Posts Tagged ‘Denmark’

3XN has won a architectural competition for the design of the Courthouse in Frederiksberg in Denmark.

The expansion of the Courthouse in Frederiksberg, Denmark, will be a sculptural and classic structure, which at once expresses a welcoming transparency while maintaining the justice system’s sobriety and seriousness.
The new Courthouse will be a natural extension of the existing [...]


Here are some more pictures of Danish Firm 3XN Architects winning proposal. The competition was to transform the former freight train halls in Aarhus, Denmark into a new and dynamic cultural center. The winning design was part of an collaboration effort with Nord Arkitekter, Hans Ulrik Jensen A/S,Exner Studio, and Søren Jensen Engineers.

Special thanks to [...]


3XN has won an Architectural Competition to transform the former freight train halls in Aarhus Denmark into a new and dynamic cultural center.
A new cultural hub for scenography, visual arts and literature will soon be constructed within a historical framework in Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus.  The new cultural center is meant to be an inspiring [...]


Copenhagen- and Rotterdam based architects Powerhouse Company have completed a spiral-shaped  extension to a house in Burgundy, France. Called Spiral House, the extension is arranged around a central patio, where the visitors can enter the structure.

“We want a house with a twist, a house that has something something to say.”

The Spiral house is an extension of [...]


’Learning from Nature’
Self-cleaning surfaces, phase changing materials and built-in sensors that generate energy from the footsteps of the visitors. The 3XN pavilion ‘Learning from Nature’ unites the most advanced technologies and intelligent materials in a preview of the innovative architectural design of tomorrow

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art invited the Danish architecture [...]


Bjarke Ingels Group and Adams Kara Taylor have won an international contest to design Tallinn’s new City Hall in Estonia.
The purpose of the international idea contest was to find the best architectural solution for the new administrative building of the city government that will be situated on a 35,000 m2 plot near the Linnahall building. [...]


Reaching out into the Øresund from Kastrup Strandpark in Kastrup, Kastrup Sea Bath forms a living and integral part of the new sea front.
The project consists of the main building on the water, the new beach and an ajoining service building with lavatories and a handicap changing room. 

Some info from the architect:
A sculpture to walk [...]


3XN Architects send me these pictures and info from their recent project, the Saxo Bank headquarters.

Visible from the lively cafes across the water, the new corporate headquarters for a Danish Investment Bank, Saxo Bank has been turning heads since its opening earlier this year.  This striking building, with its playful patterns of white and glass facades, reflects [...]


Mountain Dwellings, is a project consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park designed by the Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group or BIG. The building is located in Copenhagen, next to VM Houses, completed by BIG and Julien de Smedt Architects in 2006.
The 80 apartments are arranged on a sloping “hillside” above the car park that has [...]


The new Randers Museum of Art in Denmark will be a building both extrovert and introvert in nature; with reinterpreted classic Danish roots. 
In itself a sculpture sitting in a sculpture garden, the new Randers Museum of Art will be a transition point between town and landscape, art and nature.  Opening up at one end towards [...]