BOOK:Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, Vibrations-Hatje Cantz

Lundgaard & Tranberg was founded in Copenhagen in 1985 by the architects Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg. Since then, the firm has made its name as one of Denmark’s most respected and award-winning architecture firms. The firm works with the development and realization of architecture in the form of buildings, urban and landscape planning and product design. In each and every project, Lundgaard & Tranberg aim to create visionary, site-specific and sensuous architecture that makes a positive contribution to people’s lives and to the community at large. They are rooted in the Nordic architecture tradition with humanism, simplification and craftsmanship as core values. From the outset, the firm’s architectural approach rests on insight into construction practices, a focus on detailing and interdisciplinary collaboration. This approach is rooted in the professional environment around the Department of Building Technology, where Boje Lundgaard is a professor and teacher.  Through the works of Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, the author Karsten R.S. Ifversen in “Vibrations: A Portrait of Houses Designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects” by Hatje Cantz, elaborates on the art of making architecture vibrate on the spot, in people and in time. He explains how these buildings have made Lundgaard & Tranberg amongst the most important Danish architects of our time. –Dimitris Lempesis