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What’s on our drawing board? Here’s the latest on our global projects and the thinking behind them
LEDIG STILLING: URBAN DESIGNER 07.2026
Vi søger en urban designer til vores tegnestue i København. Stillingen er fuldtid og tidsbegrænset til seks måneder med mulighed for forlængelse. Løn efter overenskomst. Deadline for ansøgning er mandag den 10. august 2026 kl. 12.00. Se, hvordan du søger her.
GEHL AND GEMZØE RESEARCH COLLABORATION 05.2026
Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzøe, and Louise Grassov are repeating the study ”Public spaces – Public life” from 1996 with support from the philanthropic association Realdania. The study is academically anchored at Aarhus School of Architecture and carried out in collaboration with Copenhagen Municipality. See all collaborators here.
HOVEDVAGTSGADE, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 05.2026
We have drawn up an analysis for the street Hovedvagtsgade in Copenhagen’s medieval city centre. Working closely with the municipality, we have explored how this central street can be transformed into a greener, more people-focused urban space with new seating areas, street trees, and spaces for outdoor dining.
QUEEN’S QUAY KIOSK IN AJ, BELFAST 04.2026
We have advised the Maritime Belfast Trust on the site planning and placement of the Queen’s Quay Kiosk in Belfast that the Architects Journal has reported on. The kiosk by MMAS & OGU Architects is placed strategically across from the Grey to Green landscape by Paul Horgath Company. Read the AJ article here.
BELFAST WATERFRONT DESIGN PANEL 04.2026
Partner Oliver Schulze is on the Belfast Waterfront Design Panel. The panel plays an important role in shaping the waterfront by reviewing future developments. Assembling a design panel was one of the recommendations in the Waterfront Promenade Framework that Schulze+Grassov delivered in 2023. See more.
LIGHTING AWARD NOMINEE, BERLIN 04.2026
Potsdamer Platz is nominated for The German Lighting Design Prize 2026. Bartenbach, Schulze+Grassov, and Behnisch Architekten with Stefan Wallmann Landschafts- architekten BDLA designed the bespoke luminaires, masts and suspension systems to reduce energy consumption and pressure on the natural urban environment.
JAN GEHL AND LOUISE GRASSOV ON THE ROAD 03.2026
Jan and Louise are on the road again, visiting Stratford-upon-Avon in England, UK. By invitation from The Royal Shakespeare Company together with John McAslan we talk about cities for people and what it takes to transform and improve the public realm of a town like Stratford-upon-Avon – the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
UK GOVERNMENT PROPOSES NEW TOWNS 03.2026
We are proud that Victoria North in Manchester and Thamesmead in London are proposed as new towns by the UK Government. Schulze+Grassov has contributed to three masterplans in those two locations. Seven locations have been named in total, which makes this housebuilding programme the most ambitioius in half a century.
EVENT: RSUA CONFERENCE, BELFAST, NI UK 03.2026
Join the conference Architecture 2026: Home Truths on September 3rd. Partner Oliver Schulze will deliver the keynote address to RSUA – the organisation for chartered architects in Northern Ireland. He will reflect on why “How shall we live?” is a much more important question than “What shall we build?”. Get your ticket.
MASTERPLAN FOR HVIDOVRE, DENMARK 12.2025
We are proud to have been selected as lead consultant for a new masterplan in Hvidovre, Denmark. Together with Substrata and Artelia we will help Hvidovre Municipality transform the area south of Høvedstensvej. We look forward to developing the plan in the new year. Read more about the exciting project here.
OPINION ON THE NEWS SITE BYRUMMONITOR 12.2025
In an op-ed published in Denmark’s main news site on City Development, Byrummonitor, Louise Grassov and City Architect of Kolding Municipality, Michael Pagaard Madsen, argue that adopting an “Arkitekturpolitik” (Architectural Design Code) is only the first step towards changing local building and refurbishment practice for the better.
DANISH MINISTER RECOMMENDS OUR WORK 11.2025
We are honoured to see the Minister for Culture of Denmark recommend our work. When the minister launched the new national “Arkitekturpolitik” (Architectural Design Code) in a letter to all elected mayors in Denmark, he highlighted our “Arkitekturpolitik” for Kolding Municipality as a great example. Read more.
