Ida Lindqvist
Trained at KADK and Mendrisio. Founded the studio in 2011. Sits on the board of the Danish Association of Architects.
The studio
We are a Copenhagen studio of nine people, founded in 2011.
Norden Atelier designs buildings that ask very little of their visitors and a great deal of their architects. Houses, public buildings, and adaptive reuse, mostly in the Nordic countries. We take on six to eight projects each year.
The model stand, Bredgade studio, Friday afternoon.
What we believe
Four working principles we have not changed since 2011.
Site is the first material
Every project begins with a long walk and a folding stool. The building follows the light, the wind, and the slope, not the brief.
Draw slowly, then again
We keep four drawing boards in the studio and use them every day. The pencil thinks slower than the cursor, and that is the point.
A short list of materials
Limewashed brick, oiled oak, raw concrete, brushed steel, linen. We work with a short list so that we can know each material well.
Built to outlast us
We design for fifty winters, not five. The detail that disappears took three weeks. The building that lasts took a hundred drawings.
The people
Nine architects, one studio manager, four drawing boards.
Anders Møller
Joined as the studio’s first employee. Leads detailing and construction. Author of the studio’s materials manual, now in its fourth edition.
Sofie Aaberg
Leads the cultural and adaptive reuse projects. Spent four years in Kyoto before joining the studio. Plays cello, badly, in the office on Fridays.
Mikkel Bay
Leads the residential studio. A patient hand with clients. Has lost only one drawing pencil in eight years, which he has not forgiven.
Karoline Reid
Runs the studio. Keeps the model shop in order. Drinks tea, not coffee, which the studio has come to respect.
Jonas Lillenes
Joined in October from NTNU Trondheim. Currently working on the Lille Skov School. Asks the right questions, which we hope continues.
Recognition
Awards and listings we are grateful for.
Prizes are not why we draw, but the recognition of peers has changed who we get to work with, and we are quietly proud of that.
- 2025Mies van der Rohe Award — nomineeGallery of Quiet Things
- 2024Træprisen — winnerTaastrup Pavilion
- 2024Wallpaper* Architects DirectoryStudio listing
- 2023Nordic Built Award — finalistStair House, Vesterbro
- 2022Eternit Prisen — winnerThree Houses, Skagen
- 2021Architectural Review House Award — commendedForest Room
- 2019AJ Small Projects — winnerBoathouse, Furesø
