Schmidt Hammer Lassen
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Halifax Central Library, Canada
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| Partners | Morten Schmidt Bjarne Hammer John F. Lassen Kim Holst Jensen Kristian Lars Ahlmark Chris Hardie Rong Lu |
| Founded | 1986 |
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Copenhagen, Denmark Aarhus, Denmark Shanghai, China |
schmidt hammer lassen architects is an international architectural firm founded by a group of Danish architects in 1986 in Aarhus, Denmark. It currently has five offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, London, Shanghai and Singapore.
The practice has a track record as designers of high-profile cultural buildings; art galleries, educational complexes and libraries. Projects include the Amazon Court office building in Prague, the City of Westminster College in London, the University of Aberdeen Sir Duncan Rice Library in Scotland and a number of construction projects and masterplans in China, with a total of approximately one and a half million square metres currently under development.
schmidt hammer lassen architects was established in 1986 by Morten Schmidt, Bjarne Hammer and John F. Lassen.
The current group of partners includes Morten Schmidt, Bjarne Hammer, John F. Lassen, Kim Holst Jensen, Kristian Lars Ahlmark, Chris Hardie and Rong Lu. Day-to-day management of the practice is the responsibility of CEO Bente Damgaard.
The practice had its major breakthrough with the Katuaq Culture Centre in Nuuk, Greenland, completed in 1997. The project in Nuuk was followed by first prize in the international competition for the extension of the Danish Royal Library on the harborfront in Copenhagen. Completed in 1999, the library extension, also known as the Black Diamond, has become one of the practice’s most known buildings.
Another major project is the ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark, which was completed in 2004. In May 2011 the art work Your rainbow panorama, by Olafur Eliasson, was officially unveiled on the roof top of the museum.
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