Dissing+Weitling
{{Infobox Architectural Practice
|image= Storebæltsbroen close.jpg
|caption= The Great Belt Bridge
|name= Dissing+Weitling
|architects= Steen S. Trojaborg
Poul Ove Jensen
Daniel V. Hayden
|partners= Torben Lindquist
Daniel V. Hayden
Jesper Henriksen
|city = Copenhagen
|founded= {{Start date|1971}}
|significant_buildings=Danish National Bank
DR Television Headquarter
National Bank of Iraq
|significant_works=Great Belt Bridge
Femern Bridge
Stonecutter's Bridge
|awards=
|}}
Dissing+Weitling is an architecture and design practice in Copenhagen, Denmark. The founders and namesakes Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling founded the firm upon the death of Arne Jacobsen as a continuation of his office where both had been key employees.{{cite web|url=http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/dissing_weitling.htm|title=Dissing + Weitling Architects, Denmark|publisher=e-architect|accessdate=2009-07-20}}
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 and Osman Gazi Bridge.
History
Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling were key employees at Arne Jacobsen'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 Mainz, Germany, which was also extended by Dissing+Weitling in 2008, a holiday resort on the north German island of Fehmarn, the Danish Embassy in London. In 1972, the firm won competitions for the IBM Centre in Hamburg and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, 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), Mainz, Germany (completed 1971)
- Danish National Bank, Copenhagen, DK (completed 1971)
- IBM Centre, Hamburg, Germany (completed 1974)
- Castrop-Rauxel Forum & Town Hall (Forum & Rathaus), Castrop-Rauxel, Germany (completed 1976)
- Danish Embassy, London, UK (completed 1977)
- Central Bank of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq (completed 1985){{cite web|url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=838 |title=Central Bank of Iraq |publisher=Archnet |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619213826/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=838 |archivedate=2010-06-19 }}
- K20 Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (completed 1986)
- Sonofon Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 1998)
- Parliament of Denmark renovation and interior design, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2004)
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek renovation, Copenhagen, Denmark
- DR Television Headquarter, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2006)
- Faculty Library, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2008)
- Crowne Plaza, Copenhagen, Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2009)
- Rambøll Headquarters, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (completion 2010)
- Royal Golf Center, Ørestad (completion 2011)
- ECCO Hotel and conference building, Tønder, Denmark (completion 2012)
=Bridges=
File:Tradeston Bridge.jpg (2009)]]
- Great Belt Bridge, Funen/Zealand, DK (completed 1998)
- Mittellandkanal Bridges, Hannover, Germany (completed 1999)
- Øresund Bridge, Denmark/Sweden (Competition winner. The project completed in 2000 is not their winning design scheme)
- Nelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg, South Africa (completed 2003)
- University Bridge, Malmö, Sweden (completed 2004)
- Bryggebroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2006)
- Munksjön Bridge, Jönköping, Sweden (completed 2007)
- Stonecutter's Bridge, Hong Kong (Competition winner. Detail design by Arup. Completed in 2009)
- Åbroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2008)
- Tradeston Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland (completed 2009)
- ADNEC Bridge, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Sitra Interchange, Sitra, Bahrain
- Pirbrua over Nidelva, Trondheim, Norway
- Constantine Bridge, Wilaya de Constantine, Algeria (inaugurated on 05.07.2014)
- Osman Gazi Bridge in Turkey, a {{convert|2682|m|ft|abbr=on}} long road bridge with {{convert|1550|m|ft|abbr=on}} longest span{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.dk/uk/projects/izmit-bay-bridge |publisher=Dissing+Weitling architecture |title=Izmit Bay bridge |accessdate=2013-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002030824/http://www.dw.dk/uk/projects/izmit-bay-bridge |archivedate=2013-10-02 }} (completion 2010-2017).
- Queensferry Crossing, Scotland (completed 2017)
- New Gerald Desmond Bridge, California, USA (completed 2020)
- Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, Metro Cebu, Philippines (inaugurated on 2022-04-27)
;Under construction
- Botniabanen Bridges, Nyeland-Umeå, Sweden
- Qatar-Lusail bridge, Lusail, Qatar (competition win 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.building-supply.dk/portal-b2b/article/view.html?id=12859|title=Cowi og Dissing+Weitling i norsk samarbejde|publisher=Building Supply|accessdate=2009-07-20}}
- Msikaba Bridge (2018-present), South Africa
;Competitions won
- Neue Alte Nahebrücke, Bad Kreuznach, Germany (competition won 2010)[http://www.dw.dk/bad-kreuznach-bridge/ Bad Kreuznach Bridge] on [http://www.dw.dk/ Dissing+Weitling website]. Retrieved 24 June 2018 The bridge was not built. Due to financial constraints the existing bridge 1956 bridge was restored.[http://www.kreuznachernachrichten.de/2015/04/29/29-04-15-geschichtshappchen-um-die-alte-nahebrucke/ Historie – Die Alte Nahebrücke], 29 April 2015, in [http://www.Kreuznachernachrichten.de Kreuznachernachrichten.de]. Retrieved 24 June 2018Gierse, Thomas (19 October 2015) [http://www.hanz-online.de/de/noname_001/bautagebuch_brueckensanierung/die-alte-nahebr%C3%BCcke-steht-auf-neuen-beinen_ifxn0krl.html?&highlight=1&keys=tragger%C3%BCst&lang=1 Die Alte Nahebrücke steht auf neuen Beinen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175535/http://www.hanz-online.de/de/noname_001/bautagebuch_brueckensanierung/die-alte-nahebr%C3%BCcke-steht-auf-neuen-beinen_ifxn0krl.html?&highlight=1&keys=tragger%C3%BCst&lang=1 |date=2018-06-24 }} in [http://www.hanz-online.de hanz-online.de]. Retrieved 24 June 2018
Awards
- 1999 Nykredit Architecture Prize
- 2015 WAN Transport Award for The Bicycle Snake{{cite web|title=Simple. Elegant. Joyous.|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2014/25059/wan-awards/2014-wan-transport-award-winner.html?q=Copenhagen|website=World Architecture News|accessdate=13 March 2015|language=Danish}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Dissing and Weitling}}
- [http://www.dw.dk/ Official Dissing+Weitling website]
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Category:Architecture firms of Denmark
Category:Danish companies established in 1971
Category:Architecture firms based in Copenhagen
Category:Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality
Category:Design companies established in 1971