Education
Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952.
Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. He continued studies subsequently at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His mentors included Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon.
Larsen founded an architectural firm that bears his name, Henning Larsen Architects (formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/South). From 1968 to 1995, he was a professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1985, he established the SKALA architecture gallery and the parallel SKALA architecture journal, both entities of which continued until 1994. 1968 The campus center in Dragvoll at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
1979 The Danish embassy, Riyadh
1982-1987 Commercial college and residences, Frederiksberg
1982-1984 Ministry of foreign affairs, Riyadh
1984-1985 Gentofte library
1992 The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, Churchill College, Cambridge
1997 Extension of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
1995 Egebjerggård, Ballerup
1994–1999 Extension of Malmö City Library
1999 Head office of Nordea, Copenhagen
2004 Copenhagen Opera House
2004 Information Technology University of Copenhagen
2007 Musikens hus (The house of music), Uppsala, Sweden
2004–2007 The Roland Levinsky Building as part of the Plymouth University, England
2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany
2008-2011 Harpa (Concert hall and conference center), Reykjavík, Iceland
1965 Eckersberg Medal
1985 Chaplain to the Forces Hansen Medal
1986 Prince Eugen Medal
1987 The Daylight and Building Component Award
1987 Nykr Architecture Prize
1987 International Design Award, United Kingdom
1989 Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh
1997 Kasper Salin Prize, Sweden
1999 Dreyer Homorary Award
2001 Stockholm Award
2012 Praemium Imperiale.
1985 Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects
1991 Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.