In 2013, SLETH won the open architectural competition for the extension of Tønder Townhall in Denmark and has since completed the realization of the building and the landscape project.

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Architects: SLETH architects

Location: Kongevej 57, 6270 Tønder, Denmark

Partners In Charge: Søren Leth, Rasmus Therkildsen

Other Participants: Søren Jensen engineers

Area: 4100.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: COAST

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From the architect. In 2013, SLETH won the open architectural competition for the extension of Tønder Townhall in Denmark and has since completed the realization of the building and the landscape project.
Site Plan

The original building of Tønder Townhall was built in 1980-1981 and is one of the last realized buildings of the highly esteemed Danish architect Halldor Gunnløgsson. The original town hall has a distinct, heavy expression. It has relatively small windows and visually dominant postmodernism details. This architectural style was very typical in the 1980s, and is evident in many of Denmark?s public buildings from the period.

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Axonometric

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The proposal for the extension of the original Tønder town hall is based upon the juxtaposition of the historical town hall - a classical publi...