Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Address: Bryghuspladsen 10, Kobenhavn

Building style: Hi-tech

Museum website: dac.dk

The Danish architectural center was built by the OMA bureau – it is headed by Rem Koolhaas. The building is located in the historic port of Copenhagen, on the site of a former brewery. A road runs through the building – this is how the architectural center is built into the urban space. An unexpected element of the historic ensemble of Copenhagen, the building is located opposite two more experimental buildings: the National Parliament and the Royal Black Diamond Library.

The building is a complex of green glass blocks. Architects refer to colored cladding panels as “pixels”. “We chose green on purpose, because the water in the Copenhagen river is a beautiful deep green, and in addition, the green on the roof of the building connects it with many copper-roofed turrets on the horizon,” said one of the project leaders, Helen van Loon.

The central part of the architectural center is an exhibition space, which also serves as a workplace for architects. “People do not need a sterile museum. They like to watch the production process, how we work, how models are made. For me, the most important thing about this building is that the museum of architecture is perceived as a production workshop with an exhibition space, and not as a traditional museum,” Van Loon commented.