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Hvidovre Hospital turns 50 - interview with Mikkel Beedholm

9 March 2026

Hvidovre Hospital, designed by KHR and inaugurated in 1976, is a striking example of welfare state hospital architecture. Even back then, the project worked with several of the principles we associate with healing architecture today - including access to green courtyards, clear wayfinding and a human scale. To mark the hospital's 50th anniversary, Hvidovre Hospital interviewed KHR architect Mikkel Beedholm about the building's architecture, the ideals behind it and what still makes the hospital relevant today. Read the full interview on the hospital's website.

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Hvidovre Hospital is designed as a garden city with a cluster structure to make patients, staff and relatives feel comfortable.
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The architecture takes into account that functions and spaces must be adaptable over time.
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With the use of courtyards and views of nature and daylight in most rooms, the hospital was ahead of its time in terms of what we know today as healing architecture.
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A laboratory back in the 70s.
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Arriving by car via the large underground car park was incorporated into the hospital's flow.
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"The ideals were clarity, efficiency and robustness. They didn't want to create a monument, but a hospital that could function in everyday life - like a large working organism." - Mikkel Beedholm

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