Offices & HQs

Architecture shapes the way organisations function and interact with the wider world. We see office buildings as both spaces for people’s everyday lives and as an embodiment of an organisation’s culture and values.

Our approach is grounded in the relationship between people, organisation and surroundings. With this in mind, we create offices and headquarters designed to support employees, express organisational values and evolve over time.

An office building is an integral part of an organisation’s identity. Architecture can give physical form to values, culture and ambitions – while communicating them to both employees and the wider world. Buildings reflect what that takes place within the walls.

The Tip of Nordø is an example of how architecture can help shape a strong identity. With its prominent location and distinctive facade, the office building stands as a recognisable landmark, rising 60 metres into the sky at the entrance to Copenhagen’s harbour. Its circular shape is designed to be visible from every angle, with no backside, creating a democratic building that meets everyone on equal terms.

We believe that great workplaces put people first. Rooted in this, our ambition is to create environments that support everyday working life, enhance wellbeing and provide room for growth and innovation. Efficient flows, daylight, indoor environment and acoustics are all essential to our approach – but so too are relationships and the feeling of belonging.

At Novonesis Innovation Campus, the workplace had gradually become fragmented and no longer fit for the organisation. Employees were spread across separate buildings, making collaboration challenging. Rather than relocating and building new, we explored how we could renew and expand the existing spaces. The result is a more coherent workplace that also respected the employees’ connection to the site and its surroundings.

Ways of working, organisations and their contexts are constantly evolving. This calls for buildings that can accommodate change – in use, structure and their relationship to the wider world. In our approach to office buildings and headquarters, we design environments that are both flexible and robust, capable of adapting and enduring over time.

Through dialogue with users and a deep understanding of the site’s qualities, our ambition is to create settings that support both present and future ways of working. This means designing clear structures and flexible layouts, where functions can shift and new working practices can emerge.

The transformation of KB32 is rooted in the building’s existing qualities and an ambition to restore its original character, while adapting it to new and future users. The former railway freight building from the 1960s has been transformed from abandoned, worn-out concrete into a modern workplace for up to 1,000 employees.