Architecture

8Tallet is an architectural, world class housing estate that is both organic and elegant. 8Tallet includes 476 homes divided into town houses, penthouse apartments with gardens to match and regular apartments.

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is a world-class museum located in the centre of Copenhagen. The Café in the extraordinary palmtree garden serves light lunch dishes and pastry from own production.

Experience new architecture and new urban areas in Copenhagen on one of the free guided tours by Copenhagen X.

The Danish Centre for Architecture (DAC), aims at displaying trends in Danish and international architecture to ensure continuous public exposure.

It features exhibitions with models, sketches and photographs. Study tours and debate meetings can also be arranged, alongside lectures on subjects connected to the exhibitions.

The Danish Design Centre, designed by internationally acclaimed Danish architect Henning Larsen, opened its doors to the public in 2000.

The centre houses two permanent exhibitions and also features a number of changing special exhibitions.

A visit to the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen will give you a good insight into the enthralling universe of Danish Jewish culture and its 400 year history.

The emblem and concept of the museum interior is the Hebrew word 'Mitzvah', meaning obligation or good deed. At the museum you can experience different events, films, guided tours and make use of the reading room.

The exhibition 'Drawing by Drawing' in Copenhagen features drawings by architect Svein Tønsager and his personal network.

Copenhagen is the proud owner of a major Zoo with a new state of the art Elephant House, designed by Norman Foster.

The Art museum Ordrupgaard celebrates the centenary of Finn Juhl. His private home built in 1942 - right next to Ordrupgaard - is open to the public.

In June 2000, Henning Larsen Architects won the invited competition for a new building for the IT University.

The building is shaped like a giant H. Two parallel building carcasses wrapped in a metal sheath surrounding a panoptic spaces out against what you have drawn a wide range of transparent 'drawers' in different lengths.

Kids and their parents have the opportunity to build world-famous icons out of LEGO, when the Danish Achitecture Center invitetes everybody in for LEGO Architecture Workshop.

Visit Denmark’s largest art museum, featuring collections of Danish and international art, from the past 700 years, as well as, contemporary displays.

The National Gallery has special exhibtions for kids and a nice café serving brunch and lunch.

Ordrupgaard comprises one of Northern Europe's finest collections of French anf Danish art.

A very different integration of old and new architecture can be seen here. The architect, Iraki-born Zaha Hadid, was inspirated by the landscape when designing flowing lines of concrete and glass follow the gentle undulation of the North Sjælland landscape.

Ørestad North is Copenhagen’s modern center for culture, media, and communication technology, housing two university campuses and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s media center.

The area is an experimental environment for new lifestyles and urban spaces in a network society, situated in beautifully landscaped surroundings including several cannals.

See ecology and sustainability in praxis and get inspiration for your own way of living.

Students from 8 different art schools around the world is exhibiting their works at Projekt8 - a popup art gallery at 8-Tallet in Ørestad.
8-Tallet is awarded the World's best housing.

The Radisson Blu Royal Hotel was designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen for the airline SAS in 1960.

The entire hotel – from the exterior facade through to the stainless-steel cutlery used in the restaurant and the Swan and Egg chairs gracing the lobby – was designed by Arne Jacobsen himself.

Jakobsen is considered to be the godfather of Danish design.

'The Black Diamond' is an extension to the Royal Library in Copenhagen. The building is black, asymmetric shape reflects the sky and sea at the harbour front.

In addition to the library, the building houses The National Museum of Photography, a bookshop, eateries and a concert & theatre hall which seats 600 people.

The Concert Hall is designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, is an impressive work of architectural and acoustic design.

Concrete, steel and glass encase four architecturally different halls, where the acoustics can be tailored to a given ensemble or musical genre.

The Copenhagen Opera House is impressive in size, comprising fourteen floors and a main stage that can accommodate an audience of 1400 people.

This beautifully adorned building is designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen, with several other Danish artists contributing to its decor.

This Student Residence, designed by Danish architects, Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg, comprises 360 living spaces spread over seven floors.

Torvehallerne is situated right by Nørreport Station, and offers more than 80 shops.

Here you will find Danish delicacies, local vegetables, fresh fish, andItalien specialities.

The prestigious VM Mountain houses in Ørestad City.

The VM Mountain contains 80 residential units all with terrace decks and luxuriant roof gardens protruding from the building's base.