The Children and Youth Hospital in Bergen has is one of only three projects shortlisted for the European Healthcare Design Awards 2024 in the category Healthcare Design over 25,000 square metres. On 16 May, we will have the opportunity to present the project live to the jury. The winners will be announced at the European Healthcare Design Congress on 11 June in London. KHR Architecture, together with PKA Architects, Henning Larsen in Trondheim and schønherr, have been responsible for the design and planning of both the first and second phases of the hospital.
There are now a wealth of architectural awards of various kinds, and submitting projects for consideration is often a time-consuming process. At KHR Architecture, we spend most of our time creating good architecture rather than chasing awards. Nevertheless, over the years we have been awarded a number of prestigious architecture and building prizes, as listed below. Most recently, the Glasblokkene children’s and young people’s hospital has been nominated for what is arguably the most prestigious architecture prize in Europe, the EU Mies 2026.
This week, the Diabetes Centre in Holbæk opens its doors - and both patients and staff can look forward to a beautiful new building. KHR Architecture has been a consultant for the Novo Nordisk Foundation in connection with the renovation of the beautiful old Akaciegård at Holbæk Hospital and four other diabetes centres in Region Zealand.
ESG reporting is hard to avoid in the property industry. If you are not subject to reporting requirements (yet), there is a high probability that your business partners or investors will demand data for their ESG reporting. That's why several players in the Danish property industry, with support from Realdania, have joined forces to develop the free REALS ESG tool.
At architecture school, it wasn't the shape of the building that interested Elisabeth Jeppesen. It was all the stuff around the architecture. Experience from the early project stages is Elisabeth's strongest card in her job as head of KHR Byplan, which offers urban planning consultancy, project development and management of processes with authorities. In this interview, she shares her insights and motivation for project development at eye level in a world full of demands and opportunities.
