Ingvartsen Architects

Ingvartsen Arkitekter is a Copenhagen practice founded in 1978 by Marianne Ingvartsen. In 1998 the studio became a limited company and its ownership widened to the architects Peter Balzer and Jakob Knudsen; today it is owned and led by Jakob Knudsen, is a member of Danske Ark and works from Nørre Søgade in Copenhagen.

The firm takes on design, building, planning and client consultancy across new-build, renovation of older buildings and interior fit-out, and says it values a close, continuous dialogue with the client. Its portfolio ranges from housing, schools and campuses such as KEA to the restoration of churches including Vor Frue Kirke and Helligåndskirken, and to administration buildings for Statoil’s Danish refinery; research into healthy housing in tropical zones runs alongside through the Magoda project and Star Homes in Tanzania.