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Copenhagen Building Designs

Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Denmark, Europe Built Environment designs.

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We have many pages of Copenhagen Building Designs selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. e-architect feature 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.

Building Designs in Copenhagen

Guide to major Copenhagen Real Estate Development Projects, alphabetical:

A-House
Design: Holgaard arkitekter
A-House

Bella Hotel
Design: 3XN
Bella Hotel Building

Bellahoj Swim Stadium
Design: Arkitema Architects
Bellahoj Swimming Pool

Bikuben Kollegiet, Ørestad North
Design: aart Architects
Bikuben Kollegiet

Blue Corner Housing, Christianshavn
Design: Tegnestuen Vandkunsten Architects
Contemporary House in Christianshavn

Bryghusgrunden Project
Design: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Bryghusgrunden Project

Carlsberg – our city
Design: Entasis
Carlsberg Masterplan

Christiansborg Castle, Folketinget
Christiansborg Slot

CinemaxX KBH
Design: CEBRA Arkitekter
CinemaxX KBH

Cirkelbroen – The Circle Bridge
Design: Olafur Eliasson
Cirkelbroen

Cleaning Facilities Centre
Design: POLYFORM + KARRES EN BRANDS
Cleaning Facilities Centre Building

The City Dune
Design: SLA
The City Dune

Copenhagen Airport Buildings, Amager
Design: ilhelm Lauritzen Architects
Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3

Copenhagen Airport – Parking Building
Design: KHR
Copenhagen Airport Parkeringshus

Copenhagen Bridge
Design: Studio Bednarski and Flint & Neill
Copenhagen Bridge Competition

Copenhagen Bus Terminal
Copenhagen Terminal building

Copenhagen Harbour Gateway
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Copenhagen Harbour Gateway

Copenhagen Railway Station Building, Indre By
Heinrich Wenck Architect
Copenhagen Railway Station

CPH Arch
Architects: 3XN
CPH Arch

Culture House + Library
COBE + Transform
Culture House + Library Copenhagen

Danish Design Centre, Indre By
Design: Henning Larsens Tegnestue
DDC is an independent, government-funded organization established in 1978. The role of DDC is to act as a knowledge centre for Danish businesses in matters of design, to facilitate maintaining and furthering the Danish design tradition.

Danish National Bank Building, Indre By
Design: Arne Jacobsen Architect ; Dissing + Weitling
Danish National Bank
The Danmarks Nationalbank building was designed by the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen and constructed in the period 1965-78. It is regarded as one of Arne Jacobsen’s major architectural works.

Danish Stock Exchange
Design: Lorenz og Hans van Steenwinkel, Arkitekten
Danish Stock Exchange
Børsen, also known as Børsbygningen, is a 17th-century stock exchange in the center of Copenhagen. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament, on the island of Slotsholmen.

Deloitte headquarters
Design: 3XNielsen with artist Steven Scott
Deloitte Headquarters Copenhagen
The Deloitte Building is built in central Copenhagen in the Ny Tøjhus, close to city, Ørestad and the new Metro. Guidelines for all three new developments, of which Deloitte is the largest, are controlled by a strong masterplan with a dedicated urban architectural perspective.

Gemini Residence, Havnestad
Design: MVRDV Architects / Jørgensen & Wolhfeldts
Gemini Copenhagen Housing
Our overall impression of this Danish waterfront industrial building redevelopment: strong simple concept beautifully carried through at the macro scale. However the building is cold to the passing pedestrian, devoid of planting or soft surfaces, with no concierge.

Grundtvig Church
Design: P.V. Jensen-Klint Architect
Grundtvig Church photos
Grundtvig’s Church was erected in commemoration of the great Danish priest, poet, and reformer N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783 – 1882). This monumental church is referred to in modern terms as a Gothic cathedral. Master builder and architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen Klint (1853 – 1930) died before the church was finished.

Healthcare Center Nørrebro
Design: NORD
Healthcare Center Nørrebro

Hedorf Residence Hall, Frederiksberg
Design: KHR arkitekter
Hedorf Kollegium

Herlev Hospital
Henning Larsen Architects
Herlev Hospital

Holmbladsgade Sports & Culture Centre
Design: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter with b&k+b
København Bygning

Hotel d’Angleterre renovation
Design: C. F. Møller Architects
Hotel d’Angleterre

Hotel FOX, Jarmers Plads 3
various designers
Hotel Fox Copenhagen

Jarmers Place landscape
Brandt Hell Hansted Holscher Arkitekter
Copenhagen tower

Kalvebod swimming pool
Architects: PLOT / BIG
Copenhagen swimming pool + Kalvebod

KPMG Headquarters, Frederiksberg
3XN
KPMG Headquarters Copenhagen

Knippels Bridge
Knippelsbro

Magasin du Nord, Kongens Nytorv
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
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
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
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
Statens Museum for Kunst

NOMA Restaurant
Design: GXN
NOMA Restaurant

Nord Vest Park
Design: SLA

Nordea Bank Office Building
Design: Henning Larsen Architects + others
Nordea Bank Building

Nordlyset
Design: C. F. Møller Architects
Nordlyset Copenhagen

Northern Harbour Copenhagen
Design: COBE + SLETH MODERNISM + others
Northern Harbour Copenhagen

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek – French Wing
Henning Larsen Architect
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Nykredit Headquarters Building
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
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.

