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We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Danish Architecture. We aim to include buildings that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Denmark. The focus is on contemporary Danish buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

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Key Danish Buildings

Designs, chronological Danish Stock Exchange, Copenhagen (1625)
Rundetårn, Copenhagen (1642)
Frederiks Kirke (Marmorkirken), Copenhagen (1894)
Copenhagen Railway Station, Copenhagen (1911)
Grundtvig Church, Copenhagen (1922)
Aarhus Town Hall, Jylland (1942)
Willumsens Museum, Sjælland (1957)
Kingo Houses - Courtyard-Style Housing, Sjælland (1958)
SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (1960)
Fredensborg Houses, Sjælland (1962)
Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen (1976)
Danish National Bank Building, Copenhagen (1978)
Aarhus Concert Hall, Jylland (1982)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - French Wing, Copenhagen (1996)
Royal Library Building Extension, Copenhagen (1999)
Museum Ordrupgaard - New Wing, Copenhagen (2005)
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen (2005)
Gemini Residence, Copenhagen (2005)
Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House, Copenhagen (2007)
The Royal Playhouse, Copenhagen (2007)
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Lolland (2008)
Performers' House, Silkeborg, Jylland (2008)
Utzon Center, Aalborg, Jylland (2008)

Comments on the selection welcome. These are not selected due to their fame - we've left out theTown Hall for instance - but because each in its way achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement.

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New City School in Frederikshavn, northern Jutland, Denmark
Arkitema Architects
New City School Denmark
photo : Kontraframe

Danish City School Building - 11 Mar 2013
The new city school in Frederikshavn, Denmark is a big school by Danish standards with 1,200 students between 1st and 9th grade and a large contingent of special attention classes. With its starlike shape all class rooms in the school can be placed at a facade with direct access to light and fresh air.

Manor Barn Culture House, Mogeltonder, Sønderjylland, south west Denmark
Praksis Architects
Manor Barn Culture House Denmark
photo : Christina Capetillo

Manor Barn Culture House - 13 Feb 2013
The old barn, with its unique roof construction is taking on a complete renovation. Externally the barn gets a thatched roof again. Internally, Praksis designs a flexible exhibition space, which tells viewers the story of the Golden Horns, Møgeltønder, Schackenborg og Slotfeltlade by using modern technology.

Bestseller Logistikcenter, Haderslev, south west Denmark
Bestseller Logistics Center
photo : Adam Mørk
Bestseller Logistikcenter Denmark - 8 Feb 2013
C.F. Møller’s industrial building Bestseller Logistics Center at the E45 motorway in Haderslev, Denmark, is shortlisted in the category 'Best Industrial & Logistics Development'. The logistics centre won two other awards in 2012: It was named Building of the Year in the Danish trade magazine Byggeri and was the overall winner of the International Trimo Architectural Award.

University of Southern Denmark Student Housing, Odense, Fyn, central Denmark
University of Southern Denmark Student Housing
image from architect
University of Southern Denmark Student Housing - 21 Jan 2013
The design of the new student housing for the University of Southern Denmark in Odense is based on a strong community spirit. The 250 student residences are located in three interconnected 14-storey buildings. This means that the residence has no front or back, but appears attractive from a 360-degree perspective.

IBC Innovation Factory, Kolding, Jutland, western Denmark
schmidt hammer lassen architects
IBC Innovation Factory Building
photo from architect

IBC Innovation Factory Denmark - 6 Dec 2012
The IBC Innovation Factory by schmidt hammer lassen architects is designed to support new ways of learning. The 12,800 sqm educational building has gone through a total refurbishment and was officially inaugurated by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of Denmark on 6th December 2012.

Blue Planet, Amager, southern Copenhagen, eastern Denmark
Design: 3XN Architects
Blue Planet Copenhagen Building
photo from 3XN

Blue Planet Copenhagen - 27 Nov 2012
The Blue Planet will be Northern Europe's largest aquarium. Architecturally, the aquarium is shaped like a whirlpool, giving associations to eddies of fish, birds and sea currents. The building is in Copenhagen, at the island of Amager, close to the Copenhagen Airport, and viewed from a plane the whirlpool shape will be shown in full.

Skidome Randers, Jutland, northern Denmark
Design: CEBRA Architects
Randers Skidome Building
picture from architect

Skidome Denmark - 15 Nov 2012
Danish architecture practice CEBRA has designed Skidome Denmark - a vision for the world’s biggest ski dome in the city of Randers for ski travelling agency Danski. The proposal offers over 3 km of indoor and outdoor slopes, freestyle park, hotel, restaurant and shops, covering a total area of 100.000 m2.

Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre, north east Denmark
Henning Larsen Architects
Egedal Town Hall Building
picture from architects

Egedal Town Hall Building - 25 Aug 2012
Henning Larsen Architects and a group consisting of turnkey contractor Züblin, landscape architect SLA and consulting engineers Henrik Larsen and Jørgen Nielsen have won the competition for Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre. The building of 18,000 m2 in North Zealand will be the centre of the new, merged Egedal Municipality.

New Aalborg University Hospital, Jutland
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
New Aalborg University Hospital Building
picture from architects

New Aalborg University Hospital - 27 Jun 2012
As part of the Indigo Consortium, schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design the New Aalborg University Hospital in Northern Jutland - a project of € 551.5 million. This new Danish hospital is part of a governmental health reform.

Student Housing in Esbjerg, Jutland, eastern Denmark
CEBRA Architects
Danish Student Housing
image from architects

Danish Student Housing - 19 Jun 2012
CEBRA, in cooperation with engineers LB Consult, has won the competition for 48 new student housings in Denmark’s 5th largest city Esbjerg. The proposal consists of 26,910 sqft apartments spread across ten floors and outdoor areas with terraces and activity zones such as a street basket field. The building contains two basic functions: apartments - both for students and for young elitist sports practitioners - and common areas.

New Rigshospital, Copenhagen
Aarhusarkitekterne A/S + others
New Rigshospital Building
image from architects

New Rigshospital - 23 May 2012
"Rigshospitalet is a very special hospital, with highly specialised treatments in almost all areas; it isn't just the spearhead for the region, it's the specialist hospital, for all of Denmark. Therefore it's vital that the hospital meets the needs and wishes of the public, and that it is in constant change and renewal so that it becomes easier patients to receive ever better treatment here," said Vibeke Storm Rasmussen, Chairman of the Capital Region of Denmark.

Næstved Hospital Building, Sjaelland, south east Denmark
EFFEKT
Næstved Hospital Building
picture from architect

Næstved Hospital Building - 14 Mar 2012
Livsrum is EFFEKT's 1. prize project in the competition for a new cancer counseling center at Næstved hospital in Denmark in collaboration with Hoffmann and Lyngkilde.

Aalborg Waterfront - masterplan, Jutland : C. F. Møller Architects - 8 Feb
Aalborg Waterfront Buildings
photo : Helene Hoyer Mikkelsen
The master plan for Aalborg Waterfront links the city’s medieval centre with the adjacent fjord, which has previously been difficult for citizens to access due to the industrial harbour and the associated heavy traffic. By tying in with the openings in the urban fabric, a new relationship between city and fjord is created, and what was formerly a back-side is turned into a new, highly attractive front.

Green Solution House Bornholm : 3XN with William McDonough + Partners - 13 Jan
Green Solution House
image from architect

KPMG Headquarters Copenhagen : 3XN - 1 Feb
KPMG Copenhagen Building
picture © Adam Mørk

Mirror House Copenhagen : MLRP Architects - 16 Jan
Copenhagen Central Park Pavilion
photograph : Laura Stamer

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Aarhus Concert Hall, Jutland
Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
Aarhus Concert Hall
picture from architect

 
Aarhus Town Hall, Jylland
Arne Jacobsen
Aarhus Town Hall
photograph © Adrian Welch

 
Bagsvaerd Church
Jorn Utzon
Bagsvaerd Church
image © Adrian Welch

 
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum
Tony Fretton Architects
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum
photo © Helene Binet

 

Hedorf Kollegium
KHR arkitekter
Hedorf Kollegium Frederiksberg
photo : Laura Stamer

 

House of Music Aalborg, Jutland
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
House of Music in Aalborg
image © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

 
Middelfart Savings Bank
3XN Architects
Middelfart Savings Bank
image : Adam Mørk - 3XN

 
Moesgård Museum Århus, Århus, Jutland
Henning Larsen Architects
Moesgård Museum Building
image from architect

 
Museum Ordrupgaard - New Wing
Zaha Hadid Architects
Museum Ordrupgaard
photo © AW

 
Natural Science Center Building, Jutland
NORD Architects
Natural Science Center Denmark
photo : NORD Architects/Adam Mørk

 
Nørre Vosborg, Vemb
Arkitema
Nørre Vosborg
photo : Thomas Mølvig
Nykredit Headquarters Building
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
The Crystal Copenhagen
photo : Adam Mørk

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