Tag Rasmus Hjortshoij

27-04-2021

Exhibition marking the 60th birthday of Arne Jacobsen’s SAS Royal Hotel

Opened in 1960, the SAS Royal Hotel is one of Arne Jacobsen’s most iconic buildings, and one of Denmark’s first skyscrapers. The Danish Architecture Centre marks the occasion with an exhibition entitled "SAS Royal Hotel-A Love Story”, taking a look at the well-known Danish architect and designer’s Gesamtkunstwerk.

13-01-2021

Greening the City, exhibition at the DAM in Frankfurt

It is evident that green plays a vital role in architecture, and we are all familiar with iconic examples of landmarks adorned with greenery. But it’s time to up the ante and think on a larger scale to make our cities greener in general. The DAM exhibition called Greening the City opens at the end of the month, and there is still time to submit green projects to be included on an interactive map.

12-11-2020

ADEPT and the Braunstein Taphouse, architecture designed for disassembly

Copenhagen-based studio ADEPT has designed a new taphouse for the Braunstein microbrewery in the harbour of Koege, Denmark. Since it stands on what may well be a temporary site, the architecture was designed as an easily demountable project that could easily be moved somewhere else.

09-10-2020

COBE and Arup’s Brutalist concrete station

COBE and Arup have built a metro station in the port of Copenhagen reinterpreting the Modernist idiom.

29-06-2020

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH COBE

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think”, Margaret Mead.

04-06-2020

Copenhagen appointed 2023 UNESCO World Capital of Architecture

On May 5, UNESCO and the International Union of Architects (UIA) announced that they had chosen Copenhagen to be 2023 World Capital of Architecture. The Danish capital will be the world’s second city to hold the title, after Rio de Janeiro in 2020. At the same time as events celebrating its status as world capital of architecture, Copenhagen will be hosting the World Architects’ Congress, an event held by the UIA every three years.

25-05-2020

ADEPT at Carlsberg City, Copenhagen

The Danish architecture studio, ADEPT has helped to transform the Carlsberg City district in Copenhagen. They worked their magic on Theodora House, a contemporary, mixed-use building complex that is part new construction and part reuse and all with the typical brick of this historic district.

04-03-2020

COBE: Red Cross volunteer house in Copenhagen

The new Red Cross centre in Copenhagen is a participatory project involving volunteers as representatives of one of the guiding voices of the team. The COBE architecture firm, which is transforming the city of Copenhagen, has designed the Red Cross volunteer house as a landmark.