New Radio and TV House

• During 2006-2008 DR has moved all its activities from the Copenhagen region into a new multimedia house in the northern part of Ørestad, also in Copenhagen. For the nation as a whole this will mean better programmes and more choice. For staff it will mean a flexible open workplace and a lively setting for teamwork and creativity.
  
• Construction activities will amount to approximately DKK 4.7 billion.
  
• Construction activities has been divided into 4 segments, which have been designed by four different architect teams in order to obtain maximum variation within the General Plan.
  
• The architect competition for Segment 1 and the General Plan was won by Vilhelm Lauritzen, Denmark, in 1999.
  
• The architect competition for Segment 4 – the concert hall - was won by Jean Nouvel, France, in March 2002, and the building was opened officially on January 17th, 2009 with a galla concert.
  
• The house is a 6-storey building rising above ground level. The project covers a total of 162 x 206 metres – an area corresponding to 4 football fields.

The building has been completed in 2006-2008, when DR TV and DR Radio moved into the new house, which has been given the name DR BYEN. Byen means town in danish.