Kannikegården is a new house for Ribe parish?s parochial church council, built on the square in Ribe, just across the cathedral. The building houses functions for the parochial church council and the staff at the church.

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Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

Location: Torvet 15, 6760 Ribe, Denmark

Area: 1079.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Anders Sune Berg

Landscape Architect : Schønherr A/S

Construction Manager And Engineering : Oesten ingeniører og arkitekter Aps

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From the architect. Kannikegården is a new house for Ribe parish?s parochial church council, built on the square in Ribe, just across the cathedral. The building houses functions for the parochial church council and the staff at the church.
Site Plan

At the same time, it has to function as a hospitable setting for public events for the town?s citizens, such as talks, concerts and film screenings. The project has faced a special challenge: Ancient monuments, telling us about Danish history over the past thousand years, have been found on the building site.

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Most visible is a listed brick ruin from the canon?s monastery dating back to the 1100s. The ruin is integrated into an exhibition space designed for communicating the many cultural histor...