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post updated 3 October 2021

Architecture Designs in Denmark

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Danish Architecture Designs. 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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New Danish Architecture Designs

Key Danish Building Designs, arranged chronologically:

New City School in Frederikshavn, northern Jutland, north west Denmark
Design: Arkitema Architects

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.

IBC Innovation Factory, Kolding, Jutland, western Denmark
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects

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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.

Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre, north east Denmark
Design: Henning Larsen Architects

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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.

13 Jan 2012
Green Solution House Bornholm
Design: 3XN with William McDonough + Partners

image Courtesy architecture office
The Green Solution House conference center on the Danish island of Bornholm is designed and developed in accordance with the principles of Cradle 2 Cradle®. This means that all materials used in the building are either fully recyclable or biodegradable.

Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Als
Architects: J. MAYER H.

picture from J.Mayer H.
The new buildings rise up from the ground and provide spaces which articulate the fusion of outdoor landscape and indoor exhibition. This active ground modulates according to program and location in the park. The endpoints of the buildings blur the line between building and park by offering inside-out spaces as display areas and projection surfaces related to the temporary exhibitions inside.

Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, island of Lolland
Design: Tony Fretton Architects

photo © Helene Binet
Stirling Prize Nominee 2009
The purpose built 2,500 sqm art museum has been designed by the architects to house the Storstrøm Art Museum’s permanent collection of Danish fine art. The 2,500 sqm Fuglsang Kunstmuseum building also houses new galleries for temporary exhibitions, a shop, a café, a learning centre, administration spaces and storage for the museum’s vast collection of painting and sculpture.

Horsens Masterplan, Jutland
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

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The masterplan received particular praise for its dynamic design which will create a sense of cohesion between the city’s existing urban identity and the new retail and recreational areas. Kim Holst Jensen, project director, from shla, said: “the practice’s design will create a vibrant cultural and commercial hub for the city.

Iceberg Project
Design: JDS + CEBRA

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To achieve optimal views from the apartments to the sea, the building has been cut in a crisscross manner, taking its inspiration from floating icebergs in constant motion. The sloping rooftops emphasize views and bring in natural daylight while providing stunning views out in several directions.