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Copenhagen Buildings
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Denmark, Europe. Modern DK Built Environment designs.
post updated 14 January 2026
We have 5 pages of Copenhagen Buildings selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. e-architect cover completed buildings in the Danish capital, and new building designs.
We also publish architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Denmark. The focus is on contemporary Danish buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.
New Copenhagen Buildings
Copenhagen Architecture : news + key projects
Copenhagen Buildings : A-C (this page)
Copenhagen Building Designs : D-K
Copenhagen Architecture Designs : L-R
Copenhagen Building Developments : S-Z
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Buildings in Copenhagen
Key Modern Buildings in Copenhagen Architecture arranged chronologically:
The Blue Planet
Architects: 3XN
image from architect
Blue Planet Copenhagen
The walls and roofs form a single, continuous flow and the longest of the whirlpool’s arms follows the shape of the landscape and the building, moving into the land inviting visitors inside. As soon as visitors arrive at The Blue Planet, the building will convey a sense of the special experience that awaits them inside.
Copenhagen Zoo – Elephant House
Design: Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Copenhagen Zoo Building
This bold architectural project has been driven by research into the behavioural patterns of elephants. The tendency for bull elephants in the wild to roam away from the main herd prompted a plan organised around two separate enclosures.
Copenhagen Opera House
Design: Henning Larsen Architects
photo © AW
Copenhagen Opera House
The design is reminiscent of the Concert Hall at Lucerne, Switzerland by architect Jean Nouvel*. When I visited Copenhagen in 2002 Holmen was a dull naval base cut off from the city; a recent visit in 2005 shows the huge cantilevers dominating the harbour from Knippelsbro. The Danish Architecture Centre is located just to the west in the lovely old quarter of Christianshavn.
Bagsvaerd Church / Bagsværd Kirke
Design: Jorn Utzon Architect
photograph © AW
Bagsvaerd Church
The exterior is quite hard and some of the materials (steep corrugated roof) and proportions (the stepping-down flanks atop the north and south facades either side of the ‘nave’) don’t sit quite right, but the interior is a tour-de-force, concealed lighting and ‘cloud’ ceiling being the highlights.
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Danish Capital City Property Developments
Guide to major Copenhagen Projects, alphabetical:
A-House
Design: Holgaard arkitekter
picture from FD
A-House
Bella Hotel
Design: 3XN
image from architect studio
Bella Hotel Building
Bellahoj Swim Stadium
Design: Arkitema Architects
image from architect office
Bellahoj Swimming Pool
Bikuben Kollegiet, Ørestad North
Design: aart Architects
photo from architect
Bikuben Kollegiet
Blue Corner Housing, Christianshavn
Design: Tegnestuen Vandkunsten Architects
image © AW
Contemporary House in Christianshavn
Bryghusgrunden Project
Design: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture
picture from architectural firm
Bryghusgrunden Project
Carlsberg – our city
Design: Entasis
image from architect office
Carlsberg Masterplan
Christiansborg Castle, Folketinget
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photograph © AW
Christiansborg Slot
CinemaxX KBH
Design: CEBRA Arkitekter
photo from architect
CinemaxX KBH
Cirkelbroen – The Circle Bridge
Design: Olafur Eliasson
image : Olafur Eliasson
Cirkelbroen
Cleaning Facilities Centre
Design: POLYFORM + KARRES EN BRANDS
picture : Ty Stange
Cleaning Facilities Centre Building
The City Dune
Design: SLA
photograph © OREV Vandingssystemer
The City Dune
Copenhagen Airport Buildings, Amager
Design: ilhelm Lauritzen Architects
photo from architect
Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3
Copenhagen Airport – Parking Building
Design: KHR
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Copenhagen Airport Parkeringshus
Copenhagen Bridge
Design: Studio Bednarski and Flint & Neill
picture from architect firm
Copenhagen Bridge Competition
Copenhagen Bus Terminal
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photo © AW
Copenhagen Terminal building
Copenhagen Harbour Gateway
Design: Steven Holl Architects
picture : Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
Copenhagen Harbour Gateway
Copenhagen Railway Station Building, Indre By
Heinrich Wenck Architect
photograph © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Railway Station
CPH Arch
Architects: 3XN
image from architect
CPH Arch
Culture House + Library
COBE + Transform
picture from architects office
Culture House + Library Copenhagen
More Copenhagen Buildings online soon.
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Danish Capital Building Designs
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
no larger image:
photograph © AW
Copenhagen harbour apartment building
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Future Systems Architects
Copenhagen Philharmonic Hall
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Keith Williams Architects
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, northern Europe.
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New Architectural Developments in Denmark
Copenhagen Landscape Architecture
Arne Jacobsen Architect
Henning Larsen Architects
Comments / photos for the Modern Copenhagen Building page welcome.