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My name is Asser Munch, I'm an architect and architecture guide in Copenhagen. On this blog I'm the author, photographer, programmer/webmaster, ...etc. I'm co-founder and co-owner of beCopenhagen ApS, that organises guided tours, sightseeing and events in Copenhagen and surrounding area. In my past I have teached at School of Architecture at the Aarhus School of Architecture and later as building architect at smaller, very diverse building projects. Architecture and the city's structure and causalities had my interest my whole career. I am instinctively suspicious towards the often bloated and overly intellectual language of my otherwise brilliant fellow architects, when they describe and justify their own or others design. Too often specultaive, pretentious, mystic or outright nonsense. As a teacher I found the ambition to communicate architecture in a straightforward and accessible manner. This is an ambition that I now carry on in my way of connecting dots through the city, not least for people with no professional knowledge or language . You can try it yourself and learn a lot about Copenhagen architecture, urban spaces and much more by joining one of my bike tours with beCopenhagen . You are more than welcome to bring colleagues, family, friends and you soccer team! You can contact me directly at asser@becopenhagen.dk. See you on the bike lanes in Copenhagen :)

Central Bank of Denmark

24. August 202024. August 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Contemporary, Site
Central Bank of Denmark (Nationalbanken) by Arne Jacobsen

The Central Bank of Denmark (Nationalbanken) is one of Arne Jacobsen’s last but also most prestigious projects. It was fully completed in 1978.

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Copenhagen Waterfront Architecture

23. August 202023. August 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Site, Urbanism
Copenhagen-Waterfront-Architecture-Self-guided-tour

Follow my free, self-guided tour of Copenhagen Waterfront Architecture. I’m a local architect and architecture guide.

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The Circle Bridge

5. August 20205. August 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Contemporary, Copenhagen, Design, Site, Urbanism
The Circle Bridge by Olafur Eliasson

The Circle Bridge by Olafur Eliasson Five overlapping circular platforms give the Circle Bridge its obvious name. At Christianshavn, directly across from the Black Diamond, it bridges a secondary canal that reaches the main harbour canal here. This used to […]

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BLOX

5. August 20205. August 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Building Design, Contemporary, Copenhagen, Site, Urbanism
Blox by OMA

BLOX by Dutch OMA is a ‘city in the city’, mixing diverse functions. It is undetermined and ‘unnatural’ – and to my surprise that’s what I like about it…

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Danish Jewish Museum

28. July 202024. August 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Building Design, Contemporary, Copenhagen, Design, Site
Danish Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind

The Danish Jewish Museum hides well behind a solid steel door in one side of the old Royal Library. As a precious jewel in a treasure shrine.

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‘The Opera’ by Henning Larsen

30. April 202015. July 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Building Design, Contemporary, Copenhagen, Photo, Review, Site, Urbanism
Copenhagen Opera House by HLA

The Opera is the most imposing and impressive monumental building of modern Copenhagen. And it’s the outcome of controversy!

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Paper Island by COBE

30. April 20203. May 2020 Asser MunchArchitecture, Contemporary, Copenhagen, Site, Urbanism
Paper Island by COBE

Paper Island by COBE. The last remaining, undeveloped site in the central harbour area in Copenhagen is currently under construction into a mix of private and public use.

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Architecture guide Asser MunchAsser Munch is an architect and architecture guide in Copenhagen. On his tours he shares his knowledge, views and profound love for the city, for it's buildings, it's bike lanes and public spaces and for the urban life that unfolds here.
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Stephen: This tour was exceptional, a highlight of our short trip to Copenhagen. It helped us break out of the most walkable area of the city and see more parts to explore. Asser catered the tour perfectly to our group. I personally did not know much about Danish architecture or even Denmark, and I left the tour impressed and with some insights on what it's like to live or study in Copenhagen. He also answered questions we had about the rest of our trip, being one of the few locals we spent an extended amount of time with and felt comfortable asking. 100% recommend booking this! ✩✩✩✩✩

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