The Royal Danish Playhouse ( Danish : Skuespilhuset ) is a theatre building for the Royal Danish Theatre in central Copenhagen , Denmark . It is situated on the waterfront of the Inner Harbour in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood. It was created as a purpose-built venue for dramatic theatre , supplementing the theatre's old venue from 1874 on Kongens Nytorv and the 2004 Copenhagen Opera House , which are used for ballet and opera .
4-483: The Royal Playhouse is designed by the Danish architectural practice Lundgaard & Tranberg and received a RIBA European Award in 2008 for its architecture as well as a Red dot design award for the design of the chairs. Since the 1880s Copenhagen city started the discussion of building a new Royal Playhouse for the latest trend in acting, where focus was on the more natural and intimate drama speaking works as opposed to
8-513: Is a Danish architectural firm, based in Copenhagen , Denmark . Lundgaard & Tranberg was founded in 1985 by Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg. In the 1990s, the firm gained a reputation as designers of heat & power plant and other technical facilities, while its breakthrough in the general public came in the mid-2000s with the Charlottehaven residential project from 2004 and particularly
12-440: The popular recital theater of the time. The theatre is designed by the Danish architectural practice Lundgaard & Tranberg . It is built in a long, slim, deep-brown brick that was specially developed for the project. The exterior is dominated by a continuous glass-encased top story with offices and back-stage facilities for the actors. Above the glass band is the dark copper-clad cube of the stage tower. The glazed foyer facing
16-486: The water runs along the entire length of the building. It affords panoramic views of the harbour and contains a restaurant and a cafë. With about 40 per cent of the building projecting over the water, the waterfront promenade pivots around the playhouse, diverting pedestrians onto a raised 150 metre long walkway layered with rustic oak planks placed on Venetian-style crooked columns creating a floating feel. Lundgaard %26 Tranberg Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
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