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Can a Modern Mosque in Copenhagen Settle the Disputes Between Danes and Muslims?

Given