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Greenland Property Information : Buildings
Building Developments in the North Atlantic – Built Environment Links
post updated 1 April 2023
Greenland Building Developments
Greenland Developments
Contemporary North Atlantic Architectural Projects – property designs, alphabetical:
Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland in Nuuk
Greenland National Gallery of Art
We aim to add more buildings in this North Atlantic country soon – submissions are welcome.
Location: Greenland, North Atlantic
Architecture in the North Atlantic
Contemporary Architecture in North Atlantic Region
Greenland Architecture – architectural selection below:
Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland in Nuuk
Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen
image courtesy of architects practice
This week, the Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland in Nuuk celebrates its 20th anniversary. When opened in 1997 the building provided for the first time a cultural and artistic meeting place for both locals, the international Inuit community and visitors from all over the world.
Greenland National Gallery of Art
Design: BIG + TNT Nuuk + Ramboll Nuuk + Arkitekti
image from BIG
Greenland National Gallery of Art
This index page is for architectural projects in this North Atlantic country on the e-architect website
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and later Denmark) for more than a millennium.
In 2008, the people of Greenland passed a referendum supporting greater autonomy; 75% of votes cast were in favour. Greenland is, in terms of area, the world’s largest island, over three-quarters of which is covered by the only contemporary ice sheet outside of Antarctica. With a population of 56,370 (2013), it is the least densely populated country in the world.
Greenland has been inhabited off and on for at least the last 4,500 years by Arctic peoples whose forebears migrated there from Canada. Norsemen settled on the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century. Inuit peoples arrived in the 13th century.
The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century. In the early 18th century, Scandinavia and Greenland came back into contact with each other, and Denmark established sovereignty over the island.
Having been ruled by Denmark–Norway for centuries, Greenland became a Danish colony in 1814, and a part of the Danish Realm in 1953 under the Constitution of Denmark. In 1973, Greenland joined the European Economic Community with Denmark.
However after a referendum in 1983 Greenland withdrew in 1985. In 1979, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, and in 2008, Greenlanders voted in favour of the Self-Government Act which transferred more power from the Danish government to the local Greenlandic government.
Source: wikipedia
Website: Visit Greenland
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