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Article: Skin tight. (design of E. Pihl & Son As headquarters in Copenhagen)(Copenhagen Culture)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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These new offices for a building contractor are a highly sensual yet functional interplay of craftsmanship and fine materials, reflecting a modern Danish sensibility.
E. Pihl & Son AS is a successful building contracting business, prosperous (and far-sighted) enough to commission its own headquarters from a very good firm of architects(1) as a three-dimensional advertisement for its skills. Pihl's intention was to 'produce an interplay of the whole, from the spaces to the details, combined with a high degree of utility, fine materials and good traditional craftsmanship'.(2) The result admirably fulfils the aim.
The site is in Lyngby, a low density suburb north ...