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Aarhus Architecture Walking Tours
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:
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:
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:
photo © Rógvi N. Johansen
The Moesgård Museum specialises in archaeology and ethnography.
Dokk1 Aarhus building design by SHL Architects:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
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
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 practice
Architecture Walking Tour References
Aarhus Architectural Walking Tours
Key Buildings that can be visited on our Aarhus architecture tours:
Location: Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark, northern Europe
Architecture in Aarhus
Nicolinehus Aarhus Ø
Design: AART Architects
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 photo from Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter
Salling Tower photo © Torben Eskerod
Hothouse Botanical Garden building photo : Quintin Lake
Our selection of the latest key buildings that can be visited on our Aarhus walking tours:
photos © Annette Svaneklink Jakobsen
Key New Buildings in Jutland
LEGO Office Complex, Billund
Design: C.F. Møller
picture from architecture studio
LEGO Building in Denmark
Aarhus Masterplan by NORD Architects
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