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)
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]