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05-02-2021

449 Architectural projects submitted for the Mies van der Rohe Award

The list of 449 architectural projects submitted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, located in 279 cities in 41 countries, was announced on February 2. 514 architectural practices compete for the European Union’s most important award for architecture, presented by the European Commission and Fundació Mies van der Rohe. For the first time, the current edition also includes works built in Armenia, Moldavia and Tunisia.

09-10-2020

COBE and Arup’s Brutalist concrete station

COBE and Arup have built a metro station in the port of Copenhagen reinterpreting the Modernist idiom.

29-06-2020

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH COBE

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think”, Margaret Mead.

04-06-2020

Copenhagen appointed 2023 UNESCO World Capital of Architecture

On May 5, UNESCO and the International Union of Architects (UIA) announced that they had chosen Copenhagen to be 2023 World Capital of Architecture. The Danish capital will be the world’s second city to hold the title, after Rio de Janeiro in 2020. At the same time as events celebrating its status as world capital of architecture, Copenhagen will be hosting the World Architects’ Congress, an event held by the UIA every three years.

04-03-2020

COBE: Red Cross volunteer house in Copenhagen

The new Red Cross centre in Copenhagen is a participatory project involving volunteers as representatives of one of the guiding voices of the team. The COBE architecture firm, which is transforming the city of Copenhagen, has designed the Red Cross volunteer house as a landmark.

11-01-2019

Tingbjerg library, a COBE project with a brick baguette façade

COBE’s Tingbjerk library is a provocative and seductive brick-faced prism that goes beyond classic traditional construction schemes

28-08-2018

Architects and designers awarded with the AZ Awards 2018

During a gala held at the Evergreen Brick Works of Toronto, Azure unveiled the 20 architects and designers who won the 20 categories of the AZ Awards 2018. Among the winners is the design of the multi-storey residential building The Silo, by COBE, and of the Copenhagen International School, by CF Møller Architects.

03-08-2018

Nordic Urban Spaces, an exhibition for more liveable cities

The exhibition Nordic Urban Spaces.

06-06-2018

Oasia Hotel Downtown named Best Tall Building Worldwide 2018

The Tall + Urban Innovation Conference is over, and the jury of the CTBUH 2018 Awards has announced the winners in each category. The overall winner is Woha’s Oasia Hotel Downtown in Singapore, named Best Tall Building Worldwide 2018.