2026
13
May
2026
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11:06
Europe/Copenhagen
Eight winners selected among hundreds of worldwide submissions in the Light of Tomorrow by VELUX competition, focused on shaping the future of architecture through daylight.
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2024
10
December
2024
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13:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group and Thylander enter a new partner agreement to accelerate the green transition of the Danish construction industry. With this agreement, Thylander is the first investor and developer in Denmark to work with the Living Places …
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26
November
2024
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09:36
Europe/Copenhagen
After testing Living Places Copenhagen for two months earlier this year, new data makes it is clear that there is a strong correlation between a high-quality indoor climate and human well-being.
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20
November
2024
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09:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group proudly announces that Living Places Copenhagen has won the prestigious Danish Design Award 2024.
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20
September
2024
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The first Living Places prototype outside of Denmark, the Smûk house, opens its doors in Dokkum, Friesland in the Netherlands. Her Majesty Queen Máxima visited the Smûk house as one of the first guests. The prototype is built by the Dutch house …
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11
September
2024
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19:49
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group is proud to announce that the projects ‘Solar Sinter’ by Anders Eugen Lund (Denmark), and ‘The Light Filter’ by Wan Zilin, Poon Gin Yong & Zang Jiayou (China), have been selected as the global winners of the International VELUX …
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29
August
2024
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11:30
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group and the Danish housebuilder, HusCompagniet, have signed a knowledge-based partner agreement on the Living Places concept to help move the Danish construction industry in a more sustainable direction. The agreement builds on the …
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08
August
2024
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
This summer people are living in the Living Places Copenhagen houses in the railroad district in Copenhagen as a part of real-life testing of the concept. The purpose is to monitor how the houses perform when people live in them and to gather indoor …
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21
June
2024
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
Since opening in 2023, the Living Places project has shown the building industry a more innovative approach to home construction that benefits both people and planet. Now, the recipe for the international award-winning project is available in a new …
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20
June
2024
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11:29
Europe/Copenhagen
The International VELUX Award jury selected ten regional winners from the 468 submitted projects, from 220 school of architecture around the world.The renowned jury comprised of Song Yehao (CN), Jenni Reuter (FI), Ewa Kurylowicz (PL) and Kent Holm …
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03
June
2024
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The Living Places Copenhagen project has been selected by the jury as the 2024 Architizer A+Awards winner in the Sustainable Private House category as well as the Popular Choice winner in the Architecture+Innovation category, voted by the public. …
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18
March
2024
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
Living Places Copenhagen, developed by the VELUX Group, EFFEKT architects, Artelia engineers, and Enemærke & Petersen contractors, has won the internationally renowned MIPIM Award 2024 in the category "Best Residential Project". This victory …
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31
January
2024
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09:34
Europe/Copenhagen
Living Places Copenhagen, developed by the VELUX Group, EFFEKT architects, Artelia engineers, and Enemærke & Petersen contractors, has been shortlisted for the internationally renowned MIPIM Awards 2024 in the category “Best Residential …
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2023
14
November
2023
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09:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The groundbreaking housing project, Living Places Copenhagen, wins two international architecture awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) thereby confirming the importance of the project on the international architecture scene.
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09
October
2023
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06:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group has entered a partner agreement with the Dutch house builder Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma on building more sustainable housing in the Northern part of the Netherlands. With this partner agreement, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma is the …
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15
September
2023
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
Thursday night, the VELUX Group was awarded EY’s Sustainability Award in the Innovation category at an event hosted by EY and the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, Denmark. The group received the prestigious award for Living Places – a …
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03
July
2023
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
As part of the VELUX Group’s commitment to accelerate sustainable development, expressed in the Group`s Sustainability strategy 2030, the group has taken the role of Impact Partner to the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in Copenhagen.
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14
April
2023
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group and partners open the doors to Living Places Copenhagen – seven prototypes that show how we can develop sustainable buildings with a three times lower CO2 footprint and a first-class indoor climate. Living Places concept holds the …
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27
February
2023
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13:00
Europe/Copenhagen
Today marks the beginning of the creation of one central location for future VELUX product innovation.
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2022
07
December
2022
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15:09
Europe/Copenhagen
The winning projects of the 2022 International VELUX Award were created by students from architecture schools in Poland and Iran.
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2021
15
December
2021
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11:55
Europe/Copenhagen
The 2021 edition of the Best Use of Natural Light Prize was revealed at the World Architecture Festival and the winner was presented by Programme Director Paul Finch from WAF and special advisor Tina Christensen from the VELUX Group. The prize was …
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17
November
2021
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13:17
Europe/Copenhagen
As a partner project for 2023, the first prototype of Living Places will be built in a partnership between EFFEKT architects, MOE Engineers, Enemaerke & Petersen contractors and the VELUX Group.
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03
September
2021
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10:05
Europe/Copenhagen
VELUX Group invites students of architecture all over the world to participate in the International VELUX Award under the theme ‘Light of Tomorrow’.
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24
June
2021
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12:53
Europe/Copenhagen
The winning projects of the 2020 International VELUX Award were created by students from architecture schools in Denmark and Poland.
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18
May
2021
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09:00
Europe/Copenhagen
Praksis Arkitekter won an architecture competition to transform an old timber warehouse at VELUX Group’s largest production site into a best-in-class centre for innovation.
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2020
15
September
2020
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08:00
Europe/Copenhagen
The esteemed international jury, comprising Odile Decq, Studio Odile Decq (FR), Nora Demeter, Demeter Design Studio (HU), Sebastian Adamo, Adamo-Faiden Architects (AR), Juri Troy, Juri Troy Architects (AT) and Martin Pors Jepsen from VELUX A/S …
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22
April
2020
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18:18
Europe/Copenhagen
More than 3,000 student teams from 783 schools of architecture around the globe registered for the award. The teams from 120 countries have until June 15 to finalise their daylight in architecture project submissions.
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2019
09
December
2019
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22:05
Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group is proud to announce that the transformation of the Smith Campus Center at Harvard University, by Hopkins Architects, London, is the global winner of the ‘Best Use of Natural Light’ prize. Sponsored by VELUX, the prize …
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04
December
2019
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07:07
Europe/Copenhagen
The ‘Step’ solution, the latest product in the range of VELUX Modular Skylight systems, won this year’s Archiproducts Design Award. In addition, VELUX won this year’s Architects’ Darling Award, plus also a prize for the …
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11
November
2019
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07:09
Europe/Copenhagen
We are proud to present the prestigious jury for the International VELUX Award 2020 for Students of Architecture. The jury consists of the internationally acclaimed architects Odile Decq (FR), Sebastián Adamo (AR), Nóra Demeter (US), …
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