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Danish Houses : Architecture

Key Residential Buildings in Denmark – Contemporary Properties information + images.

post updated 3 February 2025

Denmark Architecture Designs – chronological list

Contemporary Danish Homes, chronological:

e-architect selected interesting examples of new Danish Houses. We aim to include modern houses in Denmark that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

The site covers completed homes, new house designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Denmark.

Danish Houses

21 Jan 2021
Symbiosis Houses, Herlev

14 Jan 2021
Tea house Ø

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13 Sep 2019
Casa Ry
Architect: Christoffersen & Weiling Architects

photograph : Tina Stephansen
Casa Ry, Contemporary Danish House
This new residential project Casa Ry designed by the Danish architecture studio Christoffersen & Weiling Architects wins the prestigious German architecture award Iconic Award in the category Innovative Architecture.

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5 Feb 2018
Treldehuset, Vejle, Jylland, western Denmark
Architects: CEBRA

photography : Mikkel Frost | CEBRA
Treldehuset in Vejle
Being satisfied tenants in The Iceberg, an award-winning housing project in Aarhus, DK, the owners of the summer house addressed CEBRA. They wanted small-scale houses designed with the same high level of architectural ambition. This is an architectural interpretation of the Russian babushka doll.

15 Jan 2018
Veddinge Hills Summer House
Design: MARTIN KALLESØ ARKITEKTER

photo : Joshua Gross, Denmark
Veddinge Hills Summer House near Asnæs
The shape of the house was conceived as a vision of a flock of migrating black birds. Four of these birds land on the plot; each of them finding their own spot on the ground.

More contemporary Danish Houses online soon.

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Danish Houses 2017

21 Nov 2017
Biological House, Middelfart, Fyn
Architects: Een til Een

photography : Middelfart
Biological House in Middelfart
The world’s first ‘Biological House’ has opened its doors to visitors and sets a new high standard for eco-friendly buildings. The leading forces behind this innovative build, Een til Een, built the house in secrecy, and eventually welcomed visitors from all over the world.

2 Aug 2017
Kornets Hus, Aabybro, north west of Aalborg, Jutland, western Denmark
Design: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Kornets Hus Hjørring

24 Jul 2017
Villa Rypen, Aarhus, Jutland
Design: C.F. Møller Architects

photograph : Julian Weyer
Aarhus Villa
Thus modern single-storey detached house situated on the edge of a forest in Aarhus. Inspired by the unique forested sure, the house extends its terraces to reach out to the forest’s tall trees.

14 Jul 2017
The Green House, Lejre, Zealand, East Denmark
Architect: Sigurd Larsen

photograph : Tia Borgsmidt
The Green House in Lejre
A series of single family houses is designed for Frikøbing near Copenhagen in Denmark. The development plan for the area has high demands on sustainability for construction materials, insulation, energy and air circulation.

10 Jul 2017
The Light House, Lejre, Sjælland, East Denmark
Architect: Sigurd Larsen

photograph : Tia Borgsmidt
The Light House in Lejre
THE LIGHT HOUSE is the second of the typologies to be developed in the area by this architect and consists of a simple plan arrangement that allow for low construction costs while offering generous living spaces.

4 Apr 2017
Double Houses, Roskilde, Zealand
Design: Conm + Kallesø, architects

image Courtesy architecture office
Roskilde Houses

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Danish Houses 2012 – 2016

Denmark Properties 2012 – 2016

22 Aug 2016
Artist’s House, Hvide Sande, Jutland, western Denmark
Design: Cubo Architects

image Courtesy architecture office
Artist’s House in Hvide Sande
This Danish artist’s residence will function as an open-door workshop and exhibition space, whilst offering free accommodation to artists for a week or two at a time. The new home overlooks the picturesque port of Tyskerhavn.

19 Jan 2016
Courtyard Houses Roskilde, Zealand
Design: Conm + Kallesø, architects

image Courtesy architecture office
Courtyard Houses in Roskilde
This Roskilfe home project faced a serious challenge: a very, very long and narrow site with very poor opportunity for daylight in each dwelling.

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18 Sep 2015
Five Little Houses, Zealand
Design: JVA

image Courtesy architecture office
Five Little Houses on Zealand
The site for this residential development is located in a beautiful but windy summerhouse village on the northern tip of Sjælland.

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12 Mar 2014
Castle Houses in Hørsholm – Slotshusene
Design: Arkitema, architects

photograph : Arkitema Architects – Niels Nygaard
Castle Houses in Hørsholm
The development takes the form of a chain, the turns of which weave the houses and nature together to form a whole. The chain is unbroken, but in its movements it divides the development into smaller enclaves.

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19 Nov 2013
Modern Seaweed House, Denmark
Design: Vandkunsten

photograph : Helene Høyer Mikkelsen, Realdania Byg
Modern Seaweed House
The seaweed houses on Læsø are physical testimony to the culture and the life that have characterised the building tradition on the island for centuries.

7 Oct 2013
Summer House in Denmark
Design: Powerhouse Company

photo : Åke E. Son Lindman
Summer House in Denmark
The house is a cluster of five wings, like miniature cabins. These fan out like a hand spreading five fingers over the site.

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13 Jan 2012
Green Solution House Bornholm
Design: 3XN with William McDonough + Partners
Green Solution House Bornholm

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3 Dec 2009
Danish Summerhouse
Design: Powerhouse Company

image from architects
Danish Summerhouse
Glamourous yet cost effective, the XXLong Summerhouse challenges the idea that luxurious does not necessarily means expensive. With a budget of a standard summerhouse, this Danish luxury home has all the qualities of a custom made design.

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Danish Housing – News 2010

15 Aug 2019
The Wave Vejle, Jylland, western Denmark
Design: Henning Larsen Architects

photograph : Jacob Due
The Wave in Vejle

5 Jan 2010
Northern Harbour Copenhagen
Design: COBE, SLETH MODERNISM, Polyform and Rambøll

COBE, SLETH MODERNISM, Polyform, Rambøll
Northern Harbour Copenhagen

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Danish Houses News 2009

Housing+ Aalborg, Jutland
C. F. Møller Architects

image from architect
Housing+ Aalborg
The Housing+ concept sets the ambitious target of a zero-energy housing scheme, which also includes the tenant’s primary household energy consumption. The complex will thus be 100% relying on renewables.

Skybox House, Sjælland
Primus architects, atelier + production

photograph : Tina Krogager
Skybox House
The main focus has been to add spatiality and experience of light to the relatively small program.