ABOUT

We explore architecture through a site-derived practice,
working on the foundation of what already exists.
Every site is approached as material configurations,
where selective dismantling, preservation,
and reconfiguration expose latent potential
in the overproduced and underestimated.

Rather than impose form, we let architecture
emerge from the inherent behaviour
of material capacities and structural logics.
Frictions, irregularities, and tolerances
keep processes legible and matter interchangeable.
By limiting interventions while amplifying
material presence, we aim for structures
that grant familiar elements new agency
and align architecture with an ever-changing
material reality.

Our work evolves through ongoing exchange
between practice and projects,
where material tests, digital surveying,
site decisions, and built feedback
continuously recalibrate our approach.

CONTACT

pihlmann architects
Refshalevej 213B, 1st floor
1432 Copenhagen
Denmark

CVR:
DK36553332

Phone:
+45 5364 1666

General inquiries:
post@pihlmann.dk

Press inquiries:
press@pihlmann.dk

Applications:
job@pihlmann.dk


* Internships for 02.2026 - 07.2026 are filled.

PEOPLE

Anna Wisborg
Architect MArch
+45 4061 4347
aw@pihlmann.dk

Carsten Buur Udbye
Architect MAA, Constructing Architect
+45 5192 8906
cu@pihlmann.dk

Egil Kahlbom
Architect MArch
+45 4223 5032
ek@pihlmann.dk

Emma Stern Nielsen
Architect MArch
+45 5366 5253
en@pihlmann.dk

Frans Meilholm Christiansen
Architect MArch
+45 4246 4044
fm@pihlmann.dk

Guillermo Magno
Architect BSc

Isabella Priddle
Architect MAA
+45 5274 4029
ip@pihlmann.dk

Jakob Rabe Petersen
Architect MAA
+45 6167 2803
jr@pihlmann.dk

Mads Oien Nielsen
Constructing Architect
+45 2066 8670
mn@pihlmann.dk

Peter Olsen
Constructing Architect BA

Søren Thirup Pihlmann
Architect MAA, founder
+45 6062 5266
sp@pihlmann.dk

PUBLICATIONS

  • Book 'Making Matter What Too Often Does Not Matter'
    Søren Pihlmann and Adam Dickinson
    ed. Marianne Krogh and Chrissie Muhr
    Graphic design: stanza, Line-Gry Hørup
    Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König / Danish Architectural Press, 2025
  • Book 'Thoravej 29'
    Søren Pihlmann and Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss
    ed. pihlmann architects and Danish Architectural Press
    Graphic design: Alexis Mark with Stella Klump
    Danish Architectural Press, 2025
  • Documentary, 'Make Materials Matter'
    Louisiana Channel, September 2025
    By: Marc-Christoph Wagner, Simon Weyhe
  • Documentary, 'Things Will Never Be the Same'
    Thoravej 29, October 2025
    By: Hampus Berndtson, pihlmann architects

