Today, there is a plethora of different types of architecture awards, and nominating projects is often a time-consuming process. At KHR Architecture, we primarily spend our time creating great architecture rather than applying for awards. Nevertheless, we have been awarded some prestigious architecture and building awards over the years, which you can see listed below. Most recently, the children and youth hospital Glasblokkene was nominated for the title "Building of the Year in Norway".
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.
Glasblokkene is a hospital for children, young people and women in Bergen. The hospital is designed and built in two stages with four building blocks in each. This is a unique project both architecturally and in terms of the design and construction process itself. Glasblokkene II is the first fully digital hospital construction project in the world.
Despite really high quality in architecture, materials and workmanship, the building was completed at a price per square metre that is significantly lower than other Norwegian hospital buildings, and on schedule.
KHR Architecture, together with a strong, versatile team, has been pre-qualified as one of three teams to bid on the expansion of AUH Psychiatry in Skejby.
KHR Architecture wins another contract in Northern Germany together with local architectural and engineering firm bpplan. This time the project is an extension of the Hochrad Gymnasium in Hamburg, which is to be made 5-lane and expanded with a new large sports hall.
Modules made from residual material from the sugarcane industry in Peru could accelerate the use of regenerative building materials and modular construction modules to promote both social and environmental sustainability. These are some of the ideas behind an interdisciplinary innovation project that received a lot of attention at the UIA Architecture Congress in Copenhagen.
A growing demand for care homes and architectural solutions for people with special needs has led KHR Architecture to increase its focus on this type of construction and seek partners who can ensure a high degree of insight into the user groups.
Construction of the "Am Breiten Luch" school in the Lichtenberg neighbourhood of Berlin is in full swing. Janina Zerbe, Lars Kragh and Carsten Hyldebrandt have been on site with our client, HOWOGE, and our German partner, Renner Architekten. The school with its double sports hall is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2025 and will contribute to a neighbourhood uplift in the Lichtenberg district.