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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Cultural institutions of the future will be based on new business partnerships >

How can future cultural institutions act as agents of change in society? Primarily through new types of partnerships. Cultural institutions of the future shall be discussed when a number of international architectural and cultural institutions gather in Copenhagen on 17 to 19 April 2013 for the Dedicated to Architecture conference. The Danish Architecture Centre and Realdania are hosting the conference.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Copenhagen Solutions opens in Beijing >

On April 1 2013 the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing opened a Pavilion at the 9th International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building and New Technologies and Products Expo, which takes place in Beijing International Convention Center (BICC).

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Cultural institutions of the future will be based on new business partnerships >

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Copenhagen Solutions opens in Beijing >

Monday, March 18, 2013

Two Danish winners at MIPIM Awards 2013 >

PensionDanmark's 'The Iceberg' in Aarhus, designed by Cebra, JDS Architects, SeARCH and Louis Paillard, won the award for best housing project, while Lundgaard & Tranberg won the award for best future project for Culture Casbah to be built in Malmö.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Danish architects behind two of the finalists projects for the Mies van der Rohe Awards 2013 >

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the five finalists who will compete for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Time for new forms of urban transportation >

The IFHP Travel Squad from The Danish Architecture Centre went to London to report about London's urban tranformation in the wake of the Olympic Games in 2012.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

London’s new plan >

The IFHP Travel Squad, represented by The Danish Architecture Centre, has landed in London and the next following days the Travel Squad will reporting and drawing attention to some things that London will have to plan in the short and long term. Stay tuned on IFHP’s website on January 15th-25th 2013.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Melbourne - The Best Town in the World? >

Over the last decade Melbourne has implemented a whole range of initiatives, which have made it one of the world's most attractive cities to live in. IFHP invites you to join a unique Melbourne experience on 12-15 March 2013 in the company of Jan Gehl.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Test your knowledge: Can you guess the right City? >

A brand-new digital Quiz-game about the making of better cities has now been released.

Thursday, December 06, 2012

Kronprins Frederik og Kronprinsesse Mary v. åbningen af Copenhagen Solutions

Copenhagen Solutions on display in Hong Kong >

Today was the official opening of Hong Kong Business of Design Week 2012 attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Digital platform for architecture gets significant facelift >

The Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) are relaunching the popular, international digital architectural webzine arcspace.com in a new and improved version.

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Inhabitat, 24. maj 2013

The Glowing Plant Project: New DIY Kits Let Anyone Create Their Own Bioluminescent Blooms

Recently Inhabitat wrote about the Glowing Plants project, an idea that uses the science of bioluminescence to light up a room using plants. The Kickstarter campaign, created by the team of bio-engineers responsible for the technology, has been such ...

Planetizen, 24. maj 2013

Providence Plans Pedestrian Oasis for Downtown

Utilizing a series of compelling before and after renderings, Amanda Gruen walks through Union Studio Architects' plan to improve the pedestrian and transit experience in downtown Providence's Kennedy Plaza.

ArchDaily, 24. maj 2013

Salamanca Town Hall / Mario Carreño Zunino + Piera Sartori del Campo

Architects: Mario Carreño Zunino + Piera Sartori del Campo Location: Salamanca, Coquimbo Region, Chile Area: 4,400 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Cristobal Palma Collaborator: Pamela Jarpa Rosa Client: Municipalidad de Salamanca Ground Surfac...

Dezeen, 24. maj 2013

Mies van der Rohe - 1:1 Modell Golfclubhaus by Robbrecht en Daem

Mies van der Rohe designed this golf clubhouse in 1930 for the countryside surrounding Krefeld, Germany, but it's only just been constructed (+ slideshow). (more...)

Inhabitat, 24. maj 2013

LILAC: UK’s First Strawbale Co-Housing Project Opens in Leeds

The Low Impact Living Affordable Community (LILAC) recently opened its doors to a community of earth-friendly Leeds residents. Each of the 20 homes was built using straw bale construction and timber and marks the first genuinely green co-housing proj...

Dezeen, 24. maj 2013

Organic tap by Philippe Starck for Axor

Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week mixes air and liquid to give the sensation of more falling water than is actually being used. (more...)

Planetizen, 24. maj 2013

Outlet Malls Buck Retail Trends

While traditional enclosed malls, big box stores, and strip malls are struggling in an uncertain retail marketplace, sales at America's outlet malls are growing at a healthy pace. One mall near New York City is showing the pains of popularity.

ArchDaily, 24. maj 2013

Beato Jacinto Castañeda Education Center / Fernández Soler Monrabal Arquitectos

Architects: Fernández Soler Monrabal Arquitectos Location: Xátiva, Valencia, Spain Project Architects: Carlos Soler Monrabal + Luisa Fernández Rodríguez Technical Architect: Juan Antonio Díaz Romero Year: 2010 Photographs: Carlos Soler Monrabal ...

Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, 8. maj 2013

Scion DTU strengthens green entrepreneurs’ business

Yet another important part of Denmark’s campaign to go green has fallen into place: a Green Entrepreneur House. For the first time, specific services have been brought together to support the development of green entrepreneurs. The services are also ...

Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, 6. maj 2013

CCC partners with IBM on the Smarter Cities Challenge

How can the City of Copenhagen use accessible data to optimize the energy consumption for the different sectors in the City? A global expert team from IBM has set out to solve this challenge as part of their global Smarter Cities Challenge program.

Scandoland, 21. april 2013

CITY BRANDING AND THE BILBAO EFFECT

Like Copenhagen, Sydney is a harbour city. Instantly recognisable are the sails of the Opera House and the steel arch of the Harbour Bridge. It is a magnificent gateway and iconic image, tying north and south together with six million hand driven riv...

Scandoland, 3. april 2013

THE GOOD LIFE

Calendar week 13 is marked by Holy Thursday AND Good Friday. It is known as Påskeferie (Easter Holiday) despite the fact barely a working month has passed since Vinterferie (skiing holiday) in calendar weeks 7 and 8. Arriving in Grækenland mid-siesta...

WAN ARWARDS, 28. februar 2013

Residential

Both Residential & House of the Year winners have been announced today, see here for more details

WAN ARWARDS, 27. februar 2013

House of the Year

Winner announced

WAN ARWARDS, 25. februar 2013

Education

Last Call for Entries! Just 4 days to go...

Mimoa, 1. januar 0001

MAD-Faculty

Genk, Belgium Designer: BOGDAN & VAN BROECK ARCHITECTS Contributed by: BogdanVanBroeckArchitects The Media, Arts & Design Faculty is part of C-Mine, a new educational and cultural cluster on a former coal mine. From day one the project took in accou...

Mimoa, 1. januar 0001

Centrale Werkplaatsen

Leuven, Belgium Designer: BOGDAN & VAN BROECK ARCHITECTS Contributed by: BogdanVanBroeckArchitects By conceiving the new volumes as a reinterpretation of the historic industrial buildings, we have obtained a morphology with similar qualities. On the...

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