CONTACT
pihlmann architects
Refshalevej 213B, 1st floor
1432 Copenhagen
Denmark
CVR:
DK36553332
Phone:
0045 5364 1666
General inquiries:
post@pihlmann.dk
Press inquiries:
press@pihlmann.dk
Applications:
job@pihlmann.dk
PEOPLE
Anna Wisborg
Architect MArch
0045 4061 4347
aw@pihlmann.dk
Anne Bochard
Architect BA
Carsten Buur Udbye
Architect MAA, Constructing Architect
0045 5192 8906
cu@pihlmann.dk
Egil Kahlbom
Architect MArch
0045 4223 5032
ek@pihlmann.dk
Emma Stern Nielsen
Architect MArch
0045 5366 5253
en@pihlmann.dk
Frans Meilholm Christiansen
Architect MArch
0045 4246 4044
fm@pihlmann.dk
Isabella Priddle
Architect MAA
0045 5274 4029
ip@pihlmann.dk
Jakob Rabe Petersen
Architect MAA
0045 6167 2803
jr@pihlmann.dk
Sif Haraldsson
Constructing Architect BA
Søren Thirup Pihlmann
Architect MAA, founder
0045 6062 5266
sp@pihlmann.dk
AWARDS & GRANTS
- Architecture Hunter Awards, 'Firm of the Year', shortlisted, 2025
- Berlingske, 'Byens Bedste Arkitektur', shortlisted with Thoravej 29, 2025
- Danish Design Award, finalist with Thoravej 29, 2025
- Renoverprisen, winner with Thoravej 29, 2025
- The Architectural Review 'New into Old' award, shortlisted for Thoravej 29, 2025
- Copenhagen Municipality 'Building Award' for Thoravej 29, 2025
- The Nykredit Foundation, 'Sustainability Award', 2025
- Licitationen Building Awards, 'Building of the Year' for Thoravej 29, 2024
- The Danish Architects’ Association and the Dreyer Foundation, Implement Materials grant, 2024
- Dezeen Awards, longlisted in Architecture for House14a, 2024
- The Danish Association of Architects, winner of 'Årets Arne' for House14a, 2024
- The Danish Association of Architects, finalist for 'Årets Arne' with ÅBEN Brewery, 2024
- EUmies Awards, nominee for ÅBEN Brewery, 2024
- The Architectural Review 'Emerging Architecture' award, finalist, 2023
- The Architectural Review 'House' award, commended for House14a, 2023
- The Architectural Review 'New into Old' award, shortlisted for ÅBEN Brewery, 2023
- The Henning Larsen Foundation Honorary Award, 2022
- The Dreyer Foundation, #Materials grant, 2022
- The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant, 2022
- The Danish Arts Foundation, project funding, 2022
- The Bikuben Foundation, competition 1st prize for Thoravej 29, 2021
- The Dreyer Foundation Honorary Award, 2020
- Merete and Helge Finsen’s Foundation, travel grant, 2019
- Tyndpladegruppens Residential Award for Student Village, 2019
- The Architectural Review 'Emerging Architecture' awards, shortlisted, 2019
- The Franciska Clausen Medal for Student Village, 2019
- Architizer A+Awards, special mention for Student Village, 2019
- Hack Kampmann Arkitekturpris for Student Village, 2018
- Danish Wood Award for Student Village, 2018
- The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant, 2018
- Rudersdal Architecture Prize for The Orangery, 2017
- The International Architecture Award for The Orangery, 2016
- The Dreyer Foundation grant for newly established architectural offices, 2015
- Gl. Holtegaard Architecture Competition ‘Pavillon 1’, 1st prize for The Orangery, 2015
EXHIBITIONS
- Contribution, 'Doble Exposición – [re]programar | [re]adaptar | [re]construir'
XXIII bienal de arquitectura y urbanismo de Chile
Santiago, 25.09.2025 - 05.10.2025 - Curator, 'Build of Site, The Danish Pavilion, National Participation'
La Biennale Architettura 2025, 19th International Architecture Exhibition
Venice, 10.05.2025 - 23.11.2025 - Contribution, 'Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.'
