lassen halifax central library canada practice information partners morten schmidt bjarne hammer john f. lassen kim holst jensen kristian lars ahlmark chris hardie rong lu founded 1986 1986 location copenhagen denmark aarhus denmark shanghai china schmidt hammer lassen architects is an international architectural firm founded by a group of danish architects in 1986 in aarhus denmark . it currently has five offices in aarhus copenhagen london shanghai and singapore . the practice has a track record as designers of high profile cultural buildings ; art galleries educational complexes and libraries . projects include the amazon court office building in prague the city of westminster college in london the university of aberdeen sir duncan rice library 1 in scotland and a number of construction projects and masterplans in china with a total of approximately one and a half million square metres currently under development . contents 1 history 2 philosophy 3 product design 4 selected works 4.1 completed 4.2 in progress 5 awards 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links history edit katuaq culture centre in nuuk greenland halmstad library halmstad library the crystal in the vesterbro district in copenhagen schmidt hammer lassen architects was established in 1986 by morten schmidt bjarne hammer and john f. lassen . royal library in copenhagen the current group of partners includes morten schmidt bjarne hammer john f. lassen kim holst jensen kristian lars ahlmark chris hardie and rong lu . day to day management of the practice is the responsibility of ceo bente damgaard . the practice had its major breakthrough with the katuaq culture centre in nuuk greenland completed in 1997 . the project in nuuk was followed by first prize in the international competition for the extension of the danish royal library on the harborfront in copenhagen . completed in 1999 the library extension also known as the black diamond has become one of the practice s most known buildings . another major project is the aros art museum in aarhus denmark which was completed in 2004 . in may 2011 the art work your rainbow panorama by olafur eliasson was officially unveiled on the roof top of the museum . in 2010 schmidt hammer lassen architects won the competition to design the first permanent premises for the international criminal court icc in the hague the netherlands . the icc is the first permanent treaty based international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community . it was founded in 2002 and has grown to the present day size of 122 member countries . the building is designed to convey hope trust and faith in justice . in 2011 schmidt hammer lassen established an office in shanghai to serve their increasing client base in asia . current projects in progress include two new sustainable campus projects for china mobile a new office and culture development next to the chinese pavilion on the site of the 2010 shanghai expo a new 1800 seat musical theatre that forms part of a new cultural development called dream center and a private art museum on the banks of the huang pu river . in nearby ningbo the office is overseeing the headquarters for ningbo daily newspaper corporation a 125 000m2 cultural home for the ningbo trade union and the new central library for ningbo east new town all due for completion in 2017 . philosophy edit the common denominator underlying the practice s work is a democratic approach to an architecture focused around people material space and light . product design edit the schmidt hammer lassen architects work also include furniture and product designs both as an integral part of large scale architectural projects such as the black diamond and aros and as independent designs . begun with the intention of raising the overall quality of architectural projects schmidt hammer lassen design is an independent department working on architecture related designs and independent products with international manufacturers . the current product range includes light fixtures for philips lighting lampas and focus indoor furniture piiroinen and djob montana outdoor street furniture for veksoe . designs include the flakes chair the focus lighting idea water fixtures and the swan neck . the design department also creates unique pieces such as the sculptural receptions desk at danfoss . the firm also creates interior designs such as the bodil binner jewellery shop . 2 selected works edit completed edit katuaq culture centre nuuk greenland completed 1997 nykredit headquarters copenhagen denmark completed 2001 black diamond danish royal library copenhagen denmark completed 1999 aros aarhus kunstmuseum aarhus denmark completed 2003 halmstad library halmstad sweden completed 2006 performers house silkeborg denmark completed 2007 scania and blekinge court of appeal malm sweden completed 2009 3 thor heyerdahl college larvik norway completed 2009 4 amazon court prague czech republic 2010 city of westminster college paddington green campus london uk 2011 the crystal copenhagen 2011 5 aberdeen sir duncan rice library aberdeen scotland competition win 2006 6 cathedral of the northern lights alta norway completed 2013 7 halifax central library halifax nova scotia canada 8 completed 2014 dokk1 urban mediaspace aarhus denmark