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NORD Architects’ Brønshøj Parish Centre Fosters Community Gathering

The Brønshøj Parish Centre by NORD Architects provides a space for community congregation informed by the surrounding religious architecture. With warm materials, a multi-functional program, and a form that physically opens up to the city, the Parish Centre presents an inviting social and… Sigue leyendo

Architecture Documentaries To Watch In 2015

Following our top 40 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2014 and our favourite 30 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2013…, 2015 is no exception! Our latest round up continues to feature a fantastic range of films and documentaries telling the Sigue leyendo

Here’s How BIG’s Power Plant Ski Slope Will Blow Smoke Rings

When BIG‘s proposal for Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen, was unveiled in 2011, there was a lot for skeptics to pick apart. Is it really possible to run a publicly accessible ski slope on the roof of an… Sigue leyendo

Win a BIG Trip to Copenhagen

Daydreaming about a trip to Copenhagen? Now is your chance to go. As part of BIG’s HOT TO COLD… exhibition on view at the National Building Museum, Visit Denmark is hosting a sweepstakes for two to see the architectural and cultural sights Sigue leyendo

BIG Designs Danish Recycling Center as Neighborhood Asset

Waste management and recycling centers are typically designed as utilitarian facilities shunned to an industrial part of the city. Yet Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is challenging this notion by designing a Copenhagen recycling station that serves as an “attractive and lively urban space” in the… Sigue leyendo

JAJA and Creo Arkitekter Selected to Restore Copenhagen Swimming Hall

JAJA architects and Creo Arkitekter have won first prize in a competition to restore Copenhagen’s mid-century Roskilde Swimming Hall. The Danish practice will “architecturally transform” the site’s existing building complex and 1960s water tower into a “cohesive spatial experience” that offers a range of… Sigue leyendo