organisation

3XN became a limited liability company in 1995. The firm comprises of two offices each with a staff of 60 – one in Kystvejen in Aarhus, and one in Strandgade in Copenhagen. We work, however, as one practice continuously interchanging ideas and staff between the two offices. We operate in a project-oriented network structure, and at every stage we team up in workshops with partners, experts, users etc. At the workshop we discuss the results of our research, develop the concept and a framework for the design work. We work with cardboard models a lot, as they help us to share, discuss and evaluate different spatial solutions.

Our staff is a mix of experienced project architects and talented, young design architects. Each project team is headed by two partners, a contact partner and a backup partner, a head of project, a project manager, who might be a project architect, or a planning manager, as well as a design manager. The managerial functions are the responsibility of the experienced senior architects in the team. The project teams are composed of staff with a variety of expert competencies to ensure that every assignment is carried out optimally. At the end of each planning stage, we evaluate the process with regard to the dialogue with the client and partners, finances and time-frame.

3XN has six partners: The founder of 3XN, Kim Herforth Nielsen, MAA/RIBA, is the principal architect with overall creative responsibility. Kim Christiansen, MAA, is CEO and responsible for administration, finance, contracts and for 3XN Aarhus. Bo Boje Larsen, MAA, is Managing Director with main responsibility for strategy and organisation and for 3XN Copenhagen. Jan Ammundsen, MAA, is head of the Competition Department at 3XN Copenhagen. Michael Kruse, MAA, and Tommy Bruun, MAA, head up the Competition Department at 3XN Aarhus.

The 3XN Board

Chairman Torben Winnerskjold, Lawyer, member of: the Danish Legal Council’s Civil Law Committee, The Danish Refugee Appeals Board, the liaison committee between the Danish Legal Council and the Danish Arbitration Board and the contact group between the Danish Legal Council and Danish Association of Architectural Firms.

Anne-Marie Dohm, Vice-chancellor of the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Århus.

Poul Hedegaard, former Director of pension fund PensionDanmark.

3XN partners: Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Jan Ammundsen