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

post updated 28 January 2022

Aarhus Architecture Tours

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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:

photos : Ole Hein Pedersen

The municipal population 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:

photo from architects
Spectacular buildings on the waterfront in a development called ‘The Iceberg’.

Moesgård Museum Århus design by Henning Larsen Architects:

photo © Rógvi N. Johansen
The Moesgård Museum specialises in archaeology and ethnography.

Dokk1 Aarhus design by SHL Architects:

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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 design by shl with artist Olafur Eliasson:

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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:

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.

Vestas Offices Aarhus by Danish architects Arkitema:

photograph : Jesper Balleby
The first building in Northern Europe to obtain the exclusive LEED certification category platinum. At the tkme 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:

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 by C.F. Møller Architects:

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 by C.F. Møller:

photo : Quintin Lake
Transparent roofing made of ETFE foil cushions with an interior pneumatic shading system planned by formTL and C. F. Møller Architekten. International Architecture Awards Winner in 2016.

The Sil(o)houette design by C. F. Møller Architects

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:

photograph © Adrian Welch

Aarhus Architecture Designs – chronological list

Moesgård Museum building photo © Henning Larsen

Aarhus Buildings

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.

Isbjerget photo from architects

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

Architecture in Aarhus

Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø
Design: AART Architects

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Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø
A new mixed-use development in the heart of Aarhus Ø injecting life and authenticity into the new harbour district.