Dissing+Weitling is an architecture and design practice in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

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. The founders and namesakes Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling founded the firm upon the death of

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, Hon. FAIA (; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to functionalism (architec ...

as a continuation of his office where both had been key employees. Dissing+Weitling is particularly notable for the design of a great number of bridges around the world, ranging from small pedestrian and bicycle bridges to some of the longest bridges in the world, including the Danish Great Belt,

Øresund Bridge The Øresund or Öresund Bridge is a combined List of road–rail bridges, railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in Europe and combines both roadway and r ...

and Osman Gazi Bridge.

History

Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling were key employees at

's office and they founded Dissing+Weitling in 1971 upon his death to continue and complete his unfinished projects. These included a

city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

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, which was also extended by Dissing+Weitling in 2008, a holiday resort on the north German island of Fehmarn, the Danish Embassy in

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. In 1972, the firm won competitions for the

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Centre in

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and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in

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, establishing the firm's name in its own right. Hans Dissing died in 1998, and Otto Weitling retired from the firm in 2002. Key architects and partners of the past were: Dieter Fremerey, Erik P. Handschuh, Poul Ove Jensen, Pouli H. Møller, Bodil A. Schaltz, Reinhard Schmidt-Petersen, Reinhard Tölke, Teit Weylandt, and Stig Mikkelsen. Current partners are: Steen S. Trojaborg, and Daniel V. Hayden.

Selected Projects

Buildings

File:Rathaus mainz1.jpg, Mainz City Hall (1971) File:K20 Duesseldorf.jpg, K20 Art Gallery File:Baghdad-bank-hires.jpg, Central Bank of Iraq (1985) * Mainz City Hall (Rathaus),

, Germany (completed 1971) * Danish National Bank, Copenhagen, DK (completed 1971) * IBM Centre,

, Germany (completed 1974) * Castrop-Rauxel Forum & Town Hall (Forum & Rathaus), Castrop-Rauxel, Germany (completed 1976) * Danish Embassy,

, UK (completed 1977) * Central Bank of Iraq,

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, Iraq (completed 1985) * K20 Art Gallery,

, Germany (completed 1986) * Sonofon Headquarters,

, Denmark (completed 1998) * Parliament of Denmark renovation and interior design, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2004) *

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root ''glyphein'', to carve, and ''theke'', storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection ...

renovation, Copenhagen, Denmark * DR Television Headquarter, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2006) * Faculty Library,

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2008) * Crowne Plaza, Copenhagen,

Ørestad Ørestad () is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. The area was developed using the new town concept, closely linked with the M1 (Copenhagen), M1 line of the Copenhagen Metro. Economically, income for the plan w ...

, Denmark (completed 2009) * Rambøll Headquarters,

, Copenhagen, Denmark (completion 2010) * Royal Golf Center,

(completion 2011) * ECCO Hotel and conference building, Tønder, Denmark (completion 2012)

Bridges

* Great Belt Bridge,

Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of . It is the List of islands by area, 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in th ...

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

, DK (completed 1998) * Mittellandkanal Bridges,

Hannover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

, Germany (completed 1999) *

, Denmark/Sweden (Competition winner. The project completed in 2000 is not their winning design scheme) *

Nelson Mandela Bridge Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Afric ...

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

, South Africa (completed 2003) * University Bridge,

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, Sweden (completed 2004) * Bryggebroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2006) * Munksjön Bridge,

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

, Sweden (completed 2007) * Stonecutter's Bridge,

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

(Competition winner. Detail design by Arup. Completed in 2009) * Åbroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2008) * Tradeston Bridge,

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(completed 2009) * ADNEC Bridge,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

, UAE * Sitra Interchange, Sitra,

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

* Pirbrua over Nidelva,

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

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* Constantine Bridge, Wilaya de Constantine,

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

(inaugurated on 05.07.2014) * Osman Gazi Bridge in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, a long road bridge with longest span (completion 2010-2017). * Queensferry Crossing, Scotland (completed 2017) * New Gerald Desmond Bridge,

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, USA (completed 2020) * Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway,

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, Philippines (inaugurated on 2022-04-27) ;Under construction * Botniabanen Bridges, Nyeland-

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

, Sweden * Qatar-Lusail bridge, Lusail,

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(competition win 2007) * Msikaba Bridge (2018-present), South Africa ;Competitions won * Neue Alte Nahebrücke,

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...

, Germany (competition won 2010) The bridge was not built. Due to financial constraints the existing bridge 1956 bridge was restored.

Awards

* 1999 Nykredit Architecture Prize * 2015 WAN Transport Award for ''The Bicycle Snake''

References

External links

Official Dissing+Weitling website
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