La Biennale Architettura 2025, 19th International Architecture Exhibition
Venice, 10.05.2025 - 23.11.2025 - Contribution, 'Recycle!'
Danish Architecture Center
Copenhagen, 11.04.2025 - 10.09.2025 - Contribution, 'Resources for a Future'
Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2024, Estonian Architecture Museum
Tallinn, 10.10.2024 - 30.11.2024 - Contribution, 'Bricks – Per Kirkeby',
ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen, 13.10.2023-25.02.2024 - Contribution, 'Make Do With Now: New Directions in Japanese Architecture'
CAFx / Copenhagen Architecture Festival
Copenhagen, 06.10.2023 - 11.12.2023 - Contribution, 'Reset Materials'
Copenhagen Contemporary
Copenhagen, 30.06.2023 - 28.09.2023 - Contribution, '+/- 1 °C: In Search of Well-Tempered Architecture'
The Slovenian Pavilion, La Biennale Architettura 2023
Venice, 20.05.2023 - 26.11.2023 - Contribution, 'Objets Trouvés'
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Paris, 11.05.2023 - 26.06.2023 - Exhibition, 'Interferens X – Thoravej 29'
PLATFORM
Online exhibition, 10.05.2024 - - Contribution, 'Copenhagen in Common'
Danish Architecture Center
Copenhagen, 05.05.2023 - 25.02.2024 - Contribution, 'Europelago'
DROPCITY, Milan Design Week
Milan, 18.04.2023 - 23.04.2023 - Contribution, 'So Danish!'
Danish Architecture Center
Copenhagen, 24.03.2023 - - Contribution, 'Super Danish'
Utzon Center
Aalborg, 02.02.2023 - 20.05.2024 - Contribution, 'Holiday Home'
Utzon Center
Aalborg, 18.03.2022 - 08.01.2023
LECTURES & TALKS
- Lecture, Aalto University + Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki
Helsinki, 26.11.2025 - Lecture, Conference: The City Together
Munich, 19.11.2025 - Lecture, The Oslo Association of Architects
Oslo, 23.10.2025 - 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
SELECTED MEDIA
- Louisiana Channel, September 2025
Documentary, 'Make Materials Matter'
Copenhagen Architecture Biennial, World Premiere 19.09.25
By: Marc-Christoph Wagner, Simon Weyhe - Documentation, Thoravej 29 – Repurposing Itself, October 2025
Copenhagen Architecture Biennial, Premiere 07.10.25
By: Hampus Berndtson, pihlmann architects - D : STIGMO, Trial and Error, September 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
Thoravej 29
Editor: Gregory Tsantilas - DETAIL, 9.2025, September 2025
Interview, pihlmann architects
Alles mit Bestands / Reuse Everything
Text: Jeanette Kunsmann - MAJA: Estonian Architectural Review, Issue 120, August 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
Tidings from a Man-Made Plateau
Text: Roland Reema - BauNetz, August 2025
Article, Thoravej 29
Sich selbst recyceln: Co-Working in Kopenhagen von pihlmann architects
Text: Friederike Meyer - KoozArch, August 2025
Feature, Making Matter What Too Often Does Not Matter
Escapably Modern/Otherwise Obscured Interiors: Adam Dickinson in Making Matter
Text: Adam Dickinson - The Architectural Review, Issue 1523, August 2025
Article, Thoravej 29
Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen, Denmark by Pihlmann Architects
Text: Reuben J Brown - ARKITEKTEN, 06 2025, August 2025
Review, Build of Site
Danmark / Denmark
Text: John Edom - ARKITEKTEN, 06 2025, August 2025
Interview, Build of Site
Repairs/Reperationer
Text: Albert Algreen-Petersen - Tidskriften Rum, 07 2025, August 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
