Our purpose is to improve the quality of life through design that creates identity. This could be at home, at work, at school, in the city, in nature, at the station – anywhere people gather in the built environment or use objects of design.

PLH Architects is a Danish architectural practice based in Copenhagen. We create architecture worldwide, designing office buildings, cultural buildings, residential buildings and creating workplace design and urban planning solutions, infrastructure, retail and healthcare architecture.

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Is your shopping experience influenced by the architecture that surrounds you? An important part of our complete transformation of the @amager_centret shopping mall was to improve the inside infrastructure. Shopping streets with dead ends are now opened, using double height spaces and circling pathways to create a better flow. The double height rooms connect ground and first floor and enhance the sense of spaciousness, while allowing for new interesting and eventful squares with shops on all sides to appear. The main building dates back to 1940 where it served as a ropewalk. Throughout the renovation, original details and later addons have been preserved, thus providing different architectural experiences. For instance, in the indoor streets, visitors and shoppers can find manhole covers with ropes and dates from the beginning of the building. In addition to the improved flow, Amager Centret has also achieved a larger retail area, which was created by demolishing the old parking garage and completely rebuilding it – smaller, but taller and slimmer with the same amount of parking spaces. Client: Danske Shoppingcentre Team: @cowigroup, DEAS A/S, Hoffmann and @spacelab_arkitekter 📸 @kontraframe #shopping #shoppingcenter #shoppingmall #mall #renovation #construction #amagercentret #architecture #architect #archdaily #architecturelovers #design #danishdesign #danisharchitecture #architecturedaily #archilovers #architecturelovers #customarchitecture #architecture_hunter #architecturephotography #architectureview #architecturedesign #arkitektur #amager #copenhagen #denmark

How do we make sustainable ambitions an integrated part of modern design? @htkommune's new city hall has been pre-qualified to receive the DGNB Gold sustainability certification from the Council for Sustainable Building and is expected to receive the final certification when data on the building's use is available. The certification is awarded because the design and construction have placed particular emphasis on solutions that contribute to making the project more sustainable in terms of climate, environment and social concerns. The greenery around the city hall helps increase biodiversity in the area. At the same time, CO2 emissions from the construction have been reduced, as the city hall's foundation consists of recycled concrete from apartment buildings in the municipality that have been demolished. The building's design also includes measures that reduce energy consumption and improve indoor climate. Among other things, there is intelligent control of heating and lighting, allowing energy consumption to match activities and needs, and in the open atrium, roof windows can be opened to make use of thermal updraft to draw heat out and cool the building without using energy. Team: @atelierlorentzenlangkilde @cowigroup 📸 @kontraframe #architecture #architect #architect #archidaily #archilover #archilovers #architectural #architecture_hunter #cityarchitecture #architectural #architecturedesign #arquitectura #arkitektur #design #danishdesign #danisharchitecture #nordicarchitecture #nordicdesign #danskarkitektur #community #photooftheday #dronephotography #dronestagram #droneshots #architecturephotography #sustainable #sustainability #cityhall #townhall #denmark

Welcome to “The Citizens' House” 👏 In Høje-Taastrup, one of Denmark's most innovative and unique city halls has been inaugurated, setting the standard for the area's further development. The building was born out of a vision of developing modern, flexible work environments for employees, while at the same time giving back to the city and its citizens. "It is with a great deal of pride that we now see how visions become reality as Høje-Taastrup's new city hall opens its doors. This is an incredibly innovative project characterized by high ambitions on behalf of the entire city. In close collaboration with all parties, we have created a beautiful signature building that is tailor-made to facilitate the meeting between citizens and municipality, the democratic processes, and urban life," says Søren Mølbak, CEO and partner at PLH Arkitekter. Høje-Taastrup’s acting mayor, Kurt Scheelsbeck, sees great value in the new building: "This city hall is a prominent landmark in our new district Høje-Taastrup C and at the same time a truly exciting building with lots of new possibilities for both employees and citizens. It is a citizens' house, where associations have opportunities like borrowing the council chamber or meeting rooms for events. It is a modern, flexible workplace where we can serve citizens and work in many different ways. And sustainability is at the forefront as seen in the reuse in the construction, solar cells on the roof and a sound operating economy going forward. We look forward to using the many facilities of the building." The nine-floor building was designed in collaboration with ALL and COWI. 📸 @kontraframe @atelierlorentzenlangkilde @cowigroup @htkommune #architecture #architect #architect #archidaily #archilover #archilovers #architectural #architecture_hunter #cityarchitecture #architectural #architecturedesign #arquitectura #arkitektur #design #danishdesign #danisharchitecture #nordicarchitecture #nordicdesign #danskarkitektur #community #photooftheday #dronephotography #dronestagram #droneshots #architecturephotography #architecturephoto #building #cityhall #townhall #denmark