Erik Nørgaard
Quiet houses for the way people actuallylive.
Erik Nørgaard, working independently from their studio, focuses on the craft of long-form, considered work — building a body of practice rather than a backlog of projects.
By the author
Essay · About
Our work begins with how a building meets the ground, the light, and the people who will live with it. We design slowly. We resist novelty for its own sake. We believe a small detail — a window seat, a stair landing, the way a kitchen opens to the morning sun — can carry a whole house. Above all, we work in service of the lives our clients want to live, not the magazines they want to be in.
Selected work · Selected
04 pieces
- №012024
Coastal Long House
A 220 m² cedar-clad family home that opens to the Baltic on three sides.
Bornholm, DK
- №022023
Brick Annex
An infill addition to a 19th-century brick villa, in conversation with the original.
Copenhagen, DK
- №032022
Farm Studio
A working artist’s studio inside a converted dairy barn.
Skåne, SE
- №042021
Birch Cabin
A 60 m² winter cabin clad in shou-sugi-ban.
Jämtland, SE
Coastal Long House
A 220 m² cedar-clad family home that opens to the Baltic on three sides.
Bornholm, DK · 2024
Brick Annex
An infill addition to a 19th-century brick villa, in conversation with the original.
Copenhagen, DK · 2023
Farm Studio
A working artist’s studio inside a converted dairy barn.
Skåne, SE · 2022
Birch Cabin
A 60 m² winter cabin clad in shou-sugi-ban.
Jämtland, SE · 2021
The people behind the work
Erik Nørgaard
Founding Partner
Residential, restoration, slow practice.
22 yrs
- MAA
- KADK
Sofia Lindberg
Project Architect
Coastal homes and timber construction.
11 yrs
- MAA
Magnus Holm
Interior Architect
Materials, light, custom millwork.
8 yrs
- DIM
In this issue · Services
04 articles
- №01p. 004
Single-family residences
Read more · 4 min
- №02p. 008
Renovations
Read more · 7 min
- №03p. 012
Interior architecture
Read more · 9 min
- №04p. 016
Landscape coordination
Read more · 10 min
- Wallpaper*
Quiet Houses: Inside the Atelier
2024 - Dezeen
Coastal Long House blends with the Baltic shore
2024 - Domus
Erik Nørgaard on the slow practice
2023
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Inside Nørgaard Atelier
A walk through the studio and the houses we have built — slow, quiet, and deeply considered.
Letters to the editor
Volume · MMXXVI
Get in touch
By post · Email
studio@norgaard-atelier.dkEditorial offices
Vesterbrogade 92 1620 Copenhagen V Denmark