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LEE KONG UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE
03.05.2016A great revisit to Ørestad Experimental Business District by the Singaporian business University as part of their week-long Scandinavia roadtrip exploring sustainabillity and liveabillity
Our time with you was a terrific learning experience for us – I appreciate the way you enthusiastically gave us an overview of Denmark and then more specifically of Orestad and how it is changing and developing. We got a very good sense of the feel and flavour of the Orestad community through...
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SWISS BILDUNG & ARCHITEKTUR
02.05.2016Hosting the Swiss 30 PAX network Bildung & Architektur for a 3-days visit was a success beyond the usual.
Based on the long term client relation the focus was intended to center around visits to iconic Schools & Learning spaces within a Copenhagen mindset & context and resulted in an overview and insight that local professionals rarely achieves.
See you in Switzerland & Copenhagen
KVADRAT NORWAY
18.04.2016Our freelance guiding architect Vicente had the plasure of guiding the Norweagian architectural office KVADRAT through Copenhagens scene of kindergartens, public schools and nursery homes through a 2-days full program with exciting and intensive interior visits, followed by a second day including visits to urban projects of a city in the making.
Our guide Vincente guided us through both the buildings and the city context in a very informative and inspiring way. The program suited...
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HMC / MEUBEL EN INTERIEUR, ROTTERDAM; NL
14.04.2016Ørestaden – the experimental future Business District of Copenhagen was explored once again by a 90 PAX large group of students of furniture and interior design and their faculty.
This years visit was arranged as two parallel groups guided by our freelance guiding architects Sarah and Anne. We are looking forward to your revisit!
VELUX CROTIA
08.04.2016What a great way to kick off the 2016 season - offering a unique group of 28 Croatian architects for an introductory lecture 'Copenhagen as Eco-metropole' at the Danish Architectural Association followed by explorations within the Harbour Canal led to the potential of new exciting co-operations!
GUIDING ARCHITECTS GENEREL ASSEMBLY SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA 2016
09.03.2016A success of the meeting guaranteed by the persistent and solid work of the board!
A spectacular framing was prepared by our new partner from Santiago de Compostella resulting in an opening of an unknown culture through unique food, architecture and landscape.
A pleasure to welcome 6 new members from Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, Nantes, Glasgow, Stuttgart and Venice which also was elected to be next years host of the Assembly.
SWEDISH WINTER
25.01.2016Its something of a contrast flying in from a hotspot destination like Cape Town with temperatures up to about 35 degrees to a remote farmland destination with –15 degrees at night time.
While sitting at my Swedish farmhouse reflectings upon the extremes made me place myself somewhere in the middle of it
NAMIBIA - EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
21.01.2016Taking a road-trip through Namibia and its dessert landscapes is an experience out of the ordinary.
Not only is this an exploration in vastness and extensive scales of land but also a challenge of the traditional way of living when brutally being met with the presence of extreme climate zones.
NEW BRAND VALUE
30.12.2015Denmark is rebranding part of Sweden as `Greater Copenhagen` in order to better compete with other city destinations like Stockholm, Amsterdam or Hamburg. `Copenhagen is a small city but with a well known name internationally` Greg Clark, international cities expert and advisor to megacities says to the Guardian that `Cities in general, and Copenhagen in particular, have become more recognized and regarded as the primary territorial brands and that Copenhagen`s leadership on the climate...
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ERHVERVSAKADEMIET LILLEBÆLT, DK
18.12.2015Another great day of hosting 44 Danish and international students and teachers from Erhvervsakademiet Lillebælt for full day visit in Copenhagen based upon the theme 'Skyscrapers' – this time being able to explore the completed 23rd floor of Sir Norman Foster's office hotel as part of the Copenhagen Towers in Ørestad.
FRITZ HANSEN GROUP FROM PARIS
09.12.2015Stephen Legue brought 18 architects and designers from Paris Region for an afternoon visit of classic modern architecture like the National Bank by Arne Jacobsen but also to some of the most recent iconic buildings like the PLAYHOUSE, TIETGEN STUDENTS HOUSING and 8HOUSE.
STOCKHOLM PROJECT GROUP, SE
04.12.2015Architect Jesper Engström from AIX Architects brought his 17 PAX project group for a two day visit to the Øressund region. The group included Stockholms stadsbyggnads, trafik og exploateringskontorer, Älvsjö stadsdelsförvaltning, Familijebostäder, JM and Anderson Jönsson Landskap.
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HAGANÄSKOLAN, ELMHULT, SE
27.11.2015On a crisp sunny November day, 30 hopeful young Swedish students and Faculty led by Amelie F. Reventlow with colleagues from the architecture & design oriented highschool Haganässkolan in Elmhult visited Copenhagen in order to look into the prospect of becoming an architect in today's world. After an introduction at KARCH - the Royal Academy of Fine Arts' School of Architecture - visits at SPACE10 respective a...
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NEW SAUNA FOR THE WINTER BATHER'S CLUB, COPENHAGEN
16.11.2015
The new co-ed sauna for the winter bather's club Der Kold Gys (The Cold KIck) on Helgoland, Amager, is designed by H+ARKITEKTER. The sauna has space for 50 guests and is built with 100% environmental materials. The interior of the sauna is constructed, like ships were construced in former days with curvilinear wood spans...
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LARS KAGGSKOLAN, KALMAR, SE
09.11.2015On a rainy day 44 hopeful young Swedish students and their teachers from the architecture & design oriented highschool Lars Kaggskolan in Kalmar arrived as a part of a revisit, in order to look into the prospect of becoming an architect in today's world. After an introduction at KARCH - the Royal Academy of Fine Arts' School of Architecture - visits at HAY...
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MEET THE DANES
03.11.2015Absalon Church on the hipster neighborhood Vesterbro has been transformed to an amazing venue for table tennis, yoga and last not least an evening meal at 18:00 at a sympathetic prize of 50 DKK.
The concept is that you pay shortly before the meal start and the only requirement at the large common tables is that you are able to pass on the plate with the food to your neighbor.
Not only is this hugely popular among young families but third generation is largely seen as well!...
