Dorte Mandrup Explained

Dorte Mandrup
Birth Date:26 July 1961
Practice:Dorte Mandrup A/S

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’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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: On the Duty and the Power of Architecture by Dorte Mandrup . 2019-03-19 . 2019-04-10.
  2. Web site: Contact Dorte Mandrup. www.dortemandrup.dk. 26 January 2018. en.
  3. Web site: Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen. Danish Aechitecture Centre. 2010-02-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719123542/http://english.dac.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=3105. 2011-07-19.
  4. Web site: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. 2010-02-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090514083703/http://www.dortemandrup.dk/tegnestuen_uk.htm. 2009-05-14.
  5. Web site: Dorte Mandrup, chairwoman to Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 jury . 2019-04-10 . 2022-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220223044142/https://eumiesaward.com/edition/2019/jury . dead .
  6. Web site: These are the winners of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2019. European Commission. April 2019. 4 November 2019 .
  7. Web site: Dansk arkitekt vinder international konkurrence om storstilet byggeri ved Polarcirklen. Irminger Sonne, Katrine. Berlingske. 2 November 2019. 4 November 2019 . Danish.
  8. Web site: Dorthe Mandrup vinder 300 km nord for Polarcirklen. Building Supply. 4 November 2019. 4 November 2019 . Danish.
  9. Web site: A playground on the roof. World Architecture News. 2010-02-07.
  10. Web site: Clear as crystal. World Architecture News. 2010-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20090626043851/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11825. 2009-06-26. dead.
  11. Web site: Shed some light.... World Architecture News. 2010-02-07.
  12. Web site: Recreation, recreation, recreation. World Architecture News. 2010-02-07.
  13. Web site: Bordings Independent School in Copenhagen, Denmark by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. Dailytonic. 2010-02-07.
  14. Web site: Community centre Herstedlund / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. 6 September 2009 . archdaily. 2010-02-07.
  15. Web site: Dorte Mandrup Designs Wadden Sea Center for Denmark's Largest National Park. 12 November 2014 . ArchDaily. 2014-11-14.
  16. Web site: Dorte Mandrup adds thatched wing to Wadden Sea visitor centre in Denmark. Mairs. Jessica. 6 February 2017. Dezeen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170206134042/https://www.dezeen.com/2017/02/06/dorte-mandrup-wadden-sea-visitor-centre-thatch-blackened-wood-denmark/ . 2017-02-06 .
  17. Web site: 2014 WAN Education Award winners. World Architecture News. 3 March 2015.
  18. Web site: WAN Mixed-Use 2015 Winner Announced . World Architecture News. 3 March 2015.
  19. Web site: Breeam Building of the year 2017 . 2019-04-10.

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