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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