The Nykredit Architecture Prize is the largest
Danish architecture prize. Founded by the Nykredit Foundation (an arm of the
Nykredit Group), it is awarded annually to a person, or group of people, who have personally, or through their work, made a significant contribution to the building industry in the form of architecture or planning, etc. The recipient receives
DKK 500,000, making it one of the largest architecture prizes in the world in terms of
prize money
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In 1991 the Nykredit Foundation began awarding the Motivational Award/Encouragement Prize to talented young architects who have made an impact on the architecture scene.
Recipients
Motivational Award
* 2015: Cornelius+Vöge
* 2014: Svendborg Architects
* 2013: Effekt
* 2012: Powerhouse Company
* 2011: JAJA Architects
* 2010:
Mette Lange
Mette Lange is a Danish architect. A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1990, she divides her time between Denmark and India. She has received awards and recognition for her outstanding design of villas and vacation houses in Denm ...
* 2009: Polyform
* 2008: ONV Arkitekter
* 2007: Dan Stubbergaard
* 2006: TRANSFORM/Lars Bendrup
Encouragement Prize
* 2005: NORD Arkitekter
* 2004:
Henrik Valeur
* 2003: Kollision/Andreas Lykke-Olesen, Rune Nielsen and Tobias Løssing
* 2002: Hanne Birk and Merete Lind Mikkelsen
* 2001: Christina Capetillo
* 2000: Sergio George Fox
* 1999: Hotel Proforma
* 1998: Arkitekturtidsskrift B
* 1997: Jens Lindhe
* 1996: Inge Mette Kirkeby
* 1995: Pluskontoret
* 1994: ''none awarded''
* 1993:
Kristine Jensen
Kristine Jensen (born 1956), is a Danish architect who has specialized in landscape architecture.
Biography
Jensen was born in Herning where her father was an architect.
When she was 19 she went to Aarhus to study landscape architecture at the ...
, Otto Käszner and Jens Rørbech
* 1992:
Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup and Thomas Wiesner
* 1991: Suzanne Eben Ditlevsen
See also
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Architecture of Denmark
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C. F. Hansen Medal The C. F. Hansen Medal (Danish: C. F. Hansens Medaille) is awarded annually with few exceptions to one or more recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for an outstanding contribution to architecture. It is the Academy's highest obtainabl ...
References
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External links
Nykredit Architecture PrizeNykredit Motivational Award/Encouragement PrizeNykredit Foundation Architecture awards
Awards established in 1987
Architecture awards of Denmark