CBS - Copenhagen Business School

The slender building, that marks the inner arcade, is covered in window panels – and has a clear contrast to the submerged rotunda in the foyer designed with light, coloured concrete elements. The inner arcade is divided by smaller squares and break out spaces that naturally invite by passers in.

The tactile Öland-stone floor creates a well-balanced, acoustic atmosphere in the interior foyer and arcade spaces. Inside the library, the light columns and slab edges make the open floors appear as an interposed furniture in a large and comfortable space. The flooring in the library has a warmer tone to contrast the building’s other floors that are covered with a characteristic, red linoleum.

The building’s special feature is experiencing its extensive volume as a series of downscaled, well-proportioned wing houses, connected through refined detailing. In general, the spaces throughout the school – the faculties, foyer, inner arcade, study halls, and administration – are all naturally lit from the outside. The daylight filters through skylights and window panels that are carefully placed in accordance to the corners of the world and the building’s position on the plot. 

The parking areas include 350 parking spots distributed throughout the terrain and especially in the underground parking beneath the arcade. Arriving in the building from the underground parking, there is a direct connection to the institutes, administration, and the arcade through inner lifts and staircases.

The Copenhagen Business School on Solbjerg Square was designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects after winning the 1st prize in an international architecture competition.