Thais Espersen sees the possibilities in the house that already stands.
Thais is an architect at Fremtidens Tegnestue. He studied at Aarhus School of Architecture and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, has worked internationally with experimental architecture and brings more than ten years of experience from Tegnestuen Vandkunsten.
He begins with what is already there
A good renovation begins by understanding the house: light, space, materials, wear, rhythm, irregularities and the decisions already made over decades.
He does not design to impress
Architecture must work, be buildable and support everyday life. Beauty emerges when proportions, materials and daily routines begin to fit together.
He sees both the detail and the whole
Thais has worked across experimental architecture and international environments as well as Danish housing culture, transformation and concrete building projects.
An architect with international training and a deep understanding of Danish building culture.
Thais' experience spans London's experimental architecture scene and many years of work with Danish architecture, housing culture and transformation.
Aarhus and the Bartlett
Thais studied at Aarhus School of Architecture and the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he completed his Master of Architecture in 2012.
London and the built experiment
In London, he worked at CRAB Studio with Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham, and later as an architectural designer and maker on Kew House.
Collective practice and competitions
As a co-founder of the architecture collective GI/IGA and through SPLINT, he has worked with competitions, exhibitions and exploratory architecture.
More than ten years at Vandkunsten
From 2015 to 2026, Thais worked as an architect at Tegnestuen Vandkunsten. In June 2026, he moved on to build Fremtidens Tegnestue.
Now he is building the architecture practice he believes is missing.
After more than a decade at Vandkunsten, Thais has moved on to Fremtidens Tegnestue. Not as another conventional studio, but as a practice that takes existing buildings seriously and uses new tools without relinquishing the architect's responsibility.
For homeowners, this means a calm and precise first reading of the house before solutions are drawn. For studios and collaborators, it means an architect who can hold on to architectural quality when projects, data, budgets and ambitions begin to pull in different directions.
What does Thais bring to the table?
His role is not to make the project larger than necessary. It is to make it more precise.
For homeowners
- check_circle See the possibilities in a house before a solution is drawn.
- check_circle Understand what should be preserved, improved, investigated or left for later.
- check_circle Make an ambition more concrete without skipping the difficult questions.
- check_circle Prioritise everyday value, budget, materials and buildability.
For studios and collaborators
- architecture Professional dialogue on renovation, transformation and existing buildings.
- architecture An architectural perspective on proportions, materials, use and place.
- architecture Critical assessment of early ideas, data foundations and decision paths.
- architecture A practice where digital tools can prepare the work without replacing judgement.
Begin with the house, not the solution.
Tell us briefly about the building, everyday life and what you are considering. Thais and Fremtidens Tegnestue can then help identify the right first step.