Henning Larsen Hon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is well-known around the world for designing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House.
Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1952. Later, he studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teachers included Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon.
Larsen started a company named after him, Henning Larsen Architects (formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S). From 1968 to 1995, he taught architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he started the SKALA architecture gallery and a related journal, which operated until 1994.
Buildings
- 1968 Campus center in Dragvoll at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
- 1979 Danish embassy in Riyadh
- 1982–87 Commercial college and housing in Frederiksberg
- 1982–84 Foreign Affairs Department in Riyadh
- 1984–85 Gentofte library
- 1992 Møller Centre for Continuing Education at Churchill College, Cambridge
- 1997 Addition to Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
- 1995 Egebjerggård in Ballerup
- 1994–1999 Addition to Malmö City Library
- 1999 Main office of Nordea in Copenhagen
- 2004 Copenhagen Opera House
- 2004 IT University of Copenhagen
- 2007 Musikens Hus (The house of music) in Uppsala, Sweden
- 2004–2007 Roland Levinsky Building as part of Plymouth University, England
- 2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters in HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany
- 2008–2011 Harpa (Concert hall and conference center) in Reykjavík, Iceland
Distinctions
- 1965: Eckersberg Medal
- 1981: Norwegian Concrete Award for Excellent Building, received for the Dragvoll complex in Trondheim
- 1985: Became an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects
- 1985: C.F. Hansen Medal
- 1986: Prince Eugen Medal
- 1987: Daylight and Building Component Award
- 1987: Nykredit Architecture Prize
- 1987: International Design Award from the United Kingdom
- 1989: Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh
- 1991: Became an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- 1997: Kasper Salin Prize from Sweden
- 1999: Dreyer Honorary Award
- 2001: Stockholm Award
- 2012: Praemium Imperiale