Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter won, new culture house and library, competition in Karlskrona
07/04/2019.
[Karlskrona] Sweden
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter adds another their fifth UNESCO site to their portfolio, after facing stiff competition from firms like Snøhetta and Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor. The team led by Danish architect Dorte Mandrup ultimately won the competition to design a new culture house and libraryin the heart of Swedish baroque city Karlskrona, where many of its central parts have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dorte Mandrup architect, Founder and Creative Director.
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter is founded in 1999 by Dorte Mandrup. Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter engages in a wide variety of projects; cultural institutions, buildings for children and youth, sports facilities, schools, housing, master plans and office buildings, as well as renovation and alteration of Federally Listed historical buildings.
The visionary methods of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter are based on thorough analysis of every parameter involved in the brief.
On this foundation, new materials, constructions and variation of space, are investigated. The office seeks to combine the tactile and poetic experience of space with conceptual clarity and accuracy, in both large scale schemes and in detail.
Dorte Mandrup has been awarded numerous national and international awards. Among those: Bauwelt Prize, AR Award for Emerging Architecture – and the prestigious C.F. Hansen medal.