Fallet Thoravej
Text: Jonna Dagliden Hunt - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 2025
Interview, Thoravej 29
Bauen ohne Wow-Effekt
Text: Paul Ingendaay - KoozArch Talks, Venice Biennale, July 2025
Podcast, Build of Site
Episode 5: Restoration, resurrection and redemption with Tatiana Bilbao, Marina Otero Verzier and Søren Pihlmann
Moderator: Federica Zambeletti - FRAME Magazine, July 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
This multi-use building in Copenhagen became its own material bank
Text: Phoebe Long - ARKITEKTEN, 05 2025, June 2025
Review, Thoravej 29
Feltstudie på Thoravej
Text: Lauge Floris Larsen - Louisiana Channel, May 2025
Documentary, Build of Site
'Make Materials Matter' – Venice Edition
By: Marc-Christoph Wagner, Simon Weyhe - Resources for a Future, TAB 2024, May 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
A Building Repurposing Itself
Editor: Anhelina L. Starkova - Forbes, May 2025
Feature, Build of Site
6 Intriguing Installations At The Venice Biennale Of Architecture 2025
Text: Kissa Castaneda - The Guardian, May 2025
Feature, Build of Site
Can robots make the perfect Aperol spritz? – Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 review
Text: Oliver Wainwright - The Architectural Review, Issue 1521, May 2025
Review, Thoravej 29
Material remix: Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen by Pihlmann Architects
Text: Morten Birk Jørgensen - Monocle, May 2025
Feature, Build of Site
Five unmissable pavilions at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale
Text: Nic Monisse - Wallpaper Magazine, May 2025
Feature, Build of Site
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025: the ultimate guide
Text: Ellie Stathaki - Bauwelt, 10.2025, May 2025
Interview, Build of Site
Es geht nicht um Verlust, sondern um Potenziale
Text: Marie Bruun Yde - ICON Magazine, May 2025
Interview, Build of Site
How do we define completeness in architecture? Build of Site examines the case for building on what’s already here
Text: Jessica-Christin Hametner - Dezeen, May 2025
Interview, Build of Site
Søren Pihlmann transforms Danish Pavilion into construction site at Venice Architecture Biennale
Text: Lizzie Crook - Politiken, May 2025
Review, Build of Site
Det ligner et neurotisk forhold til byggeskrald, men jeg elsker det
Text: Karsten R.S. Ifversen - Berlingske, May 2025
Review, Build of Site
Et hul i jorden – hvor kedeligt! Men Holger Dahl må æde sin egen skepsis i sig
Text: Holger Dahl - Kristeligt Dagbald, May 2025
Review, Build of Site
Et brag af en udstilling. Overvældende, oplevelsesmættet, underholdende
Text: Torben Weirup - Bauwelt, 8.2025, April 2025
Feature, Thoravej 29
Thoravej 29: Umfunktioniert, transformiert, renoviert
Text: Beatrix Flagner - RUM Interiør & Design, 04 / 2025, April 2025
Interview, Build of Site
Break It Down, Build It Up
Text: Marie Monrad Graunbøl - Politiken, February 2025
Review, Thoravej 29
Dette hus viser, hvordan genbrug giver bedre arkitektur
Text: Karsten R.S. Ifversen - Bauwelt 3.2025, January 2025
Review, Kunsthal 44Møen
Kunsthalle 44Møen auf der Insel Møn
Text: Marie Bruun Yde - Berlingske, January 2025
Review, Thoravej 29
Du har aldrig set noget lignende før – det er forbløffende godt!
