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	The Great Belt Bridge
Practice information
Key architects	Steen S. Trojaborg; Poul Ove Jensen; Daniel V. Hayden
Partners	Steen S. Trojaborg; Daniel V. Hayden
Gegründet	1971
Standort	Copenhagen
Significant works and honors
Buildings	Danish National Bank ; DR Television Headquarter; National Bank of Iraq

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Dissing+Weitling is an architecture and design practice in Copenhagen, Denmark. The founders and namesakes Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling founded the firm upon the death of Arne Jacobsen as a continuation of his office where both had been key employees.^[1]

Dissing+Weitling is particularly notable for the design of a great number of bridges around the world, ranging from small pedestrian and bicycle bridges to some of the longest bridges in the world, including the Danish Great Belt, Øresund Bridge and Osman Gazi Bridge.

History

Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling were key employees at Arne Jacobsen's office and they founded Dissing+Weitling in 1971 upon his death to continue and complete his unfinished projects. These included a city hall in Mainz, Germany, which was also extended by Dissing+Weitling in 2008, a holiday resort on the north German island of Fehmarn, the Danish Embassy in London. In 1972, the firm won competitions for the IBM Centre in Hamburg and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, establishing the firm's name in its own right. Hans Dissing died in 1998, and Otto Weitling retired from the firm in 2002. Key architects and partners of the past were: Dieter Fremerey, Erik P. Handschuh, Poul Ove Jensen, Pouli H. Møller, Bodil A. Schaltz, Reinhard Schmidt-Petersen, Reinhard Tölke, Teit Weylandt, and Stig Mikkelsen. Current partners are: Steen S. Trojaborg, and Daniel V. Hayden.

Selected Projects

Buildings

Mainz City Hall (1971)
K20 Art Gallery

Mainz City Hall (Rathaus), Mainz, Germany (completed 1971)
Danish National Bank, Copenhagen, DK (completed 1971)
IBM Centre, Hamburg, Germany (completed 1974)
Castrop-Rauxel Forum & Town Hall (Forum & Rathaus), Castrop-Rauxel, Germany (completed 1976)
Danish Embassy, London, UK (completed 1977)
Central Bank of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq (completed 1985)^[2]
K20 Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (completed 1986)
Sonofon Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 1998)
Parliament of Denmark renovation and interior design, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2004)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek renovation, Copenhagen, Denmark
DR Television Headquarter, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2006)
Faculty Library, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2008)
Crowne Plaza, Copenhagen, Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2009)
Rambøll Headquarters, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark (completion 2010)
Royal Golf Center, Ørestad (completion 2011)
ECCO Hotel and conference building, Tønder, Denmark (completion 2012)

Bridges

Great Belt Bridge, Funen/Zealand, DK (completed 1998)
Mittellandkanal Bridges, Hannover, Germany (completed 1999)
Øresund Bridge, Denmark/Sweden (Competition winner. The project completed in 2000 is not their winning design scheme)
Nelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg, South Africa (completed 2003)
University Bridge, Malmö, Sweden (completed 2004)
Bryggebroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2006)
Munksjön Bridge, Jönköping, Sweden (completed 2007)
Stonecutter's Bridge, Hong Kong (Competition winner. Detail design by Arup. Completed in 2009)
Åbroen, Copenhagen, DK (completed 2008)
Tradeston Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland (completed 2009)
ADNEC Bridge, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sitra Interchange, Sitra, Bahrain
Pirbrua over Nidelva, Trondheim, Norway
Constantine Bridge, Wilaya de Constantine, Algeria (inaugurated on 05.07.2014)
Osman Gazi Bridge in Turkey, a 2,682 m (8,799 ft) long road bridge with 1,550 m (5,090 ft) longest span^[3] (completion 2010-2017).
Queensferry Crossing, Scotland (completed 2017)^[1]
New Gerald Desmond Bridge, California, USA (completed 2020)
Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, Metro Cebu, Philippines (inaugurated on 2022-04-27)

Under construction

Botniabanen Bridges, Nyeland-Umeå, Sweden
Qatar-Lusail bridge, Lusail, Qatar (competition win 2007)^[4]
Msikaba Bridge (2018-present), South Africa

Competitions won

Neue Alte Nahebrücke, Bad Kreuznach, Germany (competition won 2010)^[5] The bridge was not built. Due to financial constraints the existing bridge 1956 bridge was restored.^[6]^[7]

