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KIRKBI, CEBRA, and NIRAS receive award for the best Danish construction collaboration

20 March 2026

The team receives the Collaboration Award 2026 for the outstanding ongoing collaboration on the Innovation Campus in Billund, Denmark.

And the CEBRA award 2026 goes to…

30 January 2026

New architect Constance Belling, a fresh graduate of Aarhus School of Architecture, receives the CEBRA award for her ambitious graduate project, ‘Wet Rehearsals & Tidal Futures’.

Vote: KIRKBI, CEBRA, and NIRAS are finalists for the best Danish construction collaboration

21 January 2026

The team has reached the final for the outstanding ongoing collaboration on the Innovation Campus in Billund, Denmark. The public voting for the award ‘Byggeriets Samarbejdspris 2026’ is open until 28 January.

CEBRA joins forces with Lemay

28 August 2025

The merger opens new global opportunities within an ecosystem of design practices led by Lemay. Both studios will continue to operate under their own identities and management with an expanded partnership and network.

CEBRA appoints Stefan Rask Nors as Associate Partner

15 August 2025

With a proven track record in steering complex projects from design to delivery, Stefan joins the four Associate Partners in the company’s management team.

And the CEBRA award 2025 goes to…

27 June 2025

New architect Simone Gadegaard Andersen, a fresh graduate of Aarhus School of Architecture, receives the CEBRA award for her ambitious graduate project, ‘Haptic Gestures, Spatial Traces’.

CEBRA projects win gold and silver at the WAN Awards

27 April 2025

Al Musalla earns Gold in the ‘Public Realm – Over 10,000’ category, with the Al Hosn master plan receiving Silver in the ‘Publicly Accessible Buildings – Over 10,000’ category at this year’s WAN Awards.

University of Toronto Scarborough inaugurates the new Sam Ibrahim Building

7 April 2025

UTSC and major gift donor, Sam Ibrahim, President of Arrow Group of Companies, have officially inaugurated the Sam Ibrahim Building. Envisioned by lead design architect CEBRA and lead architect ZAS, the 19,300 m² building establishes a sensory-forward, inclusive learning landscape that extends learning beyond the classrooms.

Voting: Two CEBRA projects nominated for ArchDaily’s 2025 Building of the Year Awards

4 February 2025

Malling Dampmølle and the Danish Crown HQ compete for the Building of the Year Awards based on popular choice. Public voting has begun and will end on February 12.

CEBRA strengthens adaptive reuse efforts: “It’s an exciting design opportunity"

19 December 2024

Adaptive reuse and preservation play a crucial role in the green transition of the construction industry. Alongside projects like Willemoesgade in Denmark, Stina Jensen has become an integral part of the CEBRA team as Head of Transformation and Conservation. This addition reinforces the studio’s extensive experience and strategic focus on adaptive reuse projects.

MiniCO₂ CONCRETE reuses concrete from demolished 1960s modernist social housing

10 December 2024

Reused concrete from Gellerupparken in Aarhus finds new life in Fredericia in the Danish apartment building project. Besides reuse, the project features innovative ways to use new concrete to lower its climate impact to below 5 kg CO₂eq/m²/year in a Danish comparative case building project.

630+ firms back the Reduction Roadmap: “Align climate science and Danish building legislation to comply with the Paris Agreement"

13 November 2024

CEBRA, EFFEKT and Artelia have collected the Danish building industry to back climate science. We must halve CO₂ emission standards for new buildings by 2025 to mirror the Paris Agreement limits, they say in an appeal to lawmakers. The movement is based on calculations from the expanded Reduction Roadmap 2.0, which now encompasses over 90% of new construction in Denmark.

Malling Dampmølle shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2024

7 October 2024

Malling Dampmølle has been shortlisted as one of the world’s best housing designs.

Two CEBRA projects win the Popular Choice at the Architizer A+Awards

3 June 2024

The housing community Malling Dampmølle and Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre have won the public voting in two different categories at this year’s Architizer A+Awards.

New ICT Manager to strengthen the detail design team at CEBRA

24 April 2024

Since March, Mette Bregnballe Kristensen has taken on new tasks and projects in the cross-disciplinary detail design teams at CEBRA as ICT Manager.

The district plan for Stage 2 of Nye is now effective

26 March 2024

Aarhus Municipality has approved the second stage of the suburb Nye located just outside of Aarhus. Last week, the district plan for Stage 2 took effect, paving the way for more milestones in the highly ambitious and forward-thinking urban development project.

CEBRA and Søren Jensen to develop the concrete-based ‘MiniCO₂’

1 February 2024

How to build a concrete apartment building with the lowest possible CO₂ footprint without compromising on quality and perceived value? Realdania By & Byg has named CEBRA and Søren Jensen to design and develop the 'MiniCO₂ Etagehus BETON' and showcase the role of concrete in low-carbon construction.

The Reduction Roadmap 2.0 receives the Lille Arne 2024

26 January 2024

CEBRA, Artelia Denmark, and EFFEKT have received the Lille Arne 2024 from the Danish Association of Architects for our work with the Reduction Roadmap and its transition from project to industry movement.

New Senior Business Development Manager at CEBRA

15 January 2024

We are thrilled to welcome architect Anja Nørgård to the CEBRA team as Senior Business Development Manager.