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The Opera Park wins Dezeen Awards 2024

We are proud to announce that The Opera Park has won the prestigious Dezeen Awards 2024 for Landscape and Urban Design Project of the Year. What was once an industrial site, is now a lush, vibrant landscape in Copenhagen’s inner harbor.

“This project is an exceptionally well-designed public space that delivers both environmental and social benefits. The design offers a rich, diverse experience, from the varied plant life to the interplay of materials. It is a high-quality, thoughtful contribution to urban space, becoming a highly popular public attraction.” - Jury argumentation.

Dezeen Awards is an annual awards program celebrating the world’s best architecture, interiors, design, and sustainability projects. Organized by Dezeen, the world's most influential architecture and design website, it is a benchmark for international design excellence.

Learn more about the award here, or delve into the project via the link below.

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Cobe is looking for a Danish-speaking constructing architect with a special interest in BIM and ICT

Cobe is looking for a Danish-speaking constructing architect with strong skills and a keen interest in BIM modelling, and ICT. In this role, you will take on the position of BIM Manager or ICT Lead for one or more of Cobe’s ongoing projects, both in Denmark and internationally. You will contribute to the design and development of high-quality details, collaborate closely within project teams, and join our BIM and ICT team, exchanging knowledge and developing processes to enhance Cobe’s projects.

Download the job posting with more info via this link.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Cobe to transform historic steelworks into new city district in Tallinn through comprehensive transformation strategy

We’re excited to share our plans to transform the historic Krulli Steelworks in Tallinn into a mixed-use city district. With a comprehensive transformation strategy that reuses existing elements found in the steelworks, from materials and components to entire buildings, this urban transformation project will bring back workplaces and city life to the decommissioned industrial area. Transforming three neigbouring industrial heritage halls, an innovation hub will serve as a kick-starting project and explore the neighborhood vision in detail.

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The Opera Park voted The City’s Best Architecture

Selected by public voting, The Opera Park has been named The City’s Best Architecture in the annual 'Byens Bedste' (The City’s Best) – an awards program organized by Danish newspaper Berlingske, recognizing the very best places in the Danish capital.

Learn more here.

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Cobe wins competition to design Stadt am Volkspark in Hamburg

Cobe has been selected as the winner of the competition to design Stadt am Volkspark in Hamburg, Germany — a mixed-use city district where living and working will be integrated with research and education.

The project will transform a 55-hectare site into three distinct neighborhoods, each with a unique identity shaped by the existing landscape: a Campus City, centered around the existing trotting track, featuring research and education facilities; a Garden City, inspired by the existing allotment gardens; and a Nature City, integrated with the surrounding forest. At the heart of the development will be a green corridor that not only links these neighborhoods but also integrates into Hamburg’s extensive network of green spaces, and connects directly to the city’s largest public park, Volkspark Altona. This green backbone will enhance biodiversity, manage rainwater, and provide expansive recreational areas for more than 8,000 new residents, along with thousands of students and researchers.

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Cobe exhibits at Harvard University

Cobe exhibits The Opera Park at Harvard University as part of the exhibition, 'Architecture as an Instruction-based Art'. The exhibition, which has just opened, brings together some of the world's most renowned architects and highlights how architects, unlike traditional artists, do not create finished works of art but detailed instructions through drawings that guide all parties involved in the construction process. These drawings are crucial for planning and shaping both the structure and the experience of a building and a public space.

The exhibition is open until October 15, 2024, at Harvard University's Druker Design Gallery in Cambridge, USA.

Learn more here.

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Cobe's Co-CEOs to speak at Leadership Day 2024

For two years, Cobe has been led by not one, but two CEOs – leading to faster decisions, stronger collaboration, and more room for innovation. On October 3, Nina Mathiesen and Mari Randsborg will take the stage and share their experiences at Leadership Day 2024, hosted by The Danish Association of Managers and Executives.

Sign up via this link.

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Transformation at Aggersvold Estate: From riding arena to hotel rooms

Cobe has transformed a former indoor riding arena at the historic 16th-century Aggersvold Estate into 49 hotel rooms, located approximately 80 kilometres west of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The transformation features walls and floors crafted from CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) elements and exposed massive timber surfaces, all integrated under the arena's existing roof and glulam trusses. In addition, the building’s historic exterior has been renovated. The arrival area has been repaved, improving accessibility and incorporating an efficient rainwater collection system, connecting the estate's various buildings.

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The Opera Park wins 2024 AZ Award for Best Landscape Design

The Opera Park has been honored with the 2024 AZ Award for Best Landscape Design. Described as “a horticultural archipelago", this award was determined by a public vote.

The AZ Awards is a significant benchmark for excellence, recognizing and showcasing the world's best projects in architecture, landscape architecture, and design by AZURE Magazine, and revealed and celebrated at the AZ Awards Gala in Toronto every year.

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Discover 'Islands of Wellbeing' at 3daysofdesign

In collaboration with Fritz Hansen, Cobe presents 'Islands of Wellbeing' at this year’s 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen. Set in The Opera Park, and Paper Island, the collaboration offers a unique opportunity to explore and express a shared vision for the future of wellbeing through extraordinary design and architecture.

Mark your calendars and join us between June 12-14 in Copenhagen.

Discover more and explore the program here.