Exhibitions
Recycle!
April 11 – September 10, 2025
The exhibition explores how beauty and reuse go hand in hand to shape a more sustainable future. Discover how old materials and buildings are given new life through creativity and innovation – from weathered bricks to groundbreaking circular solutions.
So Danish!
Denmark’s national gallery of architecture
So Danish! is 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.
Nanna Ditzel: Breaking free
January 24 – May 25, 2025
Explore Nanna Ditzel’s groundbreaking designs centered on freedom and movement. The small exhibition on the Stair Gallery presents some of Ditzel’s most iconic designs. Designs that challenge our ideas of traditional furniture and let us discover new ways of experiencing the body and spending time together.
★★★★ Berlingske
★★★★ Kristeligt Dagblad
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
February 28, 2025 – February 28, 2026
From 2001 to 2014, photographer Peter Funch lived in New York City. Every day, he spent hours capturing the daily rhythms and random encounters of thousands of people in the city. This effort resulted in two photo series, Babel Tales and 42nd and Vanderbilt, which you can experience in the exhibition.
This is a small-scale photo exhibition, open on weekends
★★★★ Kristeligt Dagblad
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.
How will we live in 2050?
Free screenings in DAC Passage
What will Denmark look like in the future? Will we live in denser cities, reimagined rural communities, or closer to nature? Four Danish architecture studios share their visions in a series of short films – watch them for free in DAC Passage.
Upcoming exhibitions
Meet Me Here
June 18, 2025 – January 4, 2026
In Meet Me Here, DAC’s Gallery Stairs is transformed into a living installation. Here, you’re invited to be truly present – not just online, but with your whole body and attention. The digital and the physical merge into a single space where the senses awaken, people cross paths, and unexpected moments emerge.
Age of Nature
October 6, 2025 – March 1, 2026
In the fall of 2025, Danish Architecture Center presents a major exhibition exploring the relationship between architecture, nature, people, and biodiversity – and asks: How can architecture help us create a future where both nature and humans can thrive?
Around the world
La Biennale di Venezia 2025
2025
Venice, Italy
Architect Søren Pihlmann has been selected as the curator for the Danish Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 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?”
La Biennale di Venezia 2027
2025
Venice, Italy
The exhibition in the Danish Pavilion will explore how architecture can contribute to the welfare society of the future under the theme Towards a New Architecture.