Henning Larsen
Henning Larsen (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952.
Also recorded as Henning Göbel Larsen
Henning Larsen

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- Name
- Henning Larsen
- Born
- 20 August 1925
- Birthplace
- Opsund, Denmark
- Died
- 22 June 2013
- Place of death
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Awards
- Praemium Imperiale
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Söder Torn · Copenhagen Opera House
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal · C. F. Hansen Medal · Praemium Imperiale · Eckersberg Medal · Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects · Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Languages
- Danish
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Henning Larsen (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952.
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Biography
Biography
He continued studies subsequently at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His mentors included Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon. Larsen founded an architectural firm that bears his name, Henning Larsen Architects (formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S). From 1968 to 1995, he was a professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he established the SKALA architecture gallery and the parallel SKALA architecture journal, both entities of which continued until 1994.
Henning Larsen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Danish. Works named in the authority record are Söder Torn and Copenhagen Opera House. Work by Henning Larsen is recorded in the collections of Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design and Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal, C. Hansen Medal, Praemium Imperiale and Eckersberg Medal.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Henning Larsen • Born — 20 August 1925 • Birthplace — Opsund, Denmark • Died — 22 June 2013 • Place of death — Copenhagen, Denmark • Education — Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts • Practice — Henning Larsen Architects • Significant Buildings — Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia) • Awards — Praemium Imperiale
Buildings
Buildings
• Illustration — The campus center in Dragvoll • Illustration — Söder Torn, an 86-meter-tall building near Medborgarplatsen. Built in 1997, designed by Henning Larsen. • 1968 The campus center in Dragvoll at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim • 1979 The Danish embassy, Riyadh • 1982–87 Commercial college and residences, Frederiksberg • 1982–84 Ministry of foreign affairs, Riyadh • 1984–85 Gentofte library • 1992 The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, Churchill College, Cambridge • 1997 Extension of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek • 1995 Egebjerggård, Ballerup • 1994–1999 Extension of Malmö City Library • 1999 Head office of Nordea, Copenhagen • 2004 Copenhagen Opera House • 2004 IT University of Copenhagen • 2007 Musikens Hus (The house of music), Uppsala, Sweden • 2004–2007 The Roland Levinsky Building as part of Plymouth University, England • 2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany • 2008-2011 Harpa (Concert hall and conference center), Reykjavík, Iceland
Distinctions
Distinctions
• 1965 Eckersberg Medal • 1981 Norwegian Concrete Award for Excellent Building, for the Dragvoll complex in Trondheim • 1985 Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects • 1985 C.F. Hansen Medal • 1986 Prince Eugen Medal • 1987 The Daylight and Building Component Award • 1987 Nykredit Architecture Prize • 1987 International Design Award, United Kingdom • 1989 Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh • 1991 Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects • 1997 Kasper Salin Prize, Sweden • 1999 Dreyer Honorary Award • 2001 Stockholm Award • 2012 Praemium Imperiale
Identity
Identity
Henning Larsen is recorded as having received Prince Eugen Medal, C. Hansen Medal and Praemium Imperiale.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1925–2013
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1925
Henning Larsen was born in 1925 at Videbæk.
1994
Enghøj Church is dated 1994.
1997
Söder Torn is dated 1997.
1998
Kunsthalle Würth is dated 1998.
2000
NaturBornholm is dated 2000.
2005
Copenhagen Opera House is dated 2005.
2013
Henning Larsen died in 2013 at Copenhagen.
Places
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Places
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Opsund.
Birth place
Copenhagen.
Death place
Recognition and collections
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Henning Larsen received Prince Eugen Medal, C. Hansen Medal, Praemium Imperiale, Eckersberg Medal, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- A School in Motion in Aarhus, DK Henning Larsen / GPP Architects, School buildings, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
- Henning Larsen – discovery and experimentation, Energy modelling in architecture: A practice guide, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1377332: Henning Larsen
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Henning Larsen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.AF Anders Legarth Schmidt. Lysets mester er død. Politiken.dk. 23 June 2013.
- 2.Laura Mark. Henning Larsen (1925 - 2013). Architects Journal. 2013-06-24.
- 3.Peter MacKeith. Obituary: Henning Larsen, 1925-2013. Architectural Record. 2013-07-01.
- 4.Grabar, Henry. Henning Larsen's Greatest Building Was Also His Greatest Failure. The Atlantic Cities. The Atlantic Media Company. 3 July 2013.
- 5.Nykredit Holding A/S. Nykredit Architecture Prize. Nykredit website. 2013.
- 6.Aga Khan Development Network. Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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scholarly publication
A School in Motion in Aarhus, DK Henning Larsen / GPP Architects, School buildings, 2020Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Henning Larsen – discovery and experimentation, Energy modelling in architecture: A practice guide, 2020Crossref registry
Institutional witnessInstitutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1377332: Henning LarsenWikimedia Foundation
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