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. 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.
Selected projects 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 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. 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.
Outside Denmark Friis & Moltke is also active outside Denmark with notable and prize-winning architecture:
Embassy of Denmark in Ankara (1970), Ankara, TurkeyThe original embassy has now been replaced by a new building, also by Friis & Moltke. 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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