Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Hi

Haven't been posting anything for quite a while, been busy moving to a new house and such

This building, named Fjordenhus, is located at Vejle harbour in Denmark and designed by Olafur Eliasson. It's the office of Kirk Kapital, a business and investment company. What people might not know is that LEGO is a family owned business and Kirk Kapital is owned by them as well. Even though this is an office building, the entry level is open to the public for free every day. There are guided tours to the rest of the building, but as far as I can tell, they are all sold out for now. It opened 9. june this summer and I read that more than 70.000 people have already been past to see it. If you happen to visit Vejle, I highly recommend a visit to Fjordenhus.

#1 The building

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 034 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

#2 The entrance

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 005 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

#3 At the entrance
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 009 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

#4 Part of a wall

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 019 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

#5 Ceiling mirror art

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 027 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

#6 Ceiling art

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 017 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

[Anthony]

An interesting and attractive piece of modern architecture, thanks for posting.

And good to see you back.

[Jacques Pochoy]

I agree, very  interesting pictures of a "special" building !!!
I wonder if those are brick cladding on concrete or if they are a real brick structure (walls) ?

[Erik Lund]

Very nicely done! For sure these are real brick walls

[Akira]

Welcome back, Jørgen!

This post is a fantastic representation of this unique facility.

[Bent Hjarbo]

An interesting and attractive piece of modern architecture, thanks for posting.

And good to see you back.

+1
Will have a look next time in Vejle, interesting 

[armando_m]

Interesting building, thanks for sharing your images

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Thanks all.

It is a very unique building for sure. I don't know for sure, but I expect Erik is correct about the walls. Besides the variation in bricks as shown in one of the pictures, there's also walls with different, "open" bricks:

2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 029 by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

I didn't take a picture of it, but another interesting feature is the doors and windows, they are all curved like the walls.