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Copenhagen Architecture Designs
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Denmark. Modern DK Properties designs.
post updated 15 January 2026
We have 5 pages of Copenhagen Architecture Designs selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. e-architect cover completed buildings, new building designs.
This built environment resource also features architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Denmark. Our focus is on contemporary Danish buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.
Copenhagen Architectural Designs
Copenhagen Architecture : news + key projects
Copenhagen Buildings : A-C
Copenhagen Building Designs : D-K
Copenhagen Architecture Designs : L-R (this page)
Copenhagen Building Developments : S-Z
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Architecture Designs in Copenhagen
Major Copenhagen Architectural Projects, chronological:
Nykredit Headquarters Building
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
photo : Adam Mørk
Nykredit Headquarters Building – the Crystal
The extension to Nykredit consists of a new building – the Crystal – sited northwest of the existing Nykredit premises. Freestanding on the site, it readas as a transparent, geometrical, glazed form which, resting only on a single point and a single line, floats as a visually light, crystalline structure above the plaza.
The Royal Playhouse
Design: Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
photo : Jens Lindhe
Royal Playhouse Building
The building consists of three compositional elements:
The oak-clad promenade, a public walk floating on thin columns over the water, gives access to the foyer. The scene building, containing the auditorium and three scenes, echoes the material character of the harbour front.
Ordrupgaard Art Museum – New Wing
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Ordrupgaard Copenhagen
The only building in Denmark by this world-famous architect based in London. Situated a short train journey north from the city centre.
Royal Library extension : Sort Diamant
Design: Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen, Architects
photo : Ralph Richter
Sort Diamant – ‘Black Diamond’
A remarkable and innovative building of its time. When the Royal Library in Copenhagen opened to the public there was general concern in society that libraries might become redundant in the future.
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Guide to key Copenhagen Architectural Designs, alphabetical:
Magasin du Nord, Kongens Nytorv
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image © AW
Copenhagen Department Store
In 1870 the Aarhus drapers Emil Vett & Co opened a shop in Copenhagen. It was located in rented rooms in the mondain Hotel du Nord on Kongens Nytorv where Hans Christian Andersen had boarded from 1838 until 1847.
Maritime Youth House, Docks
Design: PLOT Architects
photo : Julien De Smedt
Maritime Youth House
Two clients had to share the facilities: a sail club and a youth house. Their desires were opposite: the youth house wanted outdoor space for the kids to play, the sail club needed most of the site to park their boats.
Mirror House Copenhagen, Copenhagen Central Park
Design: MLRP Architects
photograph : Laura Stamer
Danish-American based architects MLRP has transformed an existing graffiti-plagued playground structure in Fælledparken to an inviting and reflective pavilion as part of the new Interactive Playground Project in Copenhagen.
National Broadcasting Co. Concert Hall
Design: various architects
foto : dragoer luftfoto
DR Byen building, Ørestad
The building is split into four parts, only the fourth being by Jean Nouvel: four concert halls and five stages over seven floors, with 1800 seats in the Concert Hall and numerous rehearsal rooms.
National Gallery – extension
Design: Anna Maria Indrio, C. F. Møller Architects
image © AW
Statens Museum for Kunst
NOMA Restaurant
Design: GXN
NOMA Restaurant
Nordea Bank Office Building
Design: Henning Larsen Architects + others
image © Henning Larsen Architects
Nordea Bank Building
Nordlyset
Design: C. F. Møller Architects
image from architect
Nordlyset Copenhagen
Northern Harbour Copenhagen
Design: COBE + SLETH MODERNISM + others
image : COBE, Sleth Modernism, Polyform, Rambøll
Northern Harbour Copenhagen
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek – French Wing
Henning Larsen Architect
picture © AW
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Nytorv building
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photograph © AW
Copenhagen square
Ørestad City Masterplan
Daniel Libeskind
photograph © AW
Orestad Architecture, south Copenhagen
Ørestad College
3XN
image from architect
Orestad School
Ørestad Housing, south Copenhagen
Plot Architects
picture © Adrian Welch
Plot Architects housing
Ørestad – Dutch Quarter Housing
Design: various architects
photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Sydhavnen housing
Porcelains Fabriken, Frederiksberg
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picture © AW
Porcelains Fabriken Copenhagen
Rødovre Skyscraper
MVRDV
image from architect
Rødovre Skyscraper Copenhagen
Round Tower / Rundetårn
Jørgen Scheffel
photo from Danish Architecture Centre in 2004
Rundetårn København
More Copenhagen Architecture Designs online soon.
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Copenhagen Buildings Designs
Copenhagen Buildings – no Image & Link
Marble Church / Marmorkirken, 4 Frederiksgade
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Marmormolen Masterplan – proposal, Copenhagen harbour
2008-
3XN
New United Nations headquarters + offices, hotels, apartments, retail
142m high tower + bridge
Paustian furniture store / Paustian Møbelhus, Kalkbrænderiløbskaj 2, Nordhavn
Jørn Utzon
picture © AW
see Nordhavnen link at base of page
Rosenborg Castle / Rosenborg Slot, Øster Voldgade 4
Dates built: 1606-34
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, northern Europe
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Danish Architectural Designs
Copenhagen Landscape Architecture
Northwest Park : SLA
photograph : Torben Petersen
Arne Jacobsen Architect
Henning Larsen Architects
Comments / photos for the Copenhagen Architecture Designs page welcome