Dissing + Weitling

Dissing + Weitling is an international design and architecture firm based in Copenhagen , Denmark . The office is known for designing notable bridges ranging from small pedestrian and cyclist bridges to some of the longest bridges in the world.

history

The namesake Hans Dissing (1926–1998) and Otto Weitling were both executive employees of Arne Jacobsen's office . After his death in 1971, they founded a community of architects to complete the work Jacobsen had begun. These projects included the Mainz town hall , a holiday home area on Fehmarn and the Danish embassy in London . In 1972 Dissing + Weitling won the tender for the IBM Center in Hamburg's City Nord and the North Rhine-Westphalia art collection in Düsseldorf .

chosen projects

building

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  Mainz City Hall (1971)

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  Iraqi Central Bank (1985)

• Mainz Town Hall , Germany (completed in 1971)
• Danish National Bank , Copenhagen , Denmark (completed 1971)
• IBM Center , Hamburg , Germany (completed in 1974)
• Danish Embassy in London , England (completed 1977)
• Iraqi Central Bank (Central Bank of Iraq) , Baghdad , Iraq (completed 1985)
• K20 Art Gallery , Düsseldorf , Germany (completed 1986)
• Sonofon headquarters , Copenhagen, Denmark (completed in 1998)
• IG-Farben-Haus of the Goethe University Frankfurt : conversion and renovation, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (completed in 2001)
• Folketing : renovation and interior design, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed in 2004)
• Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek : renovation, Copenhagen, Denmark
• DR Byen , Copenhagen- Ørestad , Denmark (completed in 2006)
• Rheingoldhalle (Mainz) , extension of the Mainz congress center (completed in 2006)
• Library of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen , Denmark (completed in 2008)
• Crowne Plaza , Copenhagen-Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2009)
• Ramboll headquarters , Copenhagen-Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2010)

under construction

• Office complex in Vilnius , Lithuania (2008 winner of the tender)

bridges

Tradeston Bridge (2009)

• Storebæltsbroen , Funen / Zealand , Denmark (completed in 1998)
• Mittelland Canal Bridge, Hanover , Germany (completed in 1999)
• Öresund Bridge , Denmark / Sweden (winner of the tender. The project completed in 2000 does not correspond to the D + W model)
• Nelson Mandela Bridge , Johannesburg , South Africa (completed in 2003)
• Universitetsbron , Malmö , Sweden (completed 2004)
• Bryggebroen , Copenhagen, Denmark (completed in 2006)
• Munksjöbron , Jönköping , Sweden (completed in 2007)
• Stonecutters Bridge , Hong Kong , China (Winner of the tender. Detail design by Arup . Completed in 2009)
• Åbroen , Copenhagen, Denmark (completed in 2008)
• Tradeston Bridge , Glasgow , Scotland (completed in 2009)
• Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center Bridge , Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
• Sitra Interchange, Sitra , Bahrain
• Pirbrua (across the Nidelva ), Trondheim , Norway
• Cykelslangen , Copenhagen, Denmark (inaugurated June 28, 2014)
• Pont Salah Bey , Constantine , Algeria (inaugurated July 5, 2014)
• Osman Gazi Bridge, Turkey. (Completed in 2016)

Under construction

• Alte Nahebrücke , Bad Kreuznach , Germany (completion 2014 ^[obsolete] )
• Botniabanan Bridges, Umeå , Sweden
• Bridge over the Strait of Messina , Italy (project discontinued in 2012 during the euro crisis)
• Qatar-Lusail Bridge , Lusail , Qatar (2007 tender winner)
• New Gerald Desmond Bridge , California , USA (Completion 2016 ^[obsolete] )
• New Forth Crossing , Scotland (2008 winner, construction period from 2011 to probably 2016 ^[obsolete] )

In planning

• Fixed Fehmarnbelt link between Lolland , Denmark and Fehmarn , Germany (tender winner 2009, completion 2021)

Web links

Commons : Dissing and Weitling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Danish, German, English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dissing + Weitling. In: arch INFORM .
2. ↑ Gisela Schütte: The City Nord - unloved, but still in demand . The world. February 15, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
3. ^ Central Bank of Iraq . Archnet. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 13, 2010. 
4. ↑ Rheingoldhalle. Extension of the Mainz congress center inaugurated. BauNetz , January 10, 2007, accessed on November 10, 2012 . 
5. ↑ DISSING + WEITLING WINS IN VILNIUS . Danish Architecture Center. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 20, 2009. 
6. ↑ The New Old Nahe Bridge . City of Bad Kreuznach. November 6, 2010. Accessed on November 4, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ The bridge project should be completed by spring 2014 . City of Bad Kreuznach. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 10, 2012. 
8. ↑ Tobias Piller: The Italian government is lowering income tax. In: FAZ.net . October 10, 2012, accessed December 16, 2014 . 
9. ^ Lusail awards site consultancy contract to Dorsch . constructionweekonline. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
10. ^ Forth Replacement Crossing . Structures Retrieved November 4, 2012.