Entasis (company)

Entasis

Practice information
Key architects Christian Cold
Signe Cold
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Founded 1996
Work
Buildings Spinderiet (1997)
Projects Carlsberg masterplan

Entasis is an award-winning Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Greek word for tension.

History

Entasis was founded by Christian and Signe Cold in 1996. Their first building, a new main entrance for Copenhagen Zoo, was awarded the AIA Prize 'Best Building in Europe 1998'.[1]

In 2007 the firm won the high-profile open international competition for the redevelopment of the former Carlsberg brewery site in Copenhagen, with a proposal which, in reaction to Modernist planning, relied on dense, Medieval town centres for inspiration. An emphasis on physical density and the human scale are characteristic of their work.[2] The same trend is seen in their entry for the Søtorvet competition in Silkeborg which they won in 2010.[3]

Selected projects

Awards

References

  1. "Entasis". e-architects. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. "A city for the people". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. "Byens Have vandt arkitektkonkurrence om Søtorvet" (in Danish). Silkeborg. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  4. "Our city - our urban spaces by Entasis". World Architecture Festival. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

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