Awards

1999 Nykredit Architecture Prize
2015 WAN Transport Award for The Bicycle Snake^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Dissing + Weitling Architects, Denmark". e-architect. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "Central Bank of Iraq". Archnet. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
^ "Izmit Bay bridge". Dissing+Weitling architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
^ "Cowi og Dissing+Weitling i norsk samarbejde". Building Supply. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ Bad Kreuznach Bridge on Dissing+Weitling website. Retrieved 24 June 2018
^ Historie – Die Alte Nahebrücke, 29 April 2015, in Kreuznachernachrichten.de. Retrieved 24 June 2018
^ Gierse, Thomas (19 October 2015) Die Alte Nahebrücke steht auf neuen Beinen Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine in hanz-online.de. Retrieved 24 June 2018
^ "Simple. Elegant. Joyous". World Architecture News (in Danish). Retrieved 13 March 2015.

External links

Official Dissing+Weitling website

[e-architect-1] "Dissing + Weitling Architects, Denmark". e-architect. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

[2] "Central Bank of Iraq". Archnet. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[3] "Izmit Bay bridge". Dissing+Weitling architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-03-31.

[4] "Cowi og Dissing+Weitling i norsk samarbejde". Building Supply. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

[5] Bad Kreuznach Bridge on Dissing+Weitling website. Retrieved 24 June 2018

[6] Historie – Die Alte Nahebrücke, 29 April 2015, in Kreuznachernachrichten.de. Retrieved 24 June 2018

[7] Gierse, Thomas (19 October 2015) Die Alte Nahebrücke steht auf neuen Beinen Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine in hanz-online.de. Retrieved 24 June 2018