Nytorv building
Copenhagen square

Ordrupgaard Art Museum – New Wing
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
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.

Ørestad City Masterplan
Daniel Libeskind
Orestad Architecture, south Copenhagen

Ørestad College
3XN
Orestad School

Ørestad Housing, south Copenhagen
Plot Architects
Plot Architects housing

Ørestad – Dutch Quarter Housing
Design: various architects
Sydhavnen housing

Porcelains Fabriken, Frederiksberg
Porcelains Fabriken Copenhagen

Rødovre Skyscraper
MVRDV
Rødovre Skyscraper Copenhagen

Round Tower / Rundetårn
Jørgen Scheffel
Rundetårn København

Royal Library extension : Sort Diamant
Design: Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen, Architects
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.

Royal Playhouse
Design: Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
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.

Sankt Kjelds Plads : Europan 11
Design: Kubota & Bachmann Architects
Sankt Kjelds Plads Copenhagen
To clarify the two axes: The streets are actually crowded by parked cars. This needs to be removed to increase the attractiveness of the area for pedestrians and cyclists. Moreover, the space occupied by cars will be transformed into green areas and pedestrian paths.

SAS Royal Hotel København
Design: Arne Jacobsen Architect
SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen
The hotel was designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen for the airline Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). It was opened in 1960 by King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid as the Royal Hotel.

It was also known as the SAS Royal Hotel. The hotel was renamed the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in 1994, when SAS signed a joint marketing agreement with Radisson Hotels. When SAS and Radisson ceased the marketing agreement in 2009, the hotel remained with Radisson and was renamed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel. In 2018 it was renamed Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen.

Scala Tower
Design: BIG
Scala Tower
Visible from the Central Station, the Town Hall Square and the Tivoli Gardens, Scala on the Axel Square is located on a central traffic, cultural and commercial site in Copenhagen. The municipality has expressed a wish to let Scala house the new main library building.

Sluseholmen, Sydhavnen
Design: various architects
The atmosphere varies between an intimate canalside environment and areas characterised by a large scale and open views of the surrounding harbour areas. The houses are frequently located right next to the canals, while bridges, wharfs and waterside steps allow residents to get close to the water surface and dip their toes in the water.

Sølvgade School
Design: C. F. Moller Architects

Stelling Hus, Gammeltorv
Design: Arne Jacobsen Architect
Stelling building

Taastrup Theatre
Design: COBE
Taastrup Theatre Building

Teglværk Bridge
Design: HVIDT ARKITEKTER
Teglværk Bridge

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

Tietgenkollegiet – Student housing, Amager
Design: Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
Copenhagen Student housing

Tivoli Concert Hall
Design: 3XN
Tivoli Concert Hall

Tivoli Congress Centre project
Design: Kim Utzon Arkitekter
Tivoli Conference Centre

Tivoli Gardens Hotel, central Copenhagen
Design: Foster + Partners, UK
Copenhagen hotel building

Tivoli Gardens / Tivoli, Indre By
Tivoli buildings

Tuborg Nord – Rotunda
Henning Larsen Architects
Tuborg Copenhagen

Tuborg Waves, Hellerup
Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter
Tuborg Waves

University Gardens, Ørestad North
Arkitema
University Gardens Copenhagen

Urban spaces at Carlsberg
Primus arkitekter / streetmovement
Urban spaces at Carlsberg

Vartov Square
Hackett Hall McKnight Architects, Northern Ireland
Vartov Square

VM Mountain dwellings, Ørestad North
BIG
VM Mountain dwellings Ørestad housing

The Wedge
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
Copenhagen Business School

Woven Bridge, Copenhagen Central Park
MLRP Architects
Woven Bridge

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Danish Capital Building Designs – No Image & Links

4B
2008
Holscher Architects

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

Bellavista Housing Estate, Strandvejen, Klampenborg, north Copenhagen
1934
Arne Jacobsen Architect

Birger Christensen – stair, Østergade 38, The Strøget
1997
Eva Jiricna Architects
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photograph © AW

Copenhagen harbour apartment building
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Future Systems Architects

Copenhagen Philharmonic Hall
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Keith Williams Architects

DAC – Dansk Arkitektur Center, Gammel Dok

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

Danish Architecture Centre
2006-
Design: Rem Koolhaas, lead architect at OMA

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

The Field’s Shopping Centre, Ørestad
C. F. Møller Architects

Frederiks Kirke – Marmorkirken, Frederiksgade 4
Dates built: 1740-1894
Nicolai Eigtved; completed by Ferdinand Meldahl
The Marble Church – construction halted for around a century

Gentofte Sports Park
2007-
Henning Larsen Tegnestue

Hotel Skt. Petri, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Erik Møllers Tegnestue A/S

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

photo © Adrian Welch
see Amager Torv link towards base of this page

Kastrup Sea Bath
White Arkitekter

photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Award-winning open-air pool just south of Copenhagen

Krøyers Plads – Copenhagen docks project : Design Competition win 2003
Erick van Egeraat

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