The Five Sisters was designed by architect Hjalmar Kjær and engineer Jørgen Christensen.
It was the largest silo complex in the Nordic Countries when it was completed and it was a technologically advanced replacement for the former storehouses.
The complex includes 5 silos and a storehouse in 2 stories constructed of white painted re-enforced concrete with smooth, homogeneous facades absent any decoration.
The area chosen was swampy in a newly developed part of the harbor making it necessary to use a piled foundation with 1200 14 meter long poles.
The warehouse sits on a floating raft foundation.

The Five Sisters marks the beginning of industrial Functionalist architecture in Denmark but can be best described as Neoclassical in style due to its historicist references.
The name of the complex references the division of the silos into 5 parts inspired by the front gabled canal houses seen in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities.
It's a combination of a modern technological engineering solution with architectural references to the past and stands as a unique structure in the 1920s functionalist architecture.
The Five Sisters was designed by architect Hjalmar Kjær and engineer Jørgen Christensen. It was the largest silo complex in the Nordic Countries when it was completed and it was a technologically advanced replacement for the former storehouses. The complex includes 5 silos and a storehouse in 2 stories constructed of white painted re-enforced concrete with smooth, homogeneous facades absent any decoration. The area chosen was swampy in a newly developed part of the harbor making it necessary to use a piled foundation with 1200 14 meter long poles. The warehouse sits on a floating raft foundation.
The Five Sisters marks the beginning of industrial Functionalist architecture in Denmark but can be best described as Neoclassical in style due to its historicist references. The name of the complex references the division of the silos into 5 parts inspired by the front gabled canal houses seen in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities. It's a combination of a modern technological engineering solution with architectural references to the past and stands as a unique structure in the 1920s functionalist architecture.
Five Sisters (Aarhus)