Women's Day is still relevant - not least in our industry. At KHR Architecture, we have very appropriately just published a new gender equality policy to keep us on track towards the goals of greater diversity and equal rights for all, which we have long been working towards in a less formalised way.
KHR Architecture replaces a Danish capital investor with an international engineering consultancy that can open doors for large international projects.
As Denmark ramps up its green ambitions, climate requirements for construction have been tightened. From 1 July 2025, all new buildings will have to meet new CO2e limits, which are now lowered to an average of 7.1 kg CO2e/m²/year. These requirements will affect all aspects of the construction process and apply to more building types than before.
Peter Nielsen is a Partner and Director of the Project Management department at KHR Architecture and, by his own admission, loves anything difficult. He thrives at the intersection of different disciplines and relationships, which is probably very telling of what it takes for a client advisor to help their customers efficiently and safely through a property transaction.
Read about a decades-long relationship, neglected research dreams and the dream project that would embrace Peter's professional and personal interests.
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.
Yesterday, Hvidovre's municipal council adopted a new local plan that gives the green light to an attractive nature and housing project called Gartnerhaven on the edge of one of the green wedges of the Finger Plan.
KHR Architecture, together with its German partner bp:plan architekten & ingenieure, has won a competition to design a new Olympiastützpunkt, a state-funded centre for top Olympic athletes located in Hamburg. The assignment includes remodelling, new construction and outdoor areas with a construction budget of EUR 31.5 million and a total of 16,820 sqm of construction.