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Eye-catching wave-shaped building adds a dynamic form to this Danish town’s skyline

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Located off the Vejle fjord in the eponymously named town in Denmark, this award-winning building explores a format that seems to challenge the typical high-rise. Aptly named The Wave, this residential complex by Copenhagen architect Henning Larsen honors the water body it’s located on the coast of. The building adopts a distinct sawtooth-wave-shaped design that’s incredibly dynamic to look at and creates an unusual interior structure for the residents within. The landmark building was completed in 2018, 11 years after construction for it first began.

Designer: Henning Larsen

A winner of the Civic Trust Award, The Wave features 5 buildings connected by the undulating upper facade. This luxurious residential complex provides 115 apartments with living areas ranging from 84 to 167 square meters (904 sq. ft. to 1798 sq. ft.) Apartments have a choice between two views – one, of the Vejle fjord located right in front of them, and the second of the lush forest-enclosed town behind them. The individual building waves were completed one after the other and were then ready for immediate occupancy.

The Wave is inspired by and derives its form from the geographical characteristics of its neighborhood: the fjord, the bridge, the town, and the hills. The building’s distinct and recognizable form links the residential complex with the sea, the surrounding area, and the town. Its unique construction also adds a sense of whimsy to Vejle’s skyline, creating something that looks and feels truly iconic.

Aside from its unusual design, The Wave’s unique appeal lies in how its appearance changes from day to night. During the day, the white undulating wave reflects light, looking almost like a wave glistening in the sun. The water body in front of the residential complex also creates an illusion by reflecting the building’s design, turning it from a wave into a waveform. During the night, the lights in the apartments illuminate the building, making it look like a glowing range of mountains.

Larsen, unfortunately, didn’t live long enough to see the Wave reach completion. The Danish architect passed away in 2013 at the age of 86.

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Sustainable design in architecture award-winning primary school will be Denmark’s first Ecolabel School this 2022!

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Renowned architecture firm Henning Larsen has commenced construction on their landmark primary school project in Sundby, Copenhagen. Contributing to the country’s agenda for sustainable educational facility architecture, the New School in Sundby ensures high sustainability parameters as well as integration with the school’s surrounding, local community. Opening its doors to 580 new students by the end of summer 2022, the New School is nature-oriented and built to merge the classroom with the environment.

Henning Larsen is an architecture firm driven to create structures that double as agents for sustainable change, first looking at what their designs can do for people and local communities. Built with the same driving ambition, their New School in Sundby supports and achieves the UN’s Sustainable Development goals from the ground up through sustainable structural design and the promise to enact a curriculum that coincides with the UN’s environmental efforts. In order to incorporate nature into the school’s curriculum, architects envisioned the surrounding environment as alternative classrooms by literally merging the school with the ground below it.

Located miles away from the burgeoning city centers of Copenhagen, The New School nestles itself in the winding hills of Denmark’s countryside. The New School in Sundby features a living roof that slopes into the grassland below it, ascending into a semi-circle that positions itself just above the ground below. Geometric windows and modules give the New School a progressive whimsy that balances the practical and unadorned integration of the natural environment. Rewarding architectural strides in sustainability factors, like low-greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and waste, as well as health factors like ventilation, natural light, noise, and chemical exposure, the New School in Sundby will be Denmark’s first primary school to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel.

Designer: Henning Larsen

The New School in Sundby follows a circular structure, forming a semi-circle upon completion.

Henning Larsen architecture firm has broken down on new sustainable primary school in Denmark.

Geometric windows and facades line the interior facade of the New School in Sundby.

Inside, natural wood and concrete finishes give rise to multiple levels.

Henning Larsen team.