INTERACTIVE BUILDING SITE 02.2020
Schulze+Grassov and Enemærke & Petersen have joined forces to develop an "Interactive Building Site" to address the biggest challenges experienced by local communities as developers execute major urban development projects. The project deploys our bespoke public life simulation platform and uses VR technology to give stakeholders access to an interactive world generated with input from experienced E&P building site managers. The work is funded by Realdania and the platform will help in the dialogue between the contractor and local communities in new projects.
KOLDING STEPS UP 12.2019
The City of Kolding is part of the Trekantsområdet of Denmark, the Triangle Region. In this industrial and commercial powerhouse of the Danish economy an entire region collaborates as a network of successful towns and cities, surrounded by beautiful landscape. We have been selected by the City of Kolding to help it become a more attractive urban destination in the region, strengthening the community of existing businesses and shops and improving the quality of buildings and open spaces in the city centre and surrounding districts.
Watch final presentation here
Watch final presentation here
ANDREA DYNNES AND JEPPE JENSEN +2 12.2019
To round off the academic training our graduates received at Danish universities, we sponsor them to take the "Plus 2" professional education programme run by the Danish Union of Architects and Designers. In the 2-year course they are paired with an experienced mentor in our office to reflect on their work in practice and they study part-time in groups to learn about professional practice. The education concludes with an exam similar to the RIBA Part 3 and the AIA professional accreditation examinations.
VISION FOR TORONTO 10.2019
The relocation of Bombardier from the Toronto Downsview area creates North America's largest urban regeneration opportunity on a site of over 300 ha within ten minutes transit of Downtown Toronto. In a fiercely competitive field we were selected into the final four competing teams with our long-time collaborators of Behnisch Architekten, Transsolar and Martha Schwartz and Partners. We were the responsible urban designers for the masterplan that focused on creating an ecosystem of networked employment sites to underpin mixed-use urban development with a fully climate-adapted public realm.
TRANSFORMING INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 09.2019
The Siemensstadt in Berlin is a city district built from 1899 onwards as the headquarters for Siemens. Complete with workplaces, housing and infrastructure, the growing district attracted many workers to one of Germany's industrial powerhouses. Schulze+Grassov were chosen as urban designers to compete for a complete reinvention of the district as a modern Siemensstadt 2.0 in the years to come. Working with our friends at Dietrich Untertrifaller, Studio Dreiseitel and Mobility-in-Chain, we trained algorithms to visualise the potential that employment and R&D land uses have to create a lively city.
CITY OF SOUND 08.2019
Struer is the City of Sound, the home to Danish company Bang & Olufsen. As the commercial harbour serving the agricultural hinterland is restructuring, a major opportunity has arisen to grow the city structure into the harbor area, right adjacent to the city centre. Here, the city will create new public destinations, workplaces and homes in a very privileged location. Our development plan proposal focussed on a city district with opportunities and invitations for people of all ages.
DESIGN GUIDE FOR KOLDING 08.2019
As part of our work for The City of Kolding we’ve developed a design guide for ground floor tenants. The guide will strengthen the perceived stewardship of public spaces and the overall experience of the inner city. It provides a range of suggestions on how to create a more positive, inviting and animated environment on the ground floor, including building edges and the adjacent public space. The guide has been issued to all business and shop owners in the city centre who have welcomed it. Only a few months later, we’re already seeing the positive effects.
WITH DORTE MANDRUP IN NÜRNBERG 07.2019
For some time we have been looking out for a good opportunity to work with the team of Dorte Mandrup to explore collaboration. What better opportunity than to take our joint Danish team to Oliver's fatherland to bring Scandinavian sensibility to a post-war building icon sitting adjacent to the historic medieval structure of the Nürnberg city wall. Our project connects building and open space with a focus on improving pedestrian connectivity and natural urban habitat in this iconic location.
NEW BICYCLE BRIDGE 07.2019
Close to Louise's home in Valby big things are happening. The local train station has been transformed into a multi-modal hub that will become Denmark's fifth biggest transport hub. Metro, S-Train, Letbane, Øresund and national rail trains will all stop here. Many new buildings are being constructed already in this new emerging urban hub. We have drawn plans for a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will span several lines to improve accessibility across rail infrastructure.
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