Projects per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Associate Professor, PhD, Architect MAA René Kural is the former director of the Centre for Sports and Architecture and Activity- and health-enhancing Physical Environments Network (APEN). He is still the Director of the international network Active Cities Network (ACN). René has just been appointed director of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), Sports & Leisure Group WP. He is an independent practicing architect with his firm René Kural Architects. Since 1996, René Kural has been involved in research, communication, counseling and development of Danish and foreign municipalities, architectural firms, government agencies and foundations.
René Kural is the author of ten books, of which the latest is The Town Hall at the Edge of the Forest about Søllerød Town Hall by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen. He has also contributed a large number of articles and feature articles on body culture, urban planning, urban space, landscape and architecture for Danish and international magazines. He recently served as visiting professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and (ToKoDai) and Tokyo University of Science (TUS). René Kural is the Danish member of the Union International des Architectes (UIA) Sports and Leisure Group. In 2013, winner of the Olympic Committee (IOC / IAKS) bronze for Herning Football Exploratorium in collaboration with GBH Landscape Architects, and the same year recipient of the President’s Award, Tokyo University of Science.
René Kural has been Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, at Tokyo Tech, Tokyo University of Sciense for several years, and has been invited as lecturer to Asia and most countries in Europe.
Research area
- City
- City Planning
- accesability
- Urban Medicine
- Construction
- Architecture
- Institutional estates
- Urban planning
- Building for sport and leisure
- Cultural buildings
- hospitals
- schools
- Spaces for body culture
- Spaces for seniors
- Health
- Japanese architecture and urban planning
- Theory and philosophy
- Theory about Cities and architecture,
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Ulighed i sundhed: Seniorer
Kural, R., Carroll, S. & Nørtoft, K. P. J.
01/02/2016 → 28/02/2020
Project: Research
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APEN: Activity- and Health-enhancing Physical Environments Network
Kural, R., Carroll, S. & Nørtoft, K. P. J.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2020
Project: Other
Research output
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Bevæg byen: Med børn, unge og seniorer
Kural, R., Johansen Nørtoft, K., Carroll, S., Lamm, B., Wagner, A. M., Winge, L., Troelsen, J., Pawlowski, C. S. & Schmidt, T. B., 2020, København: APEN. 48 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Anthology › Research
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Indledning
Kural, R. & Johansen Nørtoft, K., 10 Sep 2020, Bevæg byen: Med børn, unge og seniorer. APEN, 3 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Københavns byplanlægning overser kvinder og seniorer
Kural, R., 4 Nov 2020, In: Altinget.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Platform eller indhegning
Kural, R., 31 Jan 2019, In: Arkitekten. 1, 121, p. 38 1 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Prizes
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Den Internationale Olympiske Komittés IOC/IAKS Award 2013: Bronze to the: Fodbold Eksperimentarium, Hering, Denmark
Kural, René (Recipient), 22 Oct 2013
Prize: Prizes
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Activities
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Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape (Organisational unit)
René Kural (Member)
26 Oct 2020 → 9 Nov 2020Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
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Arkitektskolen Aarhus (External organisation)
René Kural (Member)
10 Sep 2020 → 10 Jun 2021Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
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Bevæg byen
René Kural (Participant)
10 Sep 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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SBI/AAU (External organisation)
René Kural (Member)
13 Aug 2020 → 2 Nov 2020Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
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Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape (Organisational unit)
René Kural (Member)
10 Jun 2020 → 16 Jun 2020Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
Press / Media
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Er byerne blevet legeland for de unge? »Vi bliver nødt til at tale om, hvad vi mister, hvis de ældre vælger byen fra«
20/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Leif var homo og blev smidt ud af dansk tennis. Derfor byggede den danske stjerne enestående arena
18/09/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tennisstjernen Leif Rovsing blev bandlyst fra Sportsverdenen
27/03/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Et modernistisk fyrtårn – uden tårn
02/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media