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