completed june 2015 international criminal court the hague netherlands completed 2015 9 malm live concert hall and conference centre malm sweden competition win may 2010 completed 2015 thor heyerdahl college in larvik norway aros aarhus kunstmuseum interior in progress edit ningbo home of staff ningbo china expected completion 2017 konstitucijos avenue 21 urban complex vilnius lithuania competition win 2009 island school hong kong china competition win 2014 ningbo new library ningbo china expected completion 2017 skanderborg sports and administration centre skanderborg denmark competition win 2013 vendsyssel theatre and experience centre vendsyssel denmark competition win 2013 expo green valley shanghai china expected completion 2016 ningbo daily newspaper headquarters ningbo china expected completion 2016 dream theatre dream dome and dream hub for dream center shanghai china expected completion 2017 caohejing innovation incubator shanghai china expected completion 2016 sunbird daxi central park residences taipei taiwan expected completion 2016 saltkristallerna helsingborg sweden competition win february 2010 10 warsaw office tower warsaw poland competition win november 2011 11 china mobile campus huaian china expected completion 2017 china mobile campus luoyang china expected completion 2017 new aalborg university hospital aalborg denmark competition win 2013 cultural center and library karlshamn sweden competition win january 2013 12 extension of helsingborg hospital helsingborg sweden competition win 2013 correctional facility in nuuk greenland competition win 2013 new hospital hvidovre hvidovre denmark competition win 2013 awards edit 1997 nykredit architecture prize 2007 mipim ar future projects award residential category for skytthusbugten 13 2008 leaf award grand prix for performers house 2008 mipim ar future projects award office category for amazon court 2009 construction and investment journal award best office development for amazon court 14 2009 mipim ar future projects award mixed use category for holb k harbour masterplan 2011 new london award learning category for city of westminster college 15 2011 leaf award structural design category for the crystal 16 2011 aarhus municipality award for villa busk vibevej 27 denmark 2011 the concrete society awards shortlisted for city of westminster college england 2011 archdaily building of the year award for the crystal denmark 17 2012 arne of the year award shortlisted for the crystal denmark 2012 riba award eu category shortlisted for the crystal denmark 2012 civic society award for university of aberdeen new library uk 2013 iabse denmark s structure award for the crystal in copenhagen 2013 rias award 2013 for university of aberdeen new library uk 18 2013 riba award 2013 for university of aberdeen new library uk 2014 lieutenant governor s design award in architecture for halifax central library the black diamond in copenhagen references edit illuminating landmark . world architecture news . retrieved 2009 11 02 . jewellery shop as gallery . world architecture news . retrieved 2009 09 21 . justice is served . world architecture news . retrieved 2010 03 08 . sky s the limit . world architecture news . retrieved 2009 09 23 . harmony reached at counterpoint . world architecture news . retrieved 2010 05 23 . library turns new leaf . world architecture news . retrieved 2009 09 22 . cathedral of the northern lights shl architects link arkitektur . archdaily . retrieved 2013 02 21 . by the book ... . world architecture news . retrieved 2011 11 21 . shl wins international criminal court . world architecture news . retrieved 2010 03 08 . harbouring designs . world architecture news . retrieved 2010 03 08 . best of three ... . world architecture news . retrieved 2011 11 21 . schmidt hammer lassen to design new cultural center and library in karlshamn sweden . bustler . retrieved 2013 02 07 . shl celebrate third future projects award . world architecture news . retrieved 2009 09 22 . amazon court receives another prestigious award . europe real estate . retrieved 2009 12 22 . city of westminster college wins a new london award . archwirld . retrieved 2011 10 08 . the crystal awarded with emirates glass leaf award for best structural design 201 . bustler . retrieved 2011 10 08 . http www.archdaily.com 170472 the crystal schmidt hammer lassen architects http www.rias.org.uk rias further reading edit marianne ibler 2007 global danish architecture 2 housing . copenhagen denmark archipress schmidt hammer lassen 1999 the royal library architectural images . copenhagen denmark gyldendal forster et al. 2005 10x10 2 . london uk phaidon schmidt hammer lassen architects 2008 outline architecture by schmidt hammer lassen birkh user verlag external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to schmidt hammer lassen . official website requires flash schmidt hammer lassen buildings in arkitekturbilleder.dk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schmidt hammer lassen architects & oldid 739716206 categories architecture firms of denmarkdesign companies established in 1986danish companies established in 1986companies based in aarhusrecipients of the eckersberg medalhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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