Text: Holger Dahl - DETAIL, 12.2024, December 2024
Documentation, House14a
Provisional as a concept: House 14a in Copenhagen by Pihlmann Architects
Text: Barbara Zettel - Zetland, November 2024
Interview, Thoravej 29
Det er yt at bygge nyt
Text: Thomas Hebsgaard - ARKITEKTEN, 07 2024, September 2024
Review, Kunsthal 44Møen
Pragmatisk poesi
Text: Lauge Floris Larsen - FRAME Magazine, August 2024
Review, Kunsthal 44Møen
Avant-garde art meets utilitarian architecture at this Danish island gallery
Text: Anna Maria Michael - FRAME Magazine, April 2024
Review, House14a
This Copenhagen home shows that evolution, not demolition, is the key to agile living
Text: Kieron Marchese - Review, ARKITEKTEN, 02 2024, March 2024
Review, House14a
Koncept over genbrug
Text: Albert Algreen-Petersen - The Architectural Review, Issue 1507, December 2023
Review, House14a
House 14a by Pihlmann Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark
Text: Morten Birk Jørgensen - Danish Architecture Center, Let's talk architecture, December 2023
Podcast, Thoravej 29
How to transform buildings with no waste
Moderator: Michael Booth - The Architectural Review, Issue 1503, July 2023
Review, ÅBEN Brewery
Åben Brewery in Copenhagen, Denmark by Pihlmann Architects
Text: Kristina Rapacki - Bauwelt, 10.2023, May 2023
Review, ÅBEN Brewery
Brauerei in Kopenhagen
Text: Marie Bruun Yde - Berlingske, April 2023
Review, House14a
På en stille villavej nord for København ligger en villa, der aldrig har fået opmærksomhed. Det bør den få nu
Text: Holger Dahl - ARKITEKTEN, 02 2023, March 2023
Documentation, ÅBEN Brewery,
Gangbroer og døre i Den Hvide Kødby
Text: Pernille Scheuer - Architects' Journal, Vol. 250, Issue 03, March 2023
Review, ÅBEN Brewery
Let’s get slaughtered: pihlmann architects’ ÅBEN Brewery, Copenhagen
Text: Christine Bjerke - Louisiana Channel, May 2023
Documentary
We Embrace What’s Already There
By: Marc-Christoph Wagner, Simon Weyhe, Helle Pagter - Berlingske, October 2023
Review, ÅBEN Brewery
Hipsterøl og rustfri arkitektur i skummende møde
Text: Holger Dahl - ARKITEKTEN, 05 2022, May 2022
Review, Villa Landluft
Da byen flyttede på landet
Text: Albert Algreen-Petersen - FRAME Magazine, February 2022
Review, Art Hub Copenhagen
Reused, repurposed materials ensure the sustainability of this pop-up Copenhagen art hub
Text: Kayla Dowling
PUBLICATIONS
- '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 - '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 - Contribution, '60 Transformations - New Old Danish Architecture 1996-2025'
ed. Albert Algreen-Petersen, Pernille Scheuer and Martin Keiding
Arkitekten Books, 2025 - Contribution, 'Sensing Earth 3 – Praksis'
ed. Marianne Krogh
Akademisk Arkitektforening, 2025 - Contribution, ‘60 Small Houses – Danish Architecture 1915 – 2023’
ed. Martin Keiding and Albert Algreen-Petersen
Arkitekten Books, 2023 - Contribution, ‘50 Buildings – Danish Architecture 2016 – 2022’
ed. Martin Keiding, Anne Pind and Albert Algreen-Petersen
Arkitekten Books, 2023 - Interview, ‘75 tanker om at sanse arkitektur’
Holger Dahl
Grønningen 1, 2023 - Essay, 'Works – New Danish Architecture'
ed. Line Nørskov Davenport
Danish Architectural Press, 2023 - Contribution, ‘Reset Materials – Towards Sustainable Architecture’
ed. Chrissie Muhr
Danish Architectural Press, 2023 - Contribution to 'Brick Buildings S M L – 30 x Architecture and Construction'
ed. Dr. Sandra Hofmeister
Edition DETAIL, 2023 - Contribution, ‘Connectedness – An Incomplete Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene’
ed. Marianne Krogh
Strandberg Publishing, 2020