The client for this year-long joinery project in the Nørrebro gave a clear brief of what they wanted: an open, light, ‘beachy’ look; a kitchen island that would catch the eye; and clean, uncluttered spaces. Within those parameters, however, the team was heavily involved in the design and given license to contribute ideas. In the kitchen they used ‘Classic Nørrebro panels, shark nose handles on the cabinets and pocket slider doors to hide the kettle, toaster and other appliances when not in use.
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The Nørrebro island – so heavy it required additional steel bracing – is Trend Stone quartz ‘Cala Miele’, as is the splashback, and the backwall bench is Caesarstone ‘Cloud burst Concrete.
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On the stairway adjacent to the kitchen, the team installed a screen of oak battens, interspersed with shorter lengths to cloak the side of the stair treads from view.
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Other aspects of the job included a laundry fit out using Nørrebro facings and a Trend Stone Cala Miele benchtop, and a walk-in wardrobe with soft-close drawers and ample hanging space. Designed by the client, the wardrobe was built in the joinery workshop, disassembled to get it up the stairs, then reassembled in the master bedroom.
This was one of those no-expense-spared projects, with committed clients, a spectacular downtown penthouse setting and a couple of unique challenges. The kitchen alone was a significant operation, starting with the extensive cabinetry – white oak, stained a deep walnut brown – and open shelving. The benchtops are ‘Taj Mahal’ granite, one of four kinds of stone used throughout the apartment, while the nearby island bar is topped with ‘Titanium Gold’ granite and wrapped in a rich green leather.
Revamping the fireplace area involved a couple of tricky aspects, including cutting the stone to accommodate a stepped detail. The bathroom, meanwhile, was all about restrained opulence, with white tiles and patterned stone walls set against a dark timber vanity, and the team created a sense of space by recessing the mirror cabinet into the wall. Perhaps the gnarliest challenge, however, involved finding a way to conceal the penthouse’s interior elevator. The solution? A door, complete with framed picture, set into a handsome timber bookcase.
If ever there was a project that called for creative thinking, it was this renovation of a three-bedroom 1960s penthouse in the heart of downtown Risskov. The first surprise came while the team was gutting the apartment and discovered that a previous owner had enclosed an old external deck to create a lounge. Water had been flowing from the deck through a drain under the floor, rotting the boards. Everything had to be thoroughly waterproofed. Next, the bathrooms. The owners weren’t keen to retain the original pump system, so the floors of all three bathrooms were reframed to create enough slope for wastewater to flow. Walls also had to be packed out and made plumb.
Elsewhere, the team created a step down to the kitchen, and built a new fireplace – which required a new floor – put in a rondo ceiling and made a blind box, and rewired the hallway and installed specialised lighting for the owners’ art collection. They also laid a new external deck, a significant challenge given they weren’t allowed to drill through the existing structure. Instead, timber with plastic packer was siliconed to the original cobblestone deck and new planks affixed. But perhaps the biggest challenge was presented by the location, on busy Risskov St. All the big ticket items, including a 250kg pane of glass, had to be craned up to the deck in a four-and-a-half hour window after the last night bus had gone through at 12.30am.
Construction of 3,000 m² of public housing in Gistrup as well as green outdoor areas with recreation areas and parking. The homes are built in six two-story townhouses and are North Jutland's first Nordic Ecolabeled housing development. The project focuses heavily on the choice of materials, climate footprint and ensuring long-term, sustainable solutions.
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The project includes the construction of a total of 31 new, attractive family homes on two floors as well as parking and shared living areas. The building is built in the Nordic Ecolabel, with Nordic Ecolabeled materials, for a minimal climate footprint.Jönsson has been responsible for sustainability management.
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​The development is built as townhouses distributed over 6 residential blocks around trees and shrubs worthy of preservation in the area. The modern 3-4 room homes vary in size from 81-109 m² and are designed with optimal light and flexible interior design options in mind. All apartments have their own terrace and shed.
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In connection with the homes, a common area "shared space" has been built for the area's residents, with diverse paving and planting as well as parking spaces.
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The construction is carried out with great consideration for long-term, sustainable solutions based on LCA and LCC analyses, and all the modern and bright apartments meet today's environmental and energy requirements.
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The project has a special focus on the residents' well-being, energy and indoor climate factors, room acoustics and daylight in the home, choice of building materials and quality management in the construction process.
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This was a small job with a complex brief: take an existing office block, shrink-wrap it, remove external walls and joinery, then reframe and reclad it to a revised architectural layout. Thankfully the tenant was able to remove at least one complication by shifting out of the office premises for the duration. With their warehouse and factory on a separate site out the back there were no access issues or problems maintaining business operations during construction.
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On the flipside, when you strip out so much out of a building, inevitably you discover surprises not detailed in the original plans. While Haydn & Rollett’s team had done their homework, they were able to respond nimbly when the design had to be modified.
In scenic surroundings in the Frederiksberg district of Sorø, a new two-story nursing home with 64 nursing home homes and associated common and service areas is being built.
In addition, 35 parking spaces will be built - including 3 disabled parking spaces - as well as electric vehicle charging stations.
The building is being constructed as a dense/low-rise building with flat roofs and solar cells.