Are we a bit consevative?

We Danes really don't like change, which shows whenever a new building is being built. This one, which replaces the old House of Industry, has been met with more than a bit of criticism even before the old one was closed. Apparently it's too high, there's too much glass, too many crossbeams, it blocks the view from inside Tivoli Gardens and it just doesn't fit the area. Well, to me it's a huge improvement over the advertisement covered Lego-brick that was here before. It's really a total renovation of the old building as the framework was kept and the façade and interior was replaced. It should be finished by summer next year.

A house for the industry

On Rådhuspladsen in central Copenhagen a building is taking shape. It's not really a new building but rather a heavily renovated one; the Industriens Hus (House of the Industry), which houses the Danish Industry, shops and a cinema. With a new glass façade, a newly shaped front and an extra floor this one looks like it's a major improvement over the original one, even though it might be to go too far to call it beautiful. The new building should be finished by 31th of May 2013.