This unique looking building was created with a vision of turning a garden village into a place where kids could thrive in learning and academics. Cobe architects won a competition to build this school in 2012 and it was completed in 2014. The client for the building was the City of Copenhagen. The school functions as a day care center for 160 children, ranging from ages 0 to 6 years old. The size of the building is 1,950 square meters.

This building is very unique because it allows people of all ages to meet and share the gardens within the school with the kids. The garden features rabbits, goats, chickens and many vegetables. The garden allows for the local kids to enjoy the outdoors and learn more about gardening and animals. Forfatterhuset kindergarten acts as a playground, building, park and an academic institution. This extraordinary work by Cobe is a kids’ world to discover and explore.

Source: https://www.cobe.dk/place/forfatterhuset-kindergarten

The Silo is one of my favorite works by Cobe Architects. The project was commissioned in 2013 and completed in 2017. The clients for the project were Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark.

The 17 story silo is a central point of orientation in Copenhagen’s new neighborhood Nordhavn. The building was a former grain silo that was transformed into a residential complex and public facilities, hence the name Silo. The building is 10,000 square meters and holds 39 unique apartments. Although the building is a residential complex, it is also an urban focal point in Copenhagen.

During the construction of the renovated Silo, 2,740 cubic meters of concrete were reused, the equivalent of 380 tons of embedded CO2. The seating and podiums that surround the landscape were created from leftover concrete from windows, doors and decks. The Silo is one of many works from Cobe Architects that focuses on sustainability and lowering the carbon footprint.

Source: https://www.cobe.dk/place/the-silo

In 2014, Cobe Architects entered a competition to be the lead design firm on a new conference center for the multi-million dollar company Adidas. Cobe won the contest and completed the project in 2018.

The building is 15,500 meters squared and is used as a conference center, employee restaurant and showroom. The building forms part of Adidas headquarters in the city of Herzogenaurach, Germany. The moto of the building is “Under One Roof” and Cobe Architects designed the building to fit this moto by allowing the building to be multi-purpose, ultimately allowing for the company to host any and all activities that they need to put on for their athletes, employees and customers.

One very unique aspect of the building is the rhombus shaped roof that covers the whole building. The roof consists of concrete beams weighing 28 tons and measuring 16 meters long each. One third of the roof is covered by skylights, allowing the interior spaces to be flooded with sunlight. The roof is mainly covered with solar panels, which helps add to the sustainability of the building.

Source: https://www.cobe.dk/place/adidas-halftime

In the first blog about Cobe Architects I will give an overview of their firm and describe the approach that they take on each project. Cobe Architects is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cobe’s mission is to create architecture that shapes the future and aspires to create surroundings that contribute to extraordinary everyday life. The firm focuses on urbanism, landscape, and architecture with a huge emphasis on sustainability. Copenhagen is leading the charge globally in sustainability and Cobe is a large reason for the city’s success. Copenhagen, with the help of Cobe, aim to be the world’s first carbon-neutral capital city by 2025.  Cobe has created many unique landmarks in Copenhagen that are easily recognizable by citizens of Denmark and people from all around the globe. In the next three blogs I will discuss three of Cobe’s extraordinary works.

Source: https://www.cobe.dk/

The Devon Energy Center is the 62nd tallest building in the United States and the tallest building in Oklahoma City, standing at a remarkable 50 stories high. The building broke ground in October of 2009 and was completed three years later in October of 2012. The building was designed and built by Pickard Chilton. This building really stands out to me because it is the tallest building in Oklahoma City. This building can be seen in most parts of the greater Oklahoma City. One thing that really stands out to me is the shape of the top of the building. The building creates an upside down triangle that is very pleasing to the eye. The all glass windows also bring a very nice aesthetic to the building as a whole. Every single Oklahoman knows about this building and its whereabouts.

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Devon Energy Center. (2019, November 17). Retrieved March 2, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Energy_Center

This stadium is the home to the University of Oklahoma football team. Memorial stadium is often called the palace on the prairie or Owen field. The architect of this stadium was Layton and Hicks and it broke ground in 1922. The stadium was finished and opened in 1923. The stadium has since undergone multiple renovations all done by HOK Sports/360 Architecture. This stadium is very special to me because I have been an OU football fan my entire life. I have a lot of memories coming to games from my childhood and also from my years of attending OU. Although the palace is very large and can fit approximately 80,000 fans, it has a small feeling to it and you feel like you are very close from any seat in the whole stadium. One thing that has always stood out to me was how good of shape the field is kept in because it is real grass. It really adds to the atmosphere that the palace already brings as a building itself.

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Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. (2020, February 8). Retrieved March 2, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Family_Oklahoma_Memorial_Stadium

The Statue of Liberty was created by sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, in Paris, France. The statue was finished in 1884 and then shipped to the United States in 1885 where it still stands today. The pedestal has elements of Greek architecture as well as Aztec motifs. The first thing that stands out to me about the Statue of Liberty is the color of the lady. After research I learned that the statue is green because it is layered in copper that changed colors over time. I think it is remarkable that they could build a statue of that size during a time period without advanced technology. Altogether, this statue represents the United States in many ways and was remarkably built in a time that lacked modern technology.

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Statue of Liberty (1870-86). (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2020, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/statue-of-liberty.htm#architecture

The Chesapeake Energy Arena, formerly known as the Ford Center, is the home to the NBA team the Oklahoma City Thunder. The arena was built by The Benham Companies architecture firm. The building broke ground in 1999 and was completed in 2002. This building has played a huge role in my life in multiple ways. My father and I have shared a passion for the Oklahoma City Thunder and so every time I encounter the building it brings me back to my childhood. The interior of the building has changed over the years and has recently been renovated in certain parts. Altogether, this building is something that I have created a connection with through the NBA team and it will always bring me back to my childhood.

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Chesapeake Energy Arena. (2020, January 30). Retrieved March 2, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Energy_Arena