Guide to new developments in the city
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. 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 interior

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

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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

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Ordrupgaard Copenhagen



Copenhagen Architecture, alphabetical:

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

Blue Corner Housing, Dronningensgade, Christianshavn
Tegnestuen Vandkunsten Architects

Contemporary House in Christianshavn

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

photo from VLA
Copenhagen Airport Building

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

Danish National Bank

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

Danish Design Centre

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

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

Gemini Copenhagen Housing

Hotel FOX / Hotel FOX, Jarmers Plads 3
various designers

Hotel Fox Copenhagen

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

Photo © Adrian Welch
Classic Strøget department store: see Amagertorv link towards base of page

Magasin du Nord, Kongens Nytorv
-

Copenhagen Department Store

Main Railway Station / Hovedbanegaarden, Indre By
Heinrich Wenck Architect

Copenhagen Railway Station

National Broadcasting Company Concert Hall / DR Byen, Ørestad
various architects

foto : dragoer luftfoto
DR Byen

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

Statens Museum for Kunst

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

Nigel Young_Foster + Partners
Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - French Wing, adj. Tivoli Gardens
Henning Larsen, Architect

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (original building shown)

Ørestad apartments
PLOT Architects

Copenhagen Apartments

Ørestad City Masterplan, south Copenhagen
Daniel Libeskind

Orestad Architecture

Paustian furniture store / Paustian Møbelhus, 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
Arne Jacobsen, Architect

Stelling building

Student housing, Amager
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

The Wedge Copenhagen
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter

photo : Jens Lindhe
Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Architecture Photos : Danish dockland architecture

Images of Danish Architecture (Summer 2002): larger images available on request

Free Docks /	Tuborg Docks / Tuborghavnen
North Docks / Nordhavnen	South Docks / Sydhavnen
Holmen	Knippels Bridge / Knippelsbro

Copenhagen Social Housing / Social Bolig København

Typical city centre tenement
Copenhagen Housing

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


Amagertorv


Strøget Copenhagen


Nytorv, Civic / Court building in southwest corner


Other historic buildings in this Guide to Copenhagen Architecture, alphabetical:

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
1625
Lorenz og Hans van Steenwinkel, Arkitekten

Danish Stock Exchange

Other Structures:

The Little Mermaid / Den Lille Havfrue, Langelinie

Tivoli Gardens / Tivoli, Indre By

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:

photos © isabelle lomholt



Copenhagen Photos © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt unless otherwise stated

DAC - Dansk Arkitektur Center, Gammel Dok:

Danish Architecture Centre with links to Copenhagen Architecture + Architects

World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe

Comments / photos for the Copenhagen Architecture pages welcome:
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Copenhagen Building - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt