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| Born | (1925-08-20)20 August 1925 Opsund, Denmark |
| Died | 22 June 2013(2013-06-22) (aged 87) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Alma mater | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale |
| Practice | Henning Larsen Architects |
| Buildings | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia) |
Henning LarsenHon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect.[1] He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building inRiyadh and theCopenhagen Opera House.
Larsen studied at theRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952.[2] He continued studies subsequently at theArchitectural Association School of Architecture and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] His mentors includedArne Jacobsen andJørn Utzon.[4]
Larsen founded an architectural firm that bears his name,Henning Larsen Architects (formerly Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S). 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.[3]
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