COBE Architects

COBE is an architectural firm based in Copenhagen and Berlin. Founded by Danish architect Dan Stubbergaard and German architect Vanessa Miriam Carlow in 2005, the practice has been particularly successful within the area of urban planning but also made a number of award-winning designs of buildings and urban spaces. The name of the practice is an acronym for the two cities the two founders are coming from, COpenhagen and BErlin.

History

COBE was founded in 2005 by Danish architect Dan Stubbergaard and German architect Vanessa Miriam Carlow. In 2006 the firm won the Golden Lion at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale for the project CO-Ecolution which was made in collaboration with three other young Danish practices.

In March 2009 the firm won the large international competition for a masterplan for the North Harbour area in Copenhagen.^[1] This success has been followed by a number of other wins in planning competitions, such as those of the North Campus area in Copenhagen (2011), the Central Station area in Aarhus and Lund Science Village in Lund, Sweden. The practice has also designed a number of buildings and urban spaces.

Selected projects

Buildings

• Taastrup Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark^[2]
• Bispebjerg Library, Copenhagen, Denmark^[3]
• Maritime Museum and Science Centerm Porsgrunn, Norway (2014)^[4]
• New Nørreport Station, Copenhagen, Denmark (u/c, completion 2015)^[5]
• Danish Rock Museum, Roskilde, Denmark (competition win, September 2011)^[6]
• Prinsessegade Children's Village, Christianshavn, Copenhagen (competition win 2012)^[7]
• Tingbjerg Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (competition win 2012)
• European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden (competition win, February 2013)^[8]
• Volunteer House (Red Cross), Copenhagen (competition win, July 2013)^[9]
• Tampere Travel and Service Centrem Tampere, Finland (competition win, October 2014)^[10]
• Køge Nord Station, Køge, Denmark (competition win, November 2014)^[11]
• Adidas visitor centre, Herzogenaurach, Germany (competition win, December 2014)^[12]
• Redmolen Rotonda, Nordhavn, Copenhagen (competition win, February 2016)^[13]

Masterplans

• Nordhavnen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Nørre Campus, Copenhagen (competition win, September 2010)^[14]
• Downtown masterplan, Høje-Taastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark (competition win, October 2011)^[15]
• Aarhus Central Station Area, Aarhus, Denmark (competition win, March 2012)^[16]
• Lund Science Village, Lund, Sweden (competition win, March 2012)^[17]
• Downtown masterplan, Farsta, Stockholm (competition win, December 2014)^[18]
• Værløse Air Base South Camp, Værløse, Copenhagen (competition win, January 2015))^[19]
• Christiansholm, Holmen, Copenhagen )competition win, February 2016)

Urban spaces

• Vester Voldgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Israels Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Universitetstorvet ("University Square"), Søndre Campus, Copenhagen (competition win, June 2015)^[20]

Awards

• 2006 Golden Bear, Venice Biennale, Venice
• 2012 MIPIM Award (Refurbished Building category) for Bispebjerg Library
• 2012 Nykredit Architecture Prize^[21]
• 2015 MIPIM Award (Residential Development category) for Krøyers Plads

References

1. "Vinderen af Nordhavnen fundet" (in Danish). Copenhagen X. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
2. "Taastrup Theater takes centre stage". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
3. "Copenhagen Culture House + Library by COBE and Transform". Dezeen. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
4. "COBE and TRANSFORM start construction of new Maritime Museum and Science Center in Norway". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
5. "Nørreport comp reaches end of the line". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
6. "ROCKmagneten: MVRDV and COBE Win Danish Rock Museum Competition in Roskilde". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
7. "COBE and NORD Architects Win Copenhagen’s Prinsessegade Kindergarden". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
8. "Mega facility for neutron-based research". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
9. "Sleek expansion planned for Red Cross". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
10. "Tampere Travel and Service Center in Tampere, Finland by COBE and Lundén Architecture". AECCafé. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
11. "Trio named for Køge North Station". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
12. "Meet & Eat with adidas". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
13. "Copenhagen’s new focal point". World Architecture News. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
14. "Vinderforslaget" (in Danish). University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
15. "Downtown" (in Danish). Høje-Taastrup Kommune. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
16. "Taastrup Theater takes centre stage". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
17. "Lund Science Village – mitt i Brunnshög". Lund. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
18. "Atrium Ljungberg och Stockholms stad väljer inriktning för Farsta Centrumg". Atrium Ljungberg. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
19. "Cobe og Tredje Natur vinder Flyvestation Værløse-projekt". Building Supply. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
20. "COBE wins KUA University Square". World Architecture Communicy (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2015.
21. "COBE Wins 2012 Nykredit Architecture Prize". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-05-16.

External links

• Official website
• Nørre Campus masterplan
• Downtown Høje-Tåstrup masterplan
• COBE i Arkitekturbilleder.dk
• COBE Transform i Arkitekturbilleder.dk