Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
View of Copenhagen from the tower of the Church of Our Saviour. The architecture of Copenhagen in Denmark is characterised by a wide variety of styles, progressing through Christian IV's early 17th century landmarks and the elegant 17th century mansions and palaces of Frederiksstaden, to the late 19th century residential boroughs and cultural institutions to the modernistic contribution of the ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Gehl is an urban research and design consulting firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark.It was founded in 2000 by Professor Jan Gehl and urban designer Helle Søholt as a continuation of Gehl's research within the area over the past four decades.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Copenhagen city districts | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Copenhagen city districts | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
Ørestad is a contemporary urban development to the south-east of the Copenhagen's city centre. Its origin is connected with the building of the Øresund Bridge linking Copenhagen to Malmö in Sweden, completed in 2000. After initial planning stages in the 1990s, the first office building was realised in 2001.
The first city hall was in use from about 1479 until it burned down in the great Copenhagen fire of 1728. The second city hall was built in 1728 and was designed by J.C. Ernst and J.C. Krieger. It burned down in the Copenhagen fire of 1795. In 1815 a new city hall, designed by C.F.Hansen, was erected on Nytorv. It was intended to house both the ...
The new fortifications relied on the existing, medieval fortifications of the city but the fortified area was extended and a defensive ring around the city completed particularly with new edifices facing the sea. The ring fortification consisted of four bastioned ramparts and an annexed citadel as well as various outworks.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Copenhagen architecture" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.