Our view from City Tower A sustainable and grandiose building overlooking Aarhus. Welcome to the top of City Tower, which is Aarhus’s tallest and most prominent commercial building with a fantastic view. The construction of the building was completed in the summer of 2014. In August 2014, our 130 Aarhus employees moved into the premises totalling 4,500 m2 and occupying the 14th, 15th, 16th and 22nd floors of the building. City Tower spans a total of 34,000 m2 divided on 25 floors – the two bottom floors housing the cellar and the under- ground parking area. In addition to Bech-Bruun, City Tower also accommodates the employer Hans Lorenzen, the Comwell Hotel and the audit and consultancy firm Deloitte. World-class sustainable building amusement park Tivoli Friheden, the City Tower is the very first commercial Moesgaard Museum and Marselisborg building in Aarhus to meet the strict Palace. 2015 requirements for energy rating 1. To the east: The Port of Aarhus The building’s energy rating indicates The Port of Aarhus is among Denmark’s how many kWh are spent annually on largest commercial harbours and heating, ventilation, cooling and hot spans the horizon to the east. water per m2. At City Tower, integrated solar power cells have for example In 2013, 6,100 ships called at the Port, been installed on the south face, sup- and each year approx. 8m tonnes of plying energy to the building annually cargo pass through the Port of Aarhus. generating up to 180,000 kWh. The Port of Aarhus has a terminal for cruise ships, and the passenger ferry City Tower has also been granted the Mols-Linien also docks here. EU’s Green Building Certificate. The Port of Aarhus is currently under- The view going a major transformation. The Port To the north: Aarhus Cathedral will be expanded to include a total of To the north and spanning an impres- 1,300 metres of quay, 550,000 m2 of sive 93 metres, Aarhus Cathedral tow- land area and to have a water depth of ers up. Construction of the Cathedral 14 metres. started in the 11th century, but was not completed until in the 13th century. The To the west: Aarhus City Hall Cathedral was then reconstructed over In 1941, Aarhus got a significant land- several years and was in its present mark: Aarhus City Hall designed by the form opened to the public towards the internationally known architects, Arne end of the 15th century. Jacobsen and Erik Møller. The modern and listed building is clad in Norwegian Farther north, the award-winning marble, and the interior decoration residential building called ”The Iceberg” was designed by the furniture designer is located, which was designed by four Hans J. Wegner. architectural firms – two Danish firms, a Dutch and a French firm. Behind the City Hall is yet another of Aarhus’s landmarks, ”Your rainbow To the south: The Marselisborg Woods panorama”, a work of art created To the south, the scenery is green for by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur miles around. The Marselisborg Woods Eliasson in 2011. This is a permanent cover a 1,300 hectare forest area work of art consisting of a 150 metre the length of which is approx. seven long and three metre wide circular kilometres. walkway in glass in all the colours of the spectrum mounted on the roof of the In and around the Marselisborg ARoS art museum. Woods, some of Aarhus’s most well- known sights are located, such as the Bech-Bruun is one of Denmark’s leading law firms with a strong international reputation. We provide full-service advice in high-profile transactions. Our clients include leading businesses, organisations and public authorities in Denmark and abroad. We have approx. 515 talented employees counting some of the most highly recognised and experienced experts within the industry. We work in a strong professional environment, dedicated to delivering value-creating results to our clients. Copenhagen Aarhus Shanghai T +45 72 27 00 00 Denmark Denmark China bechbruun.com.