Copenhagen Opera / entrance

Henning Larsen Architects, 2004. The Royal Danish Opera has recently received a large grant from the AP Møller Foundation, off-setting the cut-backs it was facing from diminishing public funding. Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen Metro / elevated line (2 images)

Looking up at a Metro train travelling on the elevated section of the M1 line.  Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark.

M1 line driver-less metro train near Bella Center station. The line opened in 2002 to serve the new Ørestad developments in Copenhagen South. It is elevated at this point although runs within a tunnel through the city centre. Copenhagen, Denmark.

AC Hotel Bella Sky / Skyways and long-shot

Architects: 3XN, 2011. Looking up at both the skyways joining the two towers. Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Architects: 3XN, 2011. Landmark hotel with leaning towers, situated at Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Det Flexible Hus / Copenhagen

Arkitema Architects K / S, 2007. Adaptable apartment development bordering Byparken (City Park), between  Ørestad and Bella-Center. Behind, the unusual profile of AC Hotel Bella Sky. C. F. Moller Allé 28-40, 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark

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MSCP / Ørestad

Architect: PLH Arkitekter, 2010. 10-storey car park clad in perforated aluminium panels. The interior equipped with  MSR-Traffic’s intelligent parking guidance system, to efficiently direct motorists to a free space, so minimizing exhaust emission.  Edvard Thomsens Vej 4-6, 2300 København S., Denmark.

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Ørestad Bibliotek / night

KHR Arkitekter, 2012, interior: Lammhults Biblioteksdesign A/S. Arne Jacobsens Allé 19, 2300 København S., DK.

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Round Tower / Bell Loft

Original architect:  Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, 1642, for king Christian IV. The bells of Trinity Church hang in the bell loft but do not occupy much of the 900sq.m space. Part of this loft was rebuilt in 2007. Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Round Tower / Library Hall

Architect:  Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, opened 1657, originally as the first big university library in Denmark. Accessed from half-way up the Rundetaarn spiral, it is now a gallery and concert venue.  Købmagergade 52A, 1150 København, Denmark

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Round Tower / spiral ramp

Architect:  Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, 1642, for king Christian IV.  The Rundetaarn was used as an astronomical observatory and the spiral ramp allowed ascent by horseback or even horse-and-cart. Købmagergade 52A, 1150 København, Denmark.

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Ove Arups Vej / sign

Signpost for Ove Arup Way in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen. Sir Ove Arup (1895-1988) was an Anglo-Danish Structural Engineer whose celebrated name lives on in the worldwide Arup company. 2300 København S, Denmark.

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Grundtvig's Church / West Door

Architect: Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, 1927. While the interior can be described as a modern Gothic design, the exterior is usually characterised as a Brick Expressionist style. Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Grundtvig's Church / Vault, Nave and Organ pipes

Showing a ribbed vault above south aisle.

Showing the nave and apse in modern-Gothic style using pale brick

Showing pipes of the larger, west organ, manufactured by Marcussen, 1965, façade designed by  Esben Klint (grandson). The left-hand bass pipe is >11m long and weighs 425kg [info source:   Marcussen & Søn].

Architect: Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, 1927. 

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Cabinn Metro / Ørestad

Architect: Daniel Libeskind, 2009. Hotel at Arne Jacobsens Allé 2, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Arne Jacobsens Allé / sign

Street sign attached to concrete pier of the elevated Metro in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen. Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) was a Danish architect and designer. 2300 København S, Denmark.

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Topography of Terror Archive / Berlin

Architect: Ursula Wilms (Heinle, Wischer and Partner), landscape architect Prof. Heinz W. Hallmann, 2010. A deliberately solemn and austere building and grounds on the site of the Nazi Secret State Police, the Reich SS Leadership and the Reich Security Main Office, during 1933-45. Niederkirchnerstraße 8, Berlin, Germany.

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Ottobock / Science Center Berlin

Gnädinger Architekten, 2009. Exhibition centre for Otto Bock health care. The façade panels are made of white aluminium. Ebertstraße 15A, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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Sony Center / Berlin

Architect Helmut Jahn, 2000. Showing the interior Forum with its remarkable roof of steel, glass and textile sails.  Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany.

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Bauhaus Archive Berlin / III

Architects: Walter Gropius (1964), Alex Cvijanovic, Hans Bandel, 1979. Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Klingelhöferstraße 14, D-10785 Berlin, Germany.

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Bauhaus Archive / Berlin (2 images)

Architects: Walter Gropius (1964), Alex Cvijanovic, Hans Bandel, 1979. Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Klingelhöferstraße 14, D-10785 Berlin, Germany.

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Victory Column / Berlin

Designed by Heinrich Strack, to commemorate the 1864 defeat of Denmark by Prussia, although the Prussian victories against Austria (1866) and France (1871) were also consolidated into the column's meaning. Materials include sandstone and red granite, with a gilded bronze statue of Victoria (Nike) by Friedrich Drake. Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany.

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Curry at the Wall / Berlin

Currywurst café close to where the Berlin Wall used to be.  Yes, that's a bear holding up a Bratwurst... Zimmerstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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HKW / Berlin (3 images)

Original architect: Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr., 1957. The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (World Cultures Building) was previously named the Kongresshalle. Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany.

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Federal Chancellery Building / Berlin

Architect: Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank, 2001. Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, Berlin, Germany

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Paul Löbe Building / Berlin

Architect: Stephan Braunfels, 2002. Showing a detail of the parliamentary offices' south façade.  Konrad-Adenauer-Straße, 10557 Berlin, Germany.

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Carillon tower / Berlin-Tiergarten (3 images)

Tower architect: Axel Schultes et al, 1987. The black granite clad tower is 42m high and houses 68 bells which span 5½ octaves. Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany.

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Reichstag Building / Berlin

Original architect: Paul Wallot, 1894. Reconstruction architect: Norman Foster, 1992. Berlin, Germany.

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Trabi World / Berlin

Celebrating the Trabant motor car which was made in East Germany by VEB Sachsenring. Zimmerstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

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GSW Hochhaus / Berlin

Architects: Sauerbruch Hutton, 1999. Curving slab with an aerofoil roof and shades-of-red shutters. ​​Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.

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Bahnhof / Richard-Wagner-Platz

Modernist shuttered-concrete, mixed-use building situated over the Richard-Wagner-Platz U-Bahn station. Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany.

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Old National Gallery / Berlin

Architect: Friedrich August Stüler, 1876. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.

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Nikolai Kirche / twin spires

Oldest church in Berlin, dating from the early C13. I believe the twin spires were added at end C19. Its ruins after WW2 were restored by the GDR in the 1980s. St. Nicholas' Church, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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St. Mary's Church / St.Marienkirche

Original church dates from before C13, although this neo-Gothic restoration is mainly C19 and post-WW2. Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Berlin, Germany.

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