SATELLITE / DESIGN BY FRIIS & MOLTKE

About the

Designer

Knud Friis (1926-2010) and Elmar

Moltke Nielsen (1924-1997)

founded Friis & Moltke in 1954.

In the 1960s they introduced Danes

to their mild version of Brutalism,

which often featured huge, robust

building structures tucked into the

landscape, raw concrete walls and

visible technical installations. They

designed several detached houses,

terraced houses and courtyard-

style housing complexes, not to

mention a number of commercial

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and institutional buildings in

Denmark.

Knud Friis and Elmar Moltke

Nielsen had a unique creative

partnership and their

groundbreaking projects both

in Denmark and abroad made

a decisive impact on Danish

architecture.

The two partners worked together

on virtually all the buildings, in

which their joint practice was

involved.

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