Exhibitions
Water is Coming
October 7, 2024 – March 16, 2025
Poles are melting, groundwater is rising, and torrential rain is flooding roads and houses. It’s no longer a question of if, but when the water is coming – and how we adapt.
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★★★★★ Berlingske
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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.
True Nature
May 24, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Fire dam. Depot landscape. Flood barriers. Visual artist and architect Christina Capetillo is fascinated by the man-made landscape that characterizes our contemporary world. Experience her pragmatic yet poetic black and white landscape photographs in the exhibition.
Note! This is a small-scale photo exhibition
Danish Design Award 2024
November 20, 2024 – March 9, 2025
Danish Design Award showcases innovative ideas on how we can create positive change for both people and the planet, and it is precisely this type of design solution that is celebrated in this award.
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Note! This is a free mini exhibition
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.
Upcoming exhibitions
Nanna Ditzel: Breaking free
January 24 – May 11, 2025
Explore Nanna Ditzel’s groundbreaking designs centered on freedom and movement. The exhibition 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.
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.
Reclaim Beauty
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.
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 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?”
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.