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

SELECTED MEDIA

EXHIBITIONS

LECTURES & TALKS

  • Talk, The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026
    Barcelona, 29.06.2026
  • Talk, Form Follows Transformation
    Barcelona, 29.06.2026
  • Lecture, OPEN2026
    Århus, 18.09.2026
  • Screening and talk, Green Visions Potsdam
    Potsdam, 30.05.2026
  • Online Lecture, The Architecture Symposium
    Gold Coast, 23.05.2026
  • Online Lecture, The World Around, Summit 2026
    New York, 09.05.2026
  • Lecture, Speaking of: Resourceful Creation
    Copenhagen, 07.05.2026
  • Lecture, A+ Magazine TA+LK, Bozar, Center for Fine Arts
    Brussels, 31.03.2026
  • Lecture, Circular Design Symposium
    Vilnius, 20.03.2026
  • Lecture, Aarhus School of Architecture
    Aarhus, 16.03.2026
  • Talk, Europan Day 2026
    Stockholm, 13.03.2026
  • Talk, Urban Design Forum
    New York, 05.03.2026
  • Lecture, Parsons School of Design
    New York, 04.03.2026
  • Screening and talk, Copenhagen Architecture Biennial and ADFF
    New York, 04.03.2026
  • Lecture, Conference: The City Together
    Munich, 10.02.2026
  • Screening and talk, Humanity in Architecture Film Festival
    New Canaan, 30.01.2026
  • Lecture, Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu
    Wrocław, 12.12.2025
  • Lecture, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
    Warsaw, 11.12.2025
  • Lecture, Aalto University + Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki
    Helsinki, 26.11.2025
  • Lecture, The Oslo Association of Architects
    Oslo, 23.10.2025
  • Lecture, Royal Danish Academy - Architecture
    Copenhagen, 01.10.2025
  • Seminar, Hands On, Prospekt Art Space
    Copenhagen, 28.09.2025
  • Lecture & Panel Discussion, Assemble! Conference,
    Copenhagen Architecture Biennial, Danish Architecture Center
    Copenhagen, 18.09.2025
  • Lecture, Rensselaer’s School of Architecture
    Troy, New York, 10.09.2025
  • Lecture, DETAIL Climate Forum
    Munich, 05.06.2025
  • Lecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, 28.03.2025
  • Lecture, Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Architektur
    Dresden, 13.11.2024
  • Lecture, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Trondheim, 25.10.2024
  • Lecture, Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Estonian Centre for Architecture
    Tallinn, 11.10.2024
  • Lecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture
    Budapest, 2024
  • Lecture, ETH Zürich
    Zürich, 27.05.2024
  • Lecture, Circular[x]Change, Royal Danish Academy
    Copenhagen, 16.05.2024
  • Lecture, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
    Basel, 16.04.2024
  • Talk, Building Green, The Danish Association of Architects
    Copenhagen, 01.11.2023
  • Lecture, The Danish Management Society (VL)
    Copenhagen, 2023
  • Lecture, Institute of Architecture and Design, Royal Danish Academy – Architecture
    Copenhagen, 10.11.2023
  • Talk, Sustainable Transformation Conference
    Copenhagen, 04.10.2023
  • Lecture & talk, OPEN23, Aarhus School of Architecture
    Aarhus, 07.09.2023
  • Lecture, Paraply Summer School
    Royal Danish Academy – Architecture
    Copenhagen, 16.08.2023
  • Talk, Reset Materials, Copenhagen Contemporary
    Copenhagen, 2023
  • Talk, Realdania Stage, Folkemødet
    Allinge, 15.06.2023
  • Lecture, Copenhagen Architecture Festival
    Copenhagen, 2023
  • Talk, Forum – Is There a New Aesthetics Coming?, The Dreyer Foundation
    Copenhagen, 25.05.2023
  • Lecture, Seminar on Circular Construction, Bech-Bruun Law Firm
    Copenhagen, 22.05.2023
  • Talk, Life Form Program Launch, Copenhagen Architecture Festival
    Copenhagen, 2023
  • Lecture, Institute of Architecture and Technology, Royal Danish Academy – Architecture
    Copenhagen, 2023
  • Lecture, Restoration Seminar, The Agency for Culture and Palaces
    Copenhagen, 26.01.2023
  • Lecture, Lunch Series, KTH School of Architecture
    Stockholm, 24.11.2023
  • Lecture, Utzon Talks, Utzon Center
    Aalborg, 10.11.2023
  • Lecture, Arkitekten Live, The Danish Association of Architects
    Copenhagen, 16.06.2022
  • Lecture, Resources and Reuse, Copenhagen Architecture Festival
    Copenhagen, 10.06.2022
  • Lecture, Utzon Center
    Aalborg, 31.05.2022
  • Lecture, The Danish Association of Architects
    Copenhagen, 2022
  • Lecture, The University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
    Sydney, 11.05.2022
  • Lecture, The Escandinavia Symposium, Aarhus School of Architecture
    Aarhus, 27.04.2022
  • Lecture, Circular Build Forum, HUSET Middelfart
    Middelfart, 16.03.2022

AWARDS & GRANTS

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