Henning Larsen, Hon. FAIA (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. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952. 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/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. Buildings 1968 The campus center in Dragvoll at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 1979 The Danish embassy, Riyadh 1982–87 Commercial college and residences, Frederiksberg 1982–84 Ministry of foreign affairs, Riyadh 1984–85 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 IT University of Copenhagen 2007 Musikens Hus (The house of music), Uppsala, Sweden 2004–2007 The Roland Levinsky Building as part of Plymouth University, England 2008–2011 Der Spiegel headquarters, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany 2008-2011 Harpa (Concert hall and conference center), Reykjavík, Iceland Distinctions 1965 Eckersberg Medal 1981 Norwegian Concrete Award for Excellent Building, for the Dragvoll complex in Trondheim 1985 Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects 1985 C.F. Hansen Medal 1986 Prince Eugen Medal 1987 The Daylight and Building Component Award 1987 Nykredit Architecture Prize 1987 International Design Award, United Kingdom 1989 Aga Khan Award for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh 1991 Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1997 Kasper Salin Prize, Sweden 1999 Dreyer Honorary Award 2001 Stockholm Award 2012 Praemium Imperiale Notes References Henrik Sten Møller, Legen og lyset. En frise over Henning Larsen som menneske og arkitekt (Light and Life. A portrait of Henning Larsen), Politikens Forlag 2000, Henning Larsen, De skal sige tak. Kulturhistorisk testamente om Operaen (You ought to be thankful. A historical document about the Opera), People's Press 2009. External links Henning Larsen Architects Sketches by Henning Larsen University Campus In Kolding Modernist architects from Denmark Danish