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Dansk Arkitektur


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Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, the smallest country in Scandinavia. It is famous for the longest pedestrian street in Europe - the Strøget - and for good clean design: furniture, lights, architecture, etc. The city is located by the sea on the east coast of Sealand, opposite Sweden. Copenhagen used to be a walled city and the embankments are still visible in Christianshavn.


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Copenhagen Architecture : buildings listed alphabetically

Copenhagen Building News

Ten Key Copenhagen buildings / projects (chronological):

1. Rundetårn
2. Grundtvig Church
3. SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen
4. Bagsvaerd Church
5. Arken Museum of Modern Art
6. Jarmers Plads
7. Birger Christensen - stair
8. Sort Diamant København
9. Copenhagen Opera House
10. Ordrupgaard Art Museum

Key Copenhagen Buildings (chronological) in more detail:

1. Round Tower / Rundetårn
1642
Jørgen Scheffel, Hans van Steenwinkel the younger; I & J Exner, architects

photo provided by Danish Architecture Centre in 2004
Rundetårn København

2. Grundtvig Kirke / Grundtvig Kirke
1922
P.V. Jensen-Klint, Architect

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Grundtvig Church photos

3. SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen / Radisson SAS Royal Hotel København
1960
Arne Jacobsen, Architect

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SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen : first Copenhagen skyscraper

4. Bagsvaerd Church / Bagsværd Kirke
1976
Jorn Utzon, Architect

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Bagsvaerd Church

5. Arken Museum of Modern Art / Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst
1995
Søren Robert Lund, Architect

6. Jarmers Place / Jarmers Plads
New landscaping : 1996-97
Erik Brandt Dam - Brandt Hell Hansted Holscher Arkitekter

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Copenhagen tower

7. Birger Christensen - stair / Birger Christensen Magasin
1997
Eva Jiricna Architects

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Strøget

8. Royal Library - Extension / Sort Diamant København
1999
Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen, Architects

photograph © adrian welch
Called the Black Diamond - Sort Diamant

9. Copenhagen Opera House / Operahus i København
2005
Henning Larsen, Arkitekt

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Copenhagen Opera House

10. Ordrupgaard Art Museum - New Wing / Museum Ordrupgaard
2005
Zaha Hadid

photo © adrian welch
Ordrupgaard Copenhagen



Copenhagen Architects

Copenhagen Architecture (alphabetical):

Bellavista Housing Estate
Strandvejen, Klampenborg, north Copenhagen
1934
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Innovative early Jacobsen building. Bellavista was listed in 1987. Restaurant Jacobsen is located here

Blue Corner Housing
Dronningensgade, Christianshavn
1989
Tegnestuen Vandkunsten Architects

Contemporary House in Christianshavn

Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3 & Control Tower, Amager
2005
Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects

Copenhagen Airport

Danish National Bank Building
Havnegade 5, Indre By
1978
Arne Jacobsen, Architect; Dissing + Weitling A/S Arkitekten

Danish National Bank

Danish Design Centre
HC Andersen Boulevard 27, Indre By
2000
Henning Larsens Tegnestue

Danish Design Centre

The Danish Jewish Museum / Dansk Jødisk Museum
Proviantpassagen 6
2004
Daniel Libeskind
Danish Jewish Museum

Gemini Residence - Harbour Pods
Havnestad
2005
MVRDV Architects with Jørgensen & Wolhfeldts

Gemini Copenhagen Housing

Hotel FOX / Hotel FOX
Jarmers Plads 3
2005
various designers

Hotel Fox Copenhagen

Illums Bolighus / Illums Bolighus
Amagertorv 6-10, The Strøget
n/a
architect n/a

Photo © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Shop : Classic Strøget department store

Magasin du Nord
Kongens Nytorv
-

Copenhagen Department Store

Main Railway Station / Hovedbanegaarden
Inder By
1911
Heinrich Wenck Architect

Copenhagen Railway Station

National Broadcasting Company Concert Hall / DR Byen
Ørestads Boulevard 19
2008
Jean Nouvel Architect; Vilhelm Lauritzen Architect; Dissing + Weitling Arkitekter; Gottlieb & Paludan; Nobel arkitekter

DR Byen

National Gallery - extension / Statens Museum for Kunst København
-
1998
Anna Maria Indrio

Statens Museum for Kunst

New Elephant House - Copenhagen Zoo / Elefant Hus København Zoo
2008
Foster & Partners

Roskildevej 32
Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - French Wing
Dantes Plads 7 / Vesterbrogade 6d, adj. Tivoli Gardens
1996
Henning Larsen, Architect

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek due to open again from Jun 2006 (original building shown)

Nytorv
Civic / Court building in southwest corner


Ørestad apartments
PLOT Architects

Copenhagen Apartments

Ørestad City Masterplan, south Copenhagen
Daniel Libeskind

Orestad Architecture

Paustian furniture store / Paustian Møbelhus
Kalkbrænderiløbskaj 2, Nordhavn
Jørn Utzon

Paustian designer furniture showroom by world-famous Danish architect Jorn Utzon. More Nordhavn arkitektur further down this page at 'Nordhavnen'

Stelling's House / Stelling Hus
Gammeltorv, København
1937
Arne Jacobsen, Architect

Stelling building

Student housing, Amager
2007
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma

Photo: Peter Guthrie
Copenhagen Student housing

T-Husene mixed-use development
Steven Holl Architects

Ørestad Copenhagen - housing

Tivoli Gardens Hotel
Foster & Partners

image : Foster + Partners
Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen

Unibank Headquarters / Unibank A/S
1995-99
Henning Larsen, Architect

Opposite the Sort Diamant - Copenhagen Royal Library Extension

Vor Frelsers Church / Vor Frelsers Kirke
Sankt Annæ Gade 29, Christianshavn
1682-96
Architect n/a

View from this famous Copenhagen church - spiral route to the spire top

Jørn Utzon - Danish Works:

Church at Bagsvaerd, north Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974-76
Houses in Fredensborg, Fredensborg, North Sealand, Denmark, 1959-62
Kingo Houses, Elsinore, Denmark, 1956
Fredensborg houses (Terrasserne), Denmark
Esbjerg Theatre and Concert Hall (Musikhuset Esbjerg), Denmark
Skagen Odde NatureCentre, Denmark, 1999-2000 by Jørn, Kim and Jan Utzon
Kalkbrænderihavnen - Copenhagen waterfront.
Paustian furniture sales and exhibition building, Copenhagen, Denmark
Herning Shipping, office building for Herning Shipping Company, Denmark,1986
Marienlyst Hotel: extension to an old sea-side hotel, Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark
Vejle hotel, Denmark
Petrol filling station for the uno-X petrol company, Herning, Denmark.
Ro-house, Fyn, Denmark
Kalvebod Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark - Project

Copenhagen Architecture Photos:

Emerging Danish dockland architecture in Copenhagen

Images of Danish Architecture from Summer 2002: some larger images are offline currently, but available upon request:-

Free Docks / Frihavnen

Frihavnen

Tuborg Docks / Tuborghavnen

Tuborghavnen

North Docks / Nordhavnen

Nordhavnen

South Docks / Sydhavnen

Sydhavnen

Holmen

Holmen

Knippelsbro / Knippels Bridge

Knippelsbro

Copenhagen Social Housing / Social Bolig København

Typical city centre tenement
Copenhagen Housing

Copenhagen Churches

Key Public Spaces in the city - Copenhagen Squares + Parks:

Amalienborg
Amalienborg Castle
1784-

Formal square with equestrian statue of King Frederik V in the centre. The Danish Royal buildings around it - Queen's House, Christian VIII palace including the Amalienborg Museum

Nyhavn (New Harbour)
Famous dock in the heart of the city with many quality restaurants


Rådhuspladsen (Town Hall Square)
Contains the Town Hall along its southern edge and the 'telephone building' in the northern section by the bus stops, containing tourist information

Copenhagen Town Hall + Square

Kongens Nytorv

Kongens Nytorv

Amagertorv

Amagertorv

The Strøget

Strøget Copenhagen

Key historic buildings not yet included in this Guide to Copenhagen Architecture (alphabetical order):

Marble Church / Marmorkirken
4, Frederiksgade
-
-

Rosenborg Castle / Rosenborg Slot
Øster Voldgade 4
1606-34
-

Christiansborg Castle / Christiansborg Slot
Folketinget
-
-

Christiansborg

Danish Stock Exchange / Børsen København
Slotsholmsgade og Børsgade, Indre By, Copenhagen
1625
Lorenz og Hans van Steenwinkel, Arkitekten

Danish Stock Exchange

Other Structures:

The Little Mermaid / Den Lille Havfrue
Langelinie
-
-

Tivoli Gardens / Tivoli
Indre By, Copenhagen

Large, central funfair, between Copenagen's Railway Station and Town Hall
Tivoli Buildings

Key Sjælland buildings north of Copenhagen:
Louisiana Art Gallery, northeast Sjælland: Bo & Wohlert architects
Houses in Fredensborg, North Sjælland: Jorn Utzon architect
Kingo Houses, Elsinore: Jorn Utzon architect
JF Willumsen Museum, Frederikssund: Tyge Hvass architect

Louisiana Art Gallery
northeast Sealand
1956
Jørgen Bo & Vilhelm Wohlert, Architects

Louisiana Art Gallery

Copenhagen Building & Street with pedestrian avenue: Østerbro



General Copenhagen building photos:


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DAC - Dansk Arkitektur Center, Gammel Dok:

Danish Architecture Centre with links to Copenhagen Architecture + Architects

RIBA European Awards 2006
Kilen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architektfirma A/S
Client: Copenhagen Business School

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