Nordic Office of Architecture is a prominent architect practice in Norway and is well established in Iceland and Denmark. Now, the award-winning architectural firms Rubow Arkitekter and Norconsult Arkitektur in Denmark are merging with Nordic to form one of the largest architectural environments in the Nordic region.

Nordic Office of Architecture will now have around 500 employees in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, and as such become a market leader in residential, healthcare, airport, and educational projects in the Nordic region. Nordic in Denmark now has 200 skilled architects who will contribute to enhancing the firm’s overall expertise in design, sustainability, and various other fields. Nordic is part of the Norconsult group with 5,500 employees, of which almost 1,000 are architects.

“Collaboration across disciplines and borders has been an important part of Nordic’s success in the Danish market. We have built unique expertise in areas such as airport and healthcare buildings, and now we have the opportunity to work in several market areas,” says Sofie Peschardt, who has led Nordic in Denmark until now. Sofie will become part of the creative leadership in Nordic Denmark. She has worked extensively with colleagues in Oslo and Reykjavik for several years and has seen the value of offering specialized expertise in projects.

“This initiative will strengthen Nordic’s position in the Danish market, enrich our portfolio, and enhance our expertise across disciplines and borders. We look forward to starting the collaboration with our new Danish colleagues,” says Eskild Andersen, CEO of Nordic Norway.

“We have carried out outstanding projects and created sustainable and award-winning architecture for more than 50 years as Nordic Office of Architecture, Rubow Arkitekter, and Norconsult Arkitektur. Now we are combining our experience, knowledge, and culture to create even better architecture for the benefit of people, the environment, and society, both locally and internationally,” emphasizes Jess Sørensen, director of the new Nordic in Denmark.

NORDIC OFFICE OF ARCHITECTURE

Nordic is a leading architectural firm in the Nordic region, with offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, and Reykjavik. The firm has extensive experience in executing large projects such as the new government quarter in Oslo, Stavanger University Hospital, Oslo Airport, and the police emergency response center. Nordic’s employees specialize in complex projects and plans, ranging from the largest ongoing construction projects in Norway to single-family homes for private clients. The office has ongoing assignments in airports, healthcare buildings, offices, housing, interiors, destination development, urbanism, and infrastructure.

RUBOW ARKITEKTER

RUBOW Arkitekter consists of both young and experienced architects, landscape architects, planners, DGNB advisors, constructors, engineers, and building economists. The company’s expertise ranges from overarching concepts to detailed planning and construction management. In recent years, the company has employed around 100 highly qualified employees. RUBOW Arkitekter works with a broad portfolio that includes schools and institutions, culture and leisure, healthcare, nursing homes, and housing, as well as renovation, transformation, landscapes, and urban spaces.

NORCONSULT ARKITEKTUR DANMARK

Norconsult Arkitektur is one of Denmark’s leading companies in interdisciplinary architectural consulting, with around 70 employees. Recently, Skovhus, KAAI, and KHS Arkitekter have become part of the firm, which specializes in a wide range of projects and creates physical frameworks for housing, shops, workplaces, urban spaces, learning environments, master plans, and much more.

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Back from left: Lars Bo Lindblad (Marketing Director), Lars Bech Jensen (Department Head, Herlev), Mads Dyssel Engel (Director, Copenhagen), Hallgrímur Þór Sigurðsson (Managing Director, Iceland)

Front from left: Lars Hetland (Director, Health & Care), Sofie Peschardt (Creative Director, Denmark), Thomas Bolding Rasmussen (CEO, Norconsult Denmark), Jess Sørensen (Director, Denmark), Rasmus Sørensen (Department Head, Aarhus)

Not present in the picture: Eskild Andersen (CEO, Norway)

Photographer: Alex Tran