City of spires or city of stars?

The city of Copenhagen has its fair share of historic architecture. Works like Sankt Petri Church, Rosenborg Castle, and Fredensborg Palace remind viewers that they are, in fact, in Europe. We can see that the city has been around for thousands of years, long enough to absorb many different urban forms, from the Medieval and Renaissance (in Denmark, “Christian IV style”) to the Baroque and Rococo. But this classic architectural narrative, largely concentrated in the city center, has been thrown into stark contrast with an increasing number of bold, sleek, modern design projects. Indeed, on any physical or virtual stroll through Copenhagen, visitors would not be faulted for thinking they had stumbled into some sort of life-size architectural sandbox: an apartment building shaped like a mountain (“The Mountain”), a power plant topped by a ski hill (“Copenhill”), office towers that look like hair curlers (“Axel Towers”). <a href="https://uxdesign.cc/city-of-spires-or-city-of-stars-d75ec294f0b5">Read More</a>