kobenhavn: The Latest Architecture and News

In 2023, Copenhagen Architecture Festival puts life at the centre: symbioses, habitats, life balances and life cycles; nest, city, cave.

The 28th UIA World Congress of Architects will take place in Copenhagen, July 2-6, 2023. With the theme “Sustainable Futures – Leave No One Behind”, the congress will shed light on architecture’s potential to shape better societies and contribute to a sustainable future. The invited keynote speakers include leading global voices from the worlds of architecture, politics, science and business.

SPACE10, IKEA’s research and design lab in Copenhagen, introduce its newest exhibition Kaleidoscopic Home. The exhibition brings the digital platform EverydayExperiments.com to life for the first time to explore how playful interventions in our home can enrich our physical and mental well-being.

The Royal Danish Academy’s Institute of Architecture and Design and Grundejernes Investeringsfond (Danish Landowners' Investment Fund) invite architects, building industry actors and homeowners to a public presentation and discussion of graduate student Claire Kimball Johnson’s thesis project A Renovation Wave for Denmark – a strategy to increase architect-led sustainable renovations of private residential properties in Denmark. The project is a response to the EU Commission’s New European Bauhaus – a call for high-quality, sustainable and inclusive design solutions.

Join us for a discussion with architects Alfredo Brillembourg (Urban-Think Tank) and Yasmeen Lari about making better cities accessible to the many people, to celebrate the worldwide release of our new book with gestalten, The Ideal City.