Let's Talk Architecture

Timber instead of tiles, curiosity instead of corridors, and a 15-metre-high atrium designed to make people feel safer, healthier and more connected. Copenhagen’s Centre for Health proposes a new typology for public healthcare architecture. 

In this episode, Michael Booth meets architect Dorte Mandrup,...

Eighteen years, a 14-metre-deep crater, a rebuilt brick façade, and a glass dome set to redefine Copenhagen’s skyline Denmark’s new Natural History Museum is almost ready. 

In this episode, Michael Booth meets architect Claus Pryds, who was barely out of architecture school when he unexpectedly won...

Can architecture help us create a future where both humans and nature can thrive? And is it possible to truly strengthen biodiversity in big cities – or are we just creating small, isolated pockets of green? 

In this episode, Michael Booth meets ecologist, biodiversity developer and founder of Oiko,...

What defines a megaproject? And why do they so often go over both budget and schedule?  

Denmark has earned a reputation for successfully completing large-scale construction projects – whether they are bridges, tunnels, land reclamation or offshore wind farms. The latest Danish megaproject is the Fehmarnbelt Fixed...

Right now, 150 new community spaces are being built across Denmark – primarily using recycled materials – as part of an extraordinary project called Vores Sted (Our Place). Funded by the Danish philanthropic association Realdania, the project aims to reinvent the community gathering place for the 21st century.