Dorte Mandrup

Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (born 28 July 1961) is a Danish architect. Founder and Creative Director of the architectural practice Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S that has approximately 60 employees. The practice is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and is behind several internationally acclaimed buildings.

Dorte Mandrup
Mandrup in 2015
Born	(1961-07-26) 26 July 1961 (age 62)
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Dorte Mandrup A/S

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.

Dorte Mandrup is 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 metre tall 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.^[1]

Mandrup serves on the board of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and is a member of the Historic Buildings Council.^[2]

In 2022, Dorte Mandrup joined the jury of The Daylight Award.

Biography

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

In April 2019, Dorte Mandrup headed the jury of the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.^[5][6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8]

Selected buildings

Completed

• Hangar H (renovation), Holmen, Copenhagen (2001 and 2011)
• Holmbladsgade Cultural Centre, Copenhagen (2001)
• Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005)^[9]
• Jægersborg Water Tower conversion, Gentofte, Denmark (2005)
• Prismen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006)^[10]
• Reading Nest, Asserbo, Denmark (2008)^[11]
• Youth Recreation and Culture Centre in Gersonsvej, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)^[12]
• St. Nicolai Cultural Centre, Kolding, Denmark (2008)
• Bordings Independent School extension, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)^[13]
• Community centre Herstedlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)^[14]
• 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)^[15][16]

In progress

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

Awards

• 2003 Dreyer Honorary Award
• 2007 Nykredit Architecture Prize
• 2014 WAN Education Award ('Built' category) for Ama'r Children's Culture House^[17]
• 2015 WAN Mixed-Use Award for Sundbyøster Hall ^[18]
• 2016 Träpriset for Råå Day Care Center
• 2016 Gröna Lansen - 2015, IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden
• 2016 WAN Metal in Architecture Award 2016, Salling Tower
• 2016 Honorary Award, Danish National Bank Jubilee Fund, awarded in recognition of the recipient's contribution and works
• 2017 Green Good Design Award, The Chicago Athenaeum, the world's leading sustainable design awards
• 2017 The Art, Design and Architecture Award of the Year, Dir. Einar Hansen and wife Vera Hansen Foundation
• 2017 ”Byggeri” – Magazine, Building of the Year, Wadden Sea Centre
• 2017 City of Esbjerg’s City-Fund Award 2017, Wadden Sea Centre
• 2017 Breeam Building of the year of Sweden Green Building Awards 2017,^[19] IKEA Hubhult Global Meeting Centre, Sweden
• 2019 Berlin Art Prize of architecture division

Gallery

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

See also

• Architecture of Denmark

References

1. "On the Duty and the Power of Architecture by Dorte Mandrup". 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
2. "Contact | Dorte Mandrup". www.dortemandrup.dk. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
3. . Danish Aechitecture Centre. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
4. . Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
5. . Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
6. "These are the winners of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2019". European Commission. April 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
7. Irminger Sonne, Katrine (2 November 2019). "Dansk arkitekt vinder international konkurrence om storstilet byggeri ved Polarcirklen" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
8. "Dorthe Mandrup vinder 300 km nord for Polarcirklen" (in Danish). Building Supply. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
9. "A playground on the roof". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
10. . World Architecture News. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
11. "Shed some light..." World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
12. "Recreation, recreation, recreation". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
13. "Bordings Independent School in Copenhagen, Denmark by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter". Dailytonic. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
14. "Community centre Herstedlund / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter". archdaily. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
15. "Dorte Mandrup Designs Wadden Sea Center for Denmark's Largest National Park". ArchDaily. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
16. Mairs, Jessica (6 February 2017). "Dorte Mandrup adds thatched wing to Wadden Sea visitor centre in Denmark". Dezeen. from the original on 2017-02-06.
17. "2014 WAN Education Award winners". World Architecture News. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
18. "WAN Mixed-Use 2015 Winner Announced". World Architecture News. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
19. "Breeam Building of the year 2017". Retrieved 2019-04-10.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dorte Mandrup.

• Official website
• Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, office profile
• Mandrup-Poulsen, Dorte. “Icefjord Center and Sustainability in Denmark : Dorte Mandrup.” A + U: Architecture and Urbanism, November 1, 2018, 48–51. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bvh&AN=794202&site=ehost-live.
• “Profile | Dorte Mandrup.” Accessed October 25, 2021. https://www.dortemandrup.dk/profile#paragraph-930.
• Schwitalla, Ursula,, Itsuko Hasegawa, Nili Portugali, Donna Blagg, Alison Kirkland, and Steven Lindberg. Women in Architecture: Past, Present, and Future. Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2021.