(Rødovre - Copenhagen, November 3rd, 2008) The municipality of Rødovre, an independent municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark, announced today MVRDV and co-architect ADEPT winner of the design competition of the Rødovre Skyscraper. The 116 meter tall tower accommodates apartments, a hotel, retail and offices. A…

The competition for Copenhagen’s “Music Square” recently unveiled its winning proposal. The goal of the competition is to make Music Square a new urban landmark which can accommodate everything from music to theater to new circus, as well as everyday lounging within a cozy café-like atmosphere.

The Italian architect Renzo Piano has been awarded the 2008 Sonning Prize (DKK 1 million) on 1 October at the University of Copenhagen. As an architect, Renzo Piano has left his intriguing marks around the world. His architecture can be seen as “an unerring, remarkable and quite extraordinary synthesis of…

JDS and Bjarke Ingels received the Danish TRÆPRISEN 2008 award for their conceptual and effective use of wood on the MAR_maritime youth house project and the VM_VM Houses. The MAR_maritime youth house project (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004):

Danish architects 3XN were announced winners of the competition on the new Denmark’s Aquarium, ‘The Blue Planet’, planned to open 2013. Inspired by the whirl streams of the sea, shoals of fish, and swirling starlings turning the sky black, 3XNs winning proposal is called ‘Whirlpool’. Indeed, from the round…