[8] "Simple. Elegant. Joyous". World Architecture News (in Danish). Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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 '''Dissing+Weitling''' is an architecture and design practice in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. The founders and namesakes Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling founded the firm upon the death of [[Arne Jacobsen]] as a continuation of his office where both had been key employees.<ref name="e-architect">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/dissing_weitling.htm|title=Dissing + Weitling Architects, Denmark|publisher=e-architect|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
-Dissing+Weitling is particularly notable for the design of a great number of bridges around the world, ranging from small pedestrian and bicycle bridges to some of the longest bridges in the world, including the Danish [[Great Belt Bridge|Great Belt]] and [[Øresund Bridge]]s.
+Dissing+Weitling is particularly notable for the design of a great number of bridges around the world, ranging from small pedestrian and bicycle bridges to some of the longest bridges in the world, including the Danish [[Great Belt Bridge|Great Belt]], [[Øresund Bridge]] and [[Osman Gazi Bridge]].
 ==History==
-Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling were key employees at [[Arne Jacobsen]]'s office and they founded Dissing+Weitling in 1971 upon his death to continue and complete his unfinished projects. These included a [[city hall]] in [[Mainz]], [[Germany]], which has been extended also by Dissing+Weitling in 2008, a holiday resort on the north German island of [[Fehmarn]], the [[Embassy of Denmark in London|Danish Embasssy]] in [[London]].  In 1972, the firm won competitions for the [[IBM]] Centre in [[Hamburg]] and the [[Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen]] in [[Düsseldorf]], establishing the firm's name in its own right. Hans Dissing died in 1998 and Otto Weitling retired from the firm in 2002. Key architects and partners of the past were: Dieter Fremerey, Erik P. Handschuh, Poul Ove Jensen, Pouli H. Møller, Bodil A. Schaltz, Reihnard Schmidt-Petersen, Reinhard Tölke, Teit Weylandt, Stig Mikkelsen.
+Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling were key employees at [[Arne Jacobsen]]'s office and they founded Dissing+Weitling in 1971 upon his death to continue and complete his unfinished projects. These included a [[city hall]] in [[Mainz]], [[Germany]], which was also extended by Dissing+Weitling in 2008, a holiday resort on the north German island of [[Fehmarn]], the [[Embassy of Denmark in London|Danish Embassy]] in [[London]].  In 1972, the firm won competitions for the [[IBM]] Centre in [[Hamburg]] and the [[Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen]] in [[Düsseldorf]], establishing the firm's name in its own right. Hans Dissing died in 1998, and Otto Weitling retired from the firm in 2002. Key architects and partners of the past were: Dieter Fremerey, Erik P. Handschuh, Poul Ove Jensen, Pouli H. Møller, Bodil A. Schaltz, Reinhard Schmidt-Petersen, Reinhard Tölke, Teit Weylandt, and Stig Mikkelsen.
-Current partners are: Steen S. Trojaborg, Daniel V. Hayden.
+Current partners are: Steen S. Trojaborg, and Daniel V. Hayden.
 ==Selected Projects==
 ===Buildings===
+<gallery mode="packed">
-[[File:Rathaus mainz1.jpg|thumb|Mainz City Hall (1971)]]
-[[File:Baghdad-bank-hires.jpg|thumb|Central Bank of Iraq (1985)]]
+File:Rathaus mainz1.jpg|Mainz City Hall (1971)
+File:K20 Duesseldorf.jpg|K20 Art Gallery
+</gallery>
 * Mainz City Hall (Rathaus), [[Mainz]], Germany (completed 1971)
 * [[Danmarks Nationalbank|Danish National Bank]], Copenhagen, DK (completed 1971)
 * [[IBM|IBM Centre]], [[Hamburg]], Germany (completed 1974)
+* Castrop-Rauxel Forum & Town Hall (Forum & Rathaus), [[Castrop-Rauxel]], Germany (completed 1976)
 * [[Embassy of Denmark in London|Danish Embassy]], [[London]], UK (completed 1977)
-* [[Central Bank of Iraq]], [[Baghdad]], Iraq (completed 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=838|title=Central Bank of Iraq|publisher=Archnet|accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref>
+* [[Central Bank of Iraq]], [[Baghdad]], Iraq (completed 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=838 |title=Central Bank of Iraq |publisher=Archnet |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619213826/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=838 |archivedate=2010-06-19 }}</ref>
 * [[Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen#K20|K20 Art Gallery]], [[Düsseldorf]], Germany (completed 1986)
 * [[Sonofon|Sonofon Headquarters]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark (completed 1998)
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 ===Bridges===
 [[File:Tradeston Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Tradeston Bridge]] (2009)]]
 * [[Great Belt Bridge]], [[Funen]]/[[Zealand]], DK (completed 1998)
 * Mittellandkanal Bridges, [[Hannover]], Germany (completed 1999)
 * [[Øresund Bridge]], Denmark/Sweden (Competition winner. The project completed in 2000 is not their winning design scheme)
 * [[Nelson Mandela Bridge]], [[Johannesburg]], South Africa (completed 2003)
-* [[University Bridge]], [[Malmö]], Sweden (completed 2004)
+* [[University Bridge, Malmö|University Bridge]], [[Malmö]], Sweden (completed 2004)
 * [[Bryggebroen]], Copenhagen, DK (completed 2006)
-* Munksjön Bridge, [[Jönköping]], Sweden (completed 2007)
+* [[:sv:Munksjöbron|Munksjön Bridge]], [[Jönköping]], Sweden (completed 2007)
-* [[Stonecutter's Bridge]] [[Hong Kong]], [[China]] (Competition winner. Detail design by Arup. Completed in 2009)
+* [[Stonecutter's Bridge]], [[Hong Kong]] (Competition winner. Detail design by Arup. Completed in 2009)
 * [[Åbroen]], Copenhagen, DK (completed 2008)
 * [[Tradeston Bridge]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] (completed 2009)
-* [[ADNEC Bridge]], [[Abu Dabi]], UAE
+* [[ADNEC Bridge]], [[Abu Dhabi]], UAE
 * Sitra Interchange, Sitra, [[Bahrain]]
 * Pirbrua over Nidelva, [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]]
+* [[Constantine Bridge]], [[Wilaya de Constantine]], [[Algeria]] (inaugurated on 05.07.2014)
+* [[Osman Gazi Bridge]] in [[Turkey]], a {{convert|2682|m|ft|abbr=on}} long road bridge with {{convert|1550|m|ft|abbr=on}} longest span<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.dk/uk/projects/izmit-bay-bridge |publisher=Dissing+Weitling architecture |title=Izmit Bay bridge |accessdate=2013-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002030824/http://www.dw.dk/uk/projects/izmit-bay-bridge |archivedate=2013-10-02 }}</ref> (completion 2010-2017).
+* [[Queensferry Crossing]], Scotland (completed 2017)<ref name="e-architect"/>
+* [[Gerald Desmond Bridge (2020-present)|New Gerald Desmond Bridge]], [[California]], USA (completed 2020)
+* [[Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway]], [[Metro Cebu]], Philippines (inaugurated on 2022-04-27)
 ;Under construction
-* [[Old Nahe bridge]], [[Bad Kreuznach]], [[Germany]] (completion expected by 2012)
-* [[Constantine Bridge]], [[Wilaya de Constantine]], [[Algeria]] (completion expected by 2012)
 * Botniabanen Bridges, Nyeland-[[Umeå]], Sweden
-* [[Strait of Messina Bridge]], [[Italy]]
 * [[Qatar-Lusail bridge]], Lusail, [[Qatar]] (competition win 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.building-supply.dk/portal-b2b/article/view.html?id=12859|title=Cowi og Dissing+Weitling i norsk samarbejde|publisher=Building Supply|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
+* [[Msikaba Bridge]] (2018-present), South Africa
-* [[Gerald Desmond Bridge|New Gerald Desmond Bridge]], [[California]], USA (completion 2016)
-* [[Queensferry Crossing]], Scotland (competition win 2008, completion 2011-2016)<ref name="e-architect"/>
+;Competitions won
-* [[İzmit Bay Bridge]] in [[Turkey]], a {{convert|2682|m|ft|abbr=on}} long road bridge with {{convert|1550|m|ft|abbr=on}} longest span<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.dk/uk/projects/izmit-bay-bridge |publisher=Dissing+Weitling architecture |title=Izmit Bay bridge |accessdate=2013-03-31 }}</ref> (completion 2010-2017).
+* Neue [[Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach)|Alte Nahebrücke]], [[Bad Kreuznach]], Germany (competition won 2010)<ref>[http://www.dw.dk/bad-kreuznach-bridge/ Bad Kreuznach Bridge] on [http://www.dw.dk/ Dissing+Weitling website]. Retrieved 24 June 2018</ref> The bridge was not built. Due to financial constraints the existing bridge 1956 bridge was restored.<ref>[http://www.kreuznachernachrichten.de/2015/04/29/29-04-15-geschichtshappchen-um-die-alte-nahebrucke/ Historie – Die Alte Nahebrücke], 29 April 2015, in [http://www.Kreuznachernachrichten.de Kreuznachernachrichten.de]. Retrieved 24 June 2018</ref><ref>Gierse, Thomas (19 October 2015) [http://www.hanz-online.de/de/noname_001/bautagebuch_brueckensanierung/die-alte-nahebr%C3%BCcke-steht-auf-neuen-beinen_ifxn0krl.html?&highlight=1&keys=tragger%C3%BCst&lang=1 Die Alte Nahebrücke steht auf neuen Beinen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175535/http://www.hanz-online.de/de/noname_001/bautagebuch_brueckensanierung/die-alte-nahebr%C3%BCcke-steht-auf-neuen-beinen_ifxn0krl.html?&highlight=1&keys=tragger%C3%BCst&lang=1 |date=2018-06-24 }} in [http://www.hanz-online.de hanz-online.de]. Retrieved 24 June 2018</ref>
 ==Awards==
 * [[Nykredit Architecture Prize|1999 Nykredit Architecture Prize]]
+* 2015 WAN Transport Award for ''The Bicycle Snake''<ref>{{cite web|title=Simple. Elegant. Joyous.|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2014/25059/wan-awards/2014-wan-transport-award-winner.html?q=Copenhagen|website=World Architecture News|accessdate=13 March 2015|language=Danish}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+{{Commons category|Dissing and Weitling}}
+*[http://www.dw.dk/ Official '''Dissing+Weitling''' website]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:DissingWeitling}}
 [[Category:Architecture firms of Denmark]]
 [[Category:Bridge architects]]
-[[Category:Modernist architecture in Scandinavia]]
+[[Category:Danish companies established in 1971]]
 [[Category:Architecture firms based in Copenhagen]]
-[[Category:Winners of the Nykredit Architecture Prize]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality]]
-[[Category:Companies established in 1971]]
+[[Category:Design companies established in 1971]]
-[[Category:Creators of works in the Danish Culture Canon]]
+[[Category:1971 establishments in Denmark]]
+[[Category:Modernist architecture in Denmark]]