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Royal Library - Extension / Sort Diamant København
Address: Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1
Date: 1999
Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen, Architects

Called the Black Diamond - Sort Diamant - it contains a library, concert
hall, bookshop, café, exhibition space and restaurant Søren
K. Central to the building is a large atrium that cuts from one side to
the other.
Sort
Diamant København arkitekt : Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen
It is a bold building in this historic part of Copenhagen - due to its
size and angular design - but also its dark, mostly impervious skin increases
its impact.
Architecture
Competition
Building opposite the Sort Diamant:
Unibank Headquarters
1995-99
Henning Larsen, Architect

Opposite the Sort Diamant - Copenhagen Royal Library Extension
Black Diamond Copenhagen Building Photos © adrian welch
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Black Diamond Copenhagen
- page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
Royal Library Copenhagen - Website: www.kb.dk
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