Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
When complete, the 1,049-foot-high Bestseller Tower in Denmark will be the tallest building in that country and western Europe, according to The Guardian.
The building — which stands out amid flat rural terrain — will be the headquarters of Denmark-based clothing company Bestseller.
The tower, designed by noted firm Dorte Mandrup, will be visible from 37 miles away.
Its height will beat the Shard in London by 34 feet. But unlike the Shard, located in the bustling neighborhood of Southwark, the Bestseller Tower is slated for the town of Brande, which has just 7,000 inhabitants.
“It will be a landmark that places Brande on the map,” said Anders Krogh Vogdrup, Besteller’s head of construction, after the town’s council approved the tower in a vote last month.
Its may seem like an odd fit for the area, but Besteller has been based in Brande since 1975.
“For more than 30 years, we have been very happy to have our home in Brande, and we feel we are a natural part of the local community,” added Krogh Vogdrup.
Even more odd, no locals have been opposed to the development.
“The Danish news media tried hard to find someone opposed, but they couldn’t find anyone,” a local newspaper reporter, Morten Dickmann, told The Guardian.
But opposition has come from other parts of Denmark. In Copenhagen, some three hours away by car, a satirical publication likened the tower to the Tower of Sauron from the “Lord of the Rings” series.
And Trine Kammer, an architect who lives some 61 miles away in Aarhus, said the local Brande paper won’t publish her opposing opinions.
“People in Brande are so afraid to criticize Bestseller. It’s like a religion or something,” Kammer, whose boyfriend grew up near Brande, told The Guardian.
Ref: Property Report
