Friis & Moltke

Friis & Moltke
Friis & Moltke
	Hotel Foroyar
Practice information
Partners	Thomas H. Svendsen; Palle Hurwitz; Anders Christian Bregnballe; Thomas Ruus Christensen; Mikkel Bahr; Mikkel Wienberg; Mogens Husted Kristensen
Founders	Knud Friis; Elmar Moltke Nielsen
Founded	1955
Location	Aarhus
Significant works and honors
Buildings	Hotel Foroyar; Gigantium; Musikkens Hus
Website
	https://friis-moltke.dk/

Friis & Moltke is a Danish architectural practice headquartered in Aarhus with branch offices in Copenhagen and Aalborg. Friis & Moltke has about 50 employees and is mainly active in the Scandinavian market.^[2] The firm was founded in 1955 by the architects Knud Friis and Elmar Moltke Nielsen who met while working at C. F. Møller Architects in Aarhus. Today the company has 6 partners and 1 associated partner responsible for the department of furniture design.^[3]

Selected projects

Friis & Moltke has designed many celebrated buildings across Denmark. The projects covers a multitude of functionalities including residential, educational, stadiums, churches, shopping malls, prisons, city halls, concert halls and hotels. A selection of the most notable comprise the following:

Aarhus

Hotel Marselis, 1967
Scanticon, Skåde, 1969
Risskov Gymnasium, 1969
Grøfthøjhuset, Viby J, 1970
Nordgårdskolen, Brabrand, 1970 (demolished 2014)
Vestervang, 1970
Skjoldhøj Kollegiet, 1973
Ellevang Church, 1974^[4]
Langkær Gymnasium, Tilst, 1975
Skjoldhøj Church, 1983
Skelager Church, 1990
Scandinavian Center, 1992

Near Aarhus

Odder City Hall, Odder, 1971
Skanderborg Gymnasium, Skanderborg, 1973
Silkeborg Gymnasium, Silkeborg, 1977

Aalborg

Aalborg Stadion, 2002
University College Nordjylland, 2003
Gigantium, 2005
Musikkens Hus, 2014

Zealand

Vordingborg Uddannelsescenter, Vordingborg 1980
Grønnevang Church, Hillerød, 2008

Other places

Vestjydsk Handelsskole, Skjern, 1965
Hotel Lakolk, Rømø, 1966
Entreprenørskolen, Ebeltoft, 1968
Viborg Gymnasium og HF, Viborg, 1974
Hotel Nyborg Strand, Nyborg, 1977
Radisson SAS H.C. Andersen Hotel, Odense, 1980
Morsø Rådhus, Nykøbing Mors, 1980
Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, 1982
Øer Maritime Ferieby, Ebeltoft, 1988
Statsfængslet Østjylland, Horsens, 2001
Holstebro Police Station, Holstebro, 2016

Friis & Moltke has been notable architects of the so-called brutalist architecture, a specific branch of the much broader modernist movement. Brutalism had its heyday in the 1960s and 70s, and noteworthy examples from Friis & Moltke includes Hotel Lakolk, Entreprenørskolen, Scanticon Skåde and Odder City Hall in particular.^[5] Outside Denmark, the Siemens Global Leadership Center, and associated guest hotel, from 1974 is a prize-winning example of Friis & Moltke's architecture of the brutalist era.

Outside Denmark

Friis & Moltke is also active outside Denmark with notable and prize-winning architecture:

Embassy of Denmark in Ankara (1970), Ankara, Turkey^[6]
Siemens Global Leadership Center (1974), Feldafing, Germany
Alter Hafen (2011), Wismar, Germany
Dublin Waste to Energy (2017), Poolbeg Peninsula, Ireland
Strømme Senter (in 2019), Kristiansand, Norway
Ny Anstalt i Nuuk (in 2019), Nuuk, Greenland

Gallery

60's and 70's

Højhusene Marselis Boulevard, residential (1967)
Grøfthøjhuset, residential (1970)
Vestervang, residential (1970)
Skjoldhøjkollegiet, a large student housing project (1973)
Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail)
Skjoldhøjkollegiet (detail)
Langkær Gymnasium, a high school (1975)

80's and 90's

Skjoldhøj Church (1984)
Skelager Church (1990)
Scandinavian Center Aarhus (1995)

2000's

Aalborg Stadion (2002)
Prismet, offices (2002)
Grønnevang Church (2008)
Musikkens Hus (2013)

References

^ "Management" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Friis & Moltke". Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister. Central Business Register. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Profil" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ Johannsen 1985, pp. 193.
^ Kim Dirckinck-Holmfeld (2 February 2010). "Den milde brutalist: Knud Friis (1926-2010)" (in Danish). Danish Association of Architects. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ The original embassy has now been replaced by a new building, also by Friis & Moltke.

Publications

Johannsen, Hugo (1985). Kirkens huse. Gyldendal. ISBN 87-00-94934-5.

External links

[1] "Management" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[2] "Friis & Moltke". Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister. Central Business Register. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[3] "Profil" (in Danish). Friis & Moltke. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[FOOTNOTEJohannsen1985193-4] Johannsen 1985, pp. 193.

[5] Kim Dirckinck-Holmfeld (2 February 2010). "Den milde brutalist: Knud Friis (1926-2010)" (in Danish). Danish Association of Architects. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[6] The original embassy has now been replaced by a new building, also by Friis & Moltke.

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