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Architectural Walks in Jutland, Denmark – Danish Architects Visits: New Building Design

post updated 1 December 2024

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Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark. It is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula, 187 kilometres from Copenhagen.

Your rainbow panorama, at ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum:
Your rainbow panorama
photos : Ole Hein Pedersen

Aarhus Architecture Tours

The municipal population of this city on the east side of Jutland is around 335,000.

Key buildings you can see on our Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours:

Isbjerget housing design by SeARCH, CEBRA, JDS and Louis Paillard:
Aarhus Iceberg housing design
photo from architects
Spectacular buildings on the city’s waterfront in a development called ‘The Iceberg’.

Moesgård Museum Århus building design by Henning Larsen Architects:
Moesgard Museum 1
photo © Rógvi N. Johansen
The Moesgård Museum specialises in archaeology and ethnography.

Dokk1 Aarhus building design by SHL Architects:
Dokk1
image from architect office
Aarhus Library Building won the Public Library of the Year Award in 2016 + Shortlisted for Mies van der Rohe 2017 Award
The building of Dokk1 and the associated squares and streetscape is also collectively known as Urban Mediaspace Aarhus and it is the largest construction project Aarhus municipality has ever undertaken.

ARoS Building / ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum building design by shl with artist Olafur Eliasson:
ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum
photo from architect studio
The city’s main art museum is one of the largest art museums in Scandinavia with a collection covering art from the 18th century to the present day. The iconic glass structure on the roof, Your Rainbow Panorama, was designed by Olafur Eliasson and features a promenade offering a colourful panorama of the city.

The Infinite Bridge Aarhus design by Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter, located a short drive away to the south of the city:
The Infinite Bridge Architecture Walking Tour
photo from Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter
Walkable seaside panorama sculpture by Danish architect studio Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter built and exhibited in connection with the international biennale, Sculpture by the Sea 2015, that takes place in the scenic coastal landscape surrounding the city of Aarhus.

Neuroscience Center Aarhus building design by world-famous Danish architects BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group:
Neuroscience Center Aarhus Jutland
picture courtesy of architects office
NEURO is the first of its kind in the world: the venue will bring together psychiatry and neuroscience under one roof to combine groundbreaking science and treatment of physical and mental brain diseases, spinal cord and nervous systems. The 20,000 sqm building design for Aarhus University Hospital mimics the gyrification of the human brain to utilize the limited site area most efficiently while creating synergies between the different disciplines within the hospital.

Kalø Tower Visitor Access, Rønde, north east of Århus, building design by MAP Architects:
Kalø Tower Visitor Access, Rønde, Denmark
photo : Bjørn Pierri Enevoldsen
The e-architect editors enjoyed our visit to this new intervention. The rural architectural project allows access to one of Denmark’s archaeological gems, while offering and intricate spatial experience. It allows visitors to enter and climb the main space of the tower, contrasting new built forms against the historic structure.

Vestas Offices Aarhus design by Danish architects Arkitema:
Vestas Wind Systems Aarhus building
photograph : Jesper Balleby
The first building in Northern Europe to obtain the exclusive LEED certification category platinum. At the time of building completion only around 150 commercial buildings in the world had obtained the American LEED certificate in the platinum category.

Salling Tower at Aarhus Harbour by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter:
Salling Tower
photo © Torben Eskerod
This waterfront structure is made of welded steel plates, shaped like a sharp origami cut, an urban sculpture with a significant architectural expression. The white steel tower stands out as a glowing landmark giving identity to the dockland area.

Port Centre and HQ building design by C.F. Møller Architects:
Port Centre and HQ Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
photo : Julian Weyer
This 13,000 sqm building includes port administration offices, workshops and warehousing, a customer reception centre, security management and staff welfare facilities as well as a public cafeteria.

Hothouse Botanical Gardens Aarhus design by well-known Danish architects C.F. Møller:
Hothouse at the Botanical Gardens Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
photo : Quintin Lake
Transparent roofing made of ETFE foil cushions with an interior pneumatic shading system planned by formTL and C. F. Møller Architekten. This interesting project was an International Architecture Awards Winner in 2016.

The Sil(o)houette design by C. F. Møller Architects
Siloetten Aarhus Apartments
photo : Julian Weyer © C. F. Møller Architects
Fformer silo complex has been transformed into a ‘rural high-rise’, 21 high-quality residences composed as individual and unique ‘stacked villas’, located near to the city.

World-famous Modern architecture – Town Hall building by architect Arne Jacobsen from 1942, with a stunning inteior, innovative for its time, softened by the use of timber, especially the slatted wood panelling:
Aarhus Town Hall Arne Jacobsen building
photograph © Adrian Welch

Aarhus Architecture Designs – chronological list
Moesgard Museum 2
Moesgård Museum building photo © Henning Larsen

Aarhus Buildings
Aarhus Iceberg Project
Isbjerget photo from architects

The Iceberg has been designed in a way that it allows natural lighting and waterfront views into as many apartments as possible. The resulting open and sculptural block closely resembles an iceberg.
Aarhus Iceberg Project
Isbjerget photo from architects practice

Architecture Walking Tour References

Aarhus Architectural Walking Tours

Key Buildings that can be visited on our Aarhus architecture tours:

Concert Hall in Aarhus

Europahuset Århus

Location: Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark, northern Europe

Architecture in Aarhus

Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø
Design: AART Architects
Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø buildings by AART -Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
image from architect
Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø
A new mixed-use development in the heart of Aarhus Ø injecting life and authenticity into the new harbour district.

Arkitektskolen
Arkitektskolen Århus

The Infinite Bridge Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
The Infinite Bridge photo from Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter

Salling Tower Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
Salling Tower photo © Torben Eskerod

Hothouse at the Botanical Gardens Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
Hothouse Botanical Garden building photo : Quintin Lake

Our selection of the latest key buildings that can be visited on our Aarhus walking tours:

Århus Architecture Walking Tours

Århus Architecture Walking Tours

Århus Architecture Walking Tours

Århus Architecture Walking Tours

Århus Architecture Walking Tours
photos © Annette Svaneklink Jakobsen

Key New Buildings in Jutland

LEGO Office Complex, Billund
Design: C.F. Møller
LEGO Building Denmark
picture from architecture studio
LEGO Building in Denmark

Aarhus Masterplan by NORD Architects

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