Dorte Mandrup

Dorte Mandrup’s work is characterized by being conceptually strong as well as innovative in terms of form and material, but also by an analytical approach to architecture. Behind the Wadden Sea Centre at the Danish west coast, the Icefjord Centre by the UNESCO trail in Ilulissat in Greenland, and most recently Danish clothing company Bestseller’s upcoming mixed use development in Brande, which has already received attention due to its plans of building a more than 200 m tower, thereby becoming Denmark’s tallest building. In 2017, Dorte Mandrup caused an international stir with her opinion piece ”I am not a female architect. I am an architect” in Dezeen, in which she discussed gender politics within the world of architecture. She was also winner of the Berlin Art Prize 2019, architecture division. Mandrup serves on the board of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and is a member of the Historic Buildings Council. In 2022, Dorte Mandrup joined the jury of The Daylight Award.

Dorte Mandrup studied at Aarhus School of Architecture and Rowan University. The recorded working language is Danish. Employment is recorded with Henning Larsen Architects. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal, Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse, Berliner Kunstpreis and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

• Name — Dorte Mandrup • Born — 26 July 1961 • Practice — Dorte Mandrup A/S

Dorte Mandrup graduated from the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1991. From 1991–92 she studied sculpture and ceramics at the G.S.C Art Department in the United States. She then went to work for Henning Larsen Architects for a few years before, in 1995, co-founding Fuglsang & Mandrup-Poulsen with Niels Fuglsang. This firm was eventually split in 1999 when Mandrup set up her current practice, Dorte Mandrup A/S. It was founded on 30 June 1999 and is based in Copenhagen. In April 2019, Dorte Mandrup headed the jury of the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. On 1 November 2019, Mandrup won a competition arranged by The Whale AS for designing an attraction to be built on the Norwegian island of Andøya, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Her design resembles a whale but also presents a slope which visitors will be able to climb for a view over the sea, the mountains and the Northern Lights.

• Hangar H (renovation), Holmen, Copenhagen (2001 and 2011) • Holmbladsgade Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (2001) • Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005) • Jægersborg Water Tower conversion, Gentofte, Denmark (2005) • Prismen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006) • Reading Nest, Asserbo, Denmark (2008) • Youth Recreation and Culture Centre in Gersonsvej, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) • St. Nicolai Cultural Centre, Kolding, Denmark (2008) • Bordings Independent School extension, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009) • Community centre Herstedlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009) • Lange Eng Cohousing Community, Albertslund, Denmark (2009) • Munkegaard School extension, Gentofte, Denmark (completed 2009) • Råå Förskola, Sweden (2013) • Ama'r Children's Culture House, Copenhagen, Denmark (2014) • Valencia Building, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015) • Ikea Hubhult, Malmö, Sweden (2015) • Sundbyøster Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015) • Sallingtårnet, Aarhus, Denmark (2015) • The Wadden Sea Centre, Denmark (2017)

• IKEA Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (expected 2019) • Icefiord Centre, Greenland (competition win, June 2016) • Bestselleter Tower, Brande, Denmark

• Illustration — Næstvedgade kindergarten, Copenhagen (2004) • Illustration — Prismen sports venue, Copenhagen (2006) • Illustration — Munkegaard School extension (2009) • Illustration — IKEA Hubhult, Malmö (2015) • Illustration — Hørsholm building