Entasis | |
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![]() The Spinning Mill in Copenhagen | |
Practice information | |
Key architects | Christian Cold Signe Cold |
Founded | 1996 |
Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Significant works and honors | |
Buildings | Spinderiet (1997) |
Projects | Carlsberg masterplan |
Entasis is a Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Greek word for tension.
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]