Atuarfik Inussuk, which opened its doors for school students for the first time in August, has been nominated for an award as School Construction of the Year 2026. The school has been largely ready since 2024, but due to some safety issues the opening was postponed several times.
Now you can be help vote for a Greenlandic school to receive the award for School Construction of the Year 2026.
Atuarfik Inussuk, which is located in Nuuk’s city centre, and which can accommodate 1,300 school pupils, has been nominated as one out of ten projects, and as the only one outside Denmark.
This is stated by NøhrCon, which is behind the award.
– Actuarial science Inussuk in Nuuk is nominated for School Construction of the Year 2026 – as one of ten projects and the only one outside Denmark. Since 2013, the award has focused on the school buildings that the rest of the industry can learn from, says NøhrCon.
The school is designed for 1,300 children and organized as six connected houses around an inner street, so that each age group has its own house – a “school within a school”.
The name Inussuk means “cairn”, and common areas, sports facilities and outdoor areas are intended as a public space for all of Nuuk all year round. The architect is KHR Architecture, and the client is Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq.
Long in the making
The school was initially supposed to open in August 2024. However, due to security reasons, the school’s commissioning was delayed a few times before it was finally able to open its doors to students and teachers in mid-August this year.
You can vote for the school, or other school buildings, HERE.
