Dreyers Fond (English: The Dreyer Foundation) is a Copenhagen-based Danish foundation founded by husband-and wife Thorvald and Margot Dreyer in 1976. Thorvald Dreyer was an architect. Margot Dreyer was a lawyer. The foundation supports projects and activities aimed at promoting the development of the architects’ and lawyers’ professions and their interaction with society. The annual Dreyer Honorary Award honors excellence in architecture as well as law. The foundation is also active in the market for real estate investments.
Real estate portfolio
Løvenborg
Løvenborg
Dreyers Fond is based in the Løvenborg building on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen. The building is from 1906 and was designed by Anton Rosen. Dreyers Fond acquired the building in 2000 and subsequently undertook a renovation which received the Europa Nostra Award in 2004.
Vesterbrogade 32: Valencia Building
In September 2012, Dreyers Fond acquired the building at Vesterbrogade 32 in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. It first opened in 1858 to design by H. S. Stilling under the name Thors Ølhal but later developed into the largest cabaret in the Nordic region under the name Valencia. The complex has been renovated by Dorte Mandrup Architects and now houses the Association of Danish Law Firms.[1]
Højbro Plads 3: Warburg House
In October 2012, Dreyers Fond acquired the listed Warburg House on Højbro Plads in central Copenhagen. The 1,112 building dates from. It contains the coffee chain Baresso's first coffee bar and other tenants include Toga Vinstue and a cocktail bar.[2]
Fælledvej 19
In 2014, Dreyers Fond acquired two buildings on Fælledvej at No. 19 in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen consists of a residential building on the street dating from 1858 as well as an industrial building from 1908 in the courtyard.[3] In 2015, Holscher Nordberg Architects completed a renovation of the industrial building which now contains 6 apartments.[4]
because he managed through his way of working with architecture to clarify the connection between inspiration, ideas, creation and work in such way so he will always be an educative and inspiring role model for others
for its sensitive and calculated completion of its projects that are carried out with brilliance, magic, unusually high quality and great awareness of architectural methods
for his gifted way of engaging in questions surrounding architecture and for being one of the principal organizers in the establishment of the Århus School of Architecture
for his ability to create outstanding architecture that brings greater experiences than the assignments require
1998
David Bretton-Meyer
for his significant contribution to raise the consideration to care and respect of our architectural heritage, including his restoration of neoclassical buildings such as for example the University Copenhagen
1997
Knud Friis and Elmer Moltke
for a thorough approach to strength and quality regardless of the task or the budget – as well as the skill, professionalism and architectural nerve that supports the quality
for demonstrating a level of quality that has been of enormous importance for Danish industrial design throughout his long life. The honorary award is a portrait bust for “Kuppelsalen” in Charlottenborg made by sculptor Knud Nellemose
1989
The architecture prize was given to a publication about architect Johan Otto Spreckelsen’s structure “La Grande Arche de la Défence” in Paris
