Søren Pihlmann

pihlmann is a Copenhagen-based architecture practice led by Søren Pihlmann, exploring architecture through a site-derived approach built on what already exists. Every site is read as a set of material configurations, where selective dismantling, preservation and reconfiguration expose latent potential in the overproduced and underestimated.

Rather than imposing form, the studio lets architecture emerge from the behaviour of material capacities and structural logics, keeping frictions, irregularities and tolerances legible so that matter stays interchangeable. Projects include Thoravej 29, shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2026, the Saari Residence and Build of Site in the Danish Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2025, documented in the book Making Matter What Too Often Does Not Matter.