Tag Archive: Copenhagen

Dec 06

Better Place Copenhagen

Better Place Copenhagen  2

Copenhagen based studio Francisco Sarria has designed a showroom for the zero-emission vehicle company Better Place. Description from Francisco Sarria: The permanent exhibition of over 1000 m2 conveys the core values of Better Place: namely that innovation and sustainability can go hand in hand and that zero-emission vehicles powered by electricity from renewable sources is the best way …

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Nov 07

Prinsessegade Kindergarden and Youth Club

COBE in collaboration with NORD Architects, landscape architects PK3 and Grontmij have created Prinsessegade Kindergarden and Youth Club in Copenhagen, Denmark Descrition from COBE: Copenhagen is growing! Projections show that by 2025, there will be up to 90.000 more inhabitants in Copenhagen than today. Of these 90.000 new inhabitants, 33.000 will be 18-29 years and …

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Sep 13

The Crystal by Schmidt/Hammer/Lassen Architects

The Crystal

Description from Schmidt/Hammer/Lassen Architects: The extension to Nykredit consists of a new building – the Crystal – sited northwest of the existing Nykredit premises. Freestanding on the site, it reads 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 …

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Jul 22

The Blue Planet Aquarium

The Blue Planet Aquarium

Inspired by the whirl streams of the sea, shoals of fish, and swirling starlings turning the sky black, this stunning whirlpool-shaped design is designed by 3XN Architects in Copenhagen. Upon completion in the Spring of 2013, the 9,000 square metres The Blue Planet will become Northern Europe’s largest and most spectacularly designed public aquariums. Description …

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