Entasis (company)

Entasis is a Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Greek word for tension.

Entasis
The Spinning Mill in Copenhagen
Practice information
Key architectsChristian Cold
Signe Cold
Founded1996
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Significant works and honors
BuildingsSpinderiet (1997)
ProjectsCarlsberg masterplan

History

Entasis was founded by Christian and Signe Cold in 1996. Their first building, a new main entrance for Copenhagen Zoo, was awarded the AIA Prize 'Best Building in Europe 1998'.[1]

In 2007 the firm won the open international competition for the redevelopment of the former Carlsberg brewery site in Copenhagen, with a proposal which, in reaction to Modernist planning, relied on dense, Medieval town centres for inspiration. An emphasis on physical density and the human scale are characteristic of their work.[2] The same trend is seen in their entry for the Søtorvet competition in Silkeborg which they won in 2010.[3]

Selected projects
  • Main entrance, Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen (1998)
  • Kildeskovshallen, Gentofte, Copenhagen (2000)
  • Svanemøllen auditorium building, Danish Defense Academy, Copenhagen (2000)
  • 124 houses, Trekroner, Denmark (2002)
  • Parish Council building, Riga, Latvia (2003)
  • Emaljehaven housing, 2004
  • 50+ housing, Ørestad, Copenhagen (2005)
  • Carlsberg masterplan, Copenhagen (2007)
  • Spinderiet, Valby, Copenhagen (2007)
  • Søtorvet masterplan, Silkeborg, Denmark (2010)

Awards
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References
  1. "Entasis". e-architects. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. "A city for the people". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. "Byens Have vandt arkitektkonkurrence om Søtorvet" (in Danish). Silkeborg. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  4. "Our city - our urban spaces by Entasis". World Architecture Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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