Entasis (company) explained

Entasis
Architects:	Christian Cold Signe Cold
City:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Founded:	1996
Significant Buildings:	Spinderiet (1997)
Significant Projects:	Carlsberg masterplan

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

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

• 1998 AIA Prize for Copenhagen Zoo main entrance
• 2006 Eckersberg Medal
• 2009 WAF Award (Future projects: Masterplanning category) for Carlsberg masterplan^[4]
• 2009 Nykredit Architecture Prize

External links

• Official website
• Svanemøllen Auditorium at Copenhagen X

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entasis. e-architects. 2011-05-22.
2. Web site: A city for the people. World Architecture News. 2010-02-18.
3. Web site: Byens Have vandt arkitektkonkurrence om Søtorvet . Silkeborg . Danish . 2011-05-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929031755/http://www.silkeborgkommune.dk/kommunen/presserum/pressemeddelelser/pressemeddelelser+2010/december/byens+have+vandt+arkitektkonkurrence+om+s%C3%B8torvet . 2011-09-29 .
4. Web site: Our city - our urban spaces by Entasis. World Architecture Festival. 2011-05-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091107223119/http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/news-detail.cfm?newsId=111. 2009-11-07.