Arkitema Architects

Arkitema – People in Architecture
Buildings shape us, and we shape them. As we see it, buildings are much more than just machines to live in; they are living organisms which help to promote human activity.

Building Sustainable
Arkitema believes in sustainability. And not just as a slogan called forth by the media and circumstances. We have worked with sustainability as a central dogma ever since the foundation of the practice back in 1969, and we continue to develop and learn within this area. Today, we have no problem designing buildings that are both competitive AND sustainable – our goal is for the two concepts to form a synthesis in the future, when sustainability will be an essential element in all architectural work. We call it "Building Sustainable".

Building Customized
We believe that the best architecture is created by involving the architecture's users. Not by just asking them to passively contribute to a questionnaire survey, but by observing their behaviour and the needs they reveal in their daily routine – and then, via our aesthetic and anthropological processes, offering a solution which solves problems of which the users were barely aware. We call it "Building Customized".

Building Smart
Arkitema believes in technological progress, and feels that the major paradigm shift which has been enabled by 3D project planning is comparable to the revolution brought about by the invention of spatial perspective in the 15th century. We actively cultivate innovation as a key element in all our projects, and we expect that technological progress in construction, together with globalisation, will create entirely new building types in the 21st century – building types that we are looking forward to designing. We call it "Building Smart".
Interdisciplinary horizon

We apply our concrete professionalism and evidence-based design within the areas of construction, health, planning and landscaping, product design and interiors, innovation and process management, education and restoration/renovation. To cover these areas, we have established nine different departments: Arkitema Housing, Arkitema Leisure, Arkitema Living, Arkitema Learning, Arkitema Health, Arkitema Design, Arkitema PreFab, Arkitema Innovation and Arkitema Planning. Through these areas of expertise, we embrace a very broad field and cover virtually all aspects of architecture. Arkitema builds upon an interdisciplinary horizon; a horizon that is activated and set in motion every time we begin a new project.

At Arkitema, we believe that the architecture of the future must be created as a combination of many different skills – architectural, sociological, anthropological, engineering, etc. – not by a single genius with assistants. We aim to reinvent the architect with both aesthetic and social awareness – an architect who designs for the people who will inhabit the architecture.

Our goal is to create value for our customers, for the users and for society as a whole.

Unique architecture
In brief: we create unique architecture. Because we have wide experience of user consultation. Because we have the latest techniques in sustainable construction at our disposal. Because we employ 3D technology. Because we are an architectural practice that encompasses every aspect of architecture with a host of talented and visionary employees and because we have a large landscape and design department at our disposal. Because we are locally based in Aarhus and Copenhagen, respectively, and globally based in Stockholm. Because we secure a professional, stable and innovative process during drafting and project planning. Because we have broad experience in financial project management, and because we are inquisitive, innovative, experienced and possess a great ability to empathise.

With 275 employees, Arkitema is one of Denmark's largest architectural practices.