Exhibitions
Copenhagen in Common
★★★★★ Berlingske
♥♥♥♥♥ Politiken
★★★★★ Kulturinformation
May 5, 2023– February 25, 2024
Copenhagen in Common is about what we have in common – namely architecture. It is what frames our lives. A good place to live, work and learn. A nice place to hang out. A safe place to move about. In the exhibition, we present a wide range of Danish architects who are designing Denmark now and in the future.
So Danish!
★★★★★ Berlingske
★★★★★★ Kulturinformation
♥♥♥♥ Politiken
Denmark’s national gallery of architecture
So Danish! is the Danish Architecture Center’s first permanent exhibition on Danish architecture. The exhibition unfolds the history of Danish architecture from the Viking Age to present day and gives you the opportunity to travel into the architecture and understand how absolutely vital it is to our democratic society.
Tales of the City
April 21 – October 22, 2023
Listen and experience urban tales in the company of author and social pundit Knud Romer and the architects WERK.
What a Waste
June 7 – October 29, 2023
An exhibition that focuses on solving one of the world’s most complex problems: waste from industry and overproduction of virgin materials.
Capture Your City
June 9 – October 3, 2023
What does the city look like if we cut away sunsets and summer days? If we look at the city with brutally honest eyes, what other images show up?
Pavilions in the World Capital of Architecture
In select locations around the city, you can experience experimental pavilions. The Danish Architecture Center is neighbor to several of the pavilions, making it easy to combine a visit.
Neutrino Ensemble
August 17th to October 22nd, 2023
Experience the video installation Neutrino Ensemble, a film by the Argentine artist Cecilia Bengolea, created for the exhibition Yet, It Moves! at Copenhagen Contemporary. The video installation is also one of four installations in the Copenhagen urban space.
Mies van der Rohe Awards
June 27 – November 26, 2023
NB small photo exhibition with limited opening hours
Explore this small photo exhibition showcasing visionary design and architecture that enrich our lives and cities. Discover the inspiring finalists and winning works that have received recognition from the EUmies Awards 2022 jury for their innovative approach to modern architecture.
Permanent installations
DAC Slide
Permanent art installation
Challenge your senses on a unique 40-meter, 4-story spiral slide.
The City Map
Aerial photo of Copenhagen
Start your exploration of Copenhagen’s architecture on the floor just beneath BLOX. Here, you can walk around on a gigantic aerial photo of the city and get a complete overview.
We Dare You
Permanent VR installation
Do you dare to take the plunge?
Around the world
Coastal Imaginaries
May 20 – November 26, 2023
Venice, Italy
Under the heading Coastal Imaginaries, the Danish pavilion, curated by Josephine Michau, will shine a spotlight on nature-based design solutions in the struggle against global challenges like rising sea levels and storm floods.
La Biennale di Venezia 2025
2025
Venice, Italy
Architect Søren Pihlmann has been selected as the curator for the Danish Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2025. The exhibition at the Danish pavilion will seek to answer the question: “Can we keep on building the world without building anew?”
Upcoming exhibitions
Aware
March 22 – September 15, 2024
In March 2024 the exhibition, Aware, opens in collaboration with 3XN /GXN. Experience architecture in a 1:1 spatial installation that explores and challenges what architecture does.
Water
October 11, 2024 – March 23, 2025
Water shows what kind of reality we look into when the water comes. Should we pull away from the coast? Should we entrench ourselves or should we live with the water?