After years of accommodation in temporary premises, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has revealed its design for new permanent headquarters by schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL). According to the Danish architects, the new ICC Headquarters aim to achieve BREEAM Excellent, the second highest rating within the British BREEAM scheme.

The 19 design models for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will be on display in the Atrium of The Hague City Hall until Monday, 8 December. An international jury chaired by Chief Government Architect of The Netherlands, Liesbeth van der Pol, announced the three winning firms of the competition last month.

The Danish architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen won the Grand Prix Award for its Performers House project, a modern version of a Danish folk high school, at this year’s Leaf Awards in London last week. The prize specifically focuses on projects built between 1 January 2007 and June 2008.

Schmidt hammer lassen architects won the competition to redesign the old commercial and transportation port of the town of Holbaek. In many former industrial port areas around the world architectural work is currently in high demand.

The Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen have won the architectural competition for the “Meetingpoint Malmö”, a new building that will be situated in the harbour district of the city of Malmö in the south of Sweden. The 21.500 square metre building is planned to open in 2011