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Copenhagen Architecture, Building, Photos, Projects, News, Design, Info, Pictures

Copenhagen Buildings, Denmark : Information + Images

Ny Arkitektur i København, Danmark

Guide to new developments in the city
Dansk Arkitektur

Tuborg Building Copenhagen
image © adrian welch

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.

Copenhagen Opera House
image © adrian welch

Copenhagen Architecture : buildings listed alphabetically

Copenhagen Building News





Ten Key Copenhagen buildings / projects
, chronological:

1. Round Tower / Rundetårn
Jørgen Scheffel, Hans van Steenwinkel the younger; I & J Exner, architects
Copenhagen Architecture
photo provided by Danish Architecture Centre in 2004

Rundetårn København

2. Grundtvig Kirke / Grundtvig Kirke
P.V. Jensen-Klint, Architect
Grundtvig Church
building image © adrian welch

Grundtvig Church photos

3. SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen / Radisson SAS Royal Hotel København
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Royal Hotel Copenhagen
photo © adrian welch

SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen : first Copenhagen skyscraper

4. Bagsvaerd Church / Bagsværd Kirke
Jorn Utzon, Architect
Bagsvaerd Church
image © adrian welch

Bagsvaerd Church

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

6. Jarmers Place / Jarmers Plads
Erik Brandt Dam - Brandt Hell Hansted Holscher Arkitekter
Jarmers Plads building
photo © adrian welch
Copenhagen tower

7. Birger Christensen - stair / Birger Christensen Magasin
Eva Jiricna Architects
Birger Christensen Copenhagen
image © adrian welch

Strøget interior

8. Royal Library - Extension / Sort Diamant København
Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen, Architects
Sort Diamant
photograph © adrian welch

Called the Black Diamond - Sort Diamant

9. Copenhagen Opera House / Operahus i København
Henning Larsen, Arkitekt
Copenhagen Opera House
image © adrian welch

Copenhagen Opera House

10. Ordrupgaard Art Museum - New Wing / Museum Ordrupgaard
Zaha Hadid
Ordrupgaard Copenhagen Architecture
photo © adrian welch

Ordrupgaard Copenhagen



Copenhagen Architecture

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
Blue Corner Housing
image © adrian welch
Contemporary House in Christianshavn

Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3 & Control Tower, Amager
Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects
Copenhagen Airport
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
picture © Adrian Welch
Danish National Bank

Danish Design Centre, HC Andersen Boulevard 27, Indre By
Henning Larsens Tegnestue
Danish Design Centre
image © adrian welch
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
photo © Adrian Welch
Gemini Copenhagen Housing

Hedorf Residence Hall, Frederiksberg
KHR arkitekter
Hedorf Kollegium Frederiksberg
photo : Laura Stamer
Hedorf Kollegium

Hotel FOX / Hotel FOX, Jarmers Plads 3
various designers
Hotel Fox Copenhagen
photo © Adrian Welch
Hotel Fox Copenhagen

Illums Bolighus / Illums Bolighus, Amagertorv 6-10, The Strøget
architect n/a
Classic Strøget Shop
photo © Adrian Welch

Classic Strøget department store: see Amagertorv link towards base of page

Magasin du Nord, Kongens Nytorv
-
Copenhagen Department Store
picture © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Department Store

Main Railway Station / Hovedbanegaarden, Indre By
Heinrich Wenck Architect
Copenhagen Railway Station
photo © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Railway Station

National Broadcasting Company Concert Hall / DR Byen, Ørestad
various architects
DR Byen
foto : dragoer luftfoto
DR Byen

National Gallery - extension / Statens Museum for Kunst København
Anna Maria Indrio
Statens Museum for Kunst
image © adrian welch
Statens Museum for Kunst

New Elephant House - Copenhagen Zoo / Elefant Hus København Zoo
Foster + Partners
Copenhagen Zoo
photograph : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners
Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - French Wing, adj. Tivoli Gardens
Henning Larsen, Architect
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
picture © Adrian Welch
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (original building shown)

Ørestad apartments
PLOT Architects
Copenhagen Apartments
picture © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Apartments

Ørestad City Masterplan, south Copenhagen
Daniel Libeskind
Orestad Architecture
image © adrian welch
Orestad Architecture

Paustian furniture store / Paustian Møbelhus, Nordhavn
Jørn Utzon
Paustian furniture store
image © adrian welch
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
image © adrian welch
Stelling building

Student housing, Amager
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma
Copenhagen Student housing
photo: Peter Guthrie
Copenhagen Student housing

T-Husene mixed-use development
Steven Holl Architects
Ørestad Copenhagen
Ørestad Copenhagen - housing

Tivoli Gardens Hotel
Foster + Partners
Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen
image : Foster + Partners
Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen

Unibank Headquarters / Unibank A/S
1995-99
Henning Larsen, Architect
Unibank Headquarters
image © adrian welch
Opposite the Sort Diamant - Copenhagen Royal Library Extension

Vor Frelsers Church / Vor Frelsers Kirke, Sankt Annæ Gade 29, Christianshavn
1682-96
Architect n/a
Vor Frelsers Kirke
image © adrian welch
View from this famous Copenhagen church - spiral route to the spire top

The Wedge Copenhagen
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
Copenhagen Business School
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 / Frihavnen
Frihavnen Copenhagen
image © adrian welch

Tuborg Docks / Tuborghavnen
Tuborghavnen Architecture
image © adrian welch

North Docks / Nordhavnen
Nordhavnen Architecture
image © adrian welch

South Docks / Sydhavnen
Sydhavnen
image © adrian welch

Holmen
Holmen Copenhagen
image © adrian welch
Knippels Bridge / Knippelsbro

image © adrian welch

Copenhagen Social Housing / Social Bolig København
Copenhagen Housing
photo © Adrian Welch
Typical city centre tenement
Copenhagen Housing

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

Amalienborg
- Amalienborg Castle
1784-
Amalienborg
photo © Adrian Welch
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
Nyhavn Copenhagen
photo © Adrian Welch

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
photo © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Town Hall + Square

Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv
photo © Adrian Welch
Amagertorv
Amagertorv
photo © Adrian Welch
Strøget Copenhagen
Strøget Copenhagen
photo © Adrian Welch
Nytorv, Civic / Court building in southwest corner
Nytorv
photo © Adrian Welch
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
photo © Adrian Welch
Christiansborg

Danish Stock Exchange / Børsen København, Slotsholmsgade og Børsgade
Lorenz og Hans van Steenwinkel, Arkitekten
Danish Stock Exchange
photo © Adrian Welch
Danish Stock Exchange



Other Structures:

The Little Mermaid / Den Lille Havfrue
, Langelinie

Tivoli Gardens / Tivoli, Indre By
Tivoli Buildings
photo © Adrian Welch
Tivoli Buildings : large funfair, between Copenagen's Railway Station and Town Hall

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
Jørgen Bo & Vilhelm Wohlert, Architects
Louisiana Art Gallery
photo © Adrian Welch
Louisiana Art Gallery

General Copenhagen building photos:
Copenhagen Building Copenhagen Street Copenhagen Building photo Copenhagen View
photos © isabelle lomholt

Copenhagen Photos © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt unless otherwise stated

DAC - Dansk Arkitektur Center, Gammel Dok:

photo © Adrian Welch
Danish Architecture Centre with links to Copenhagen Architecture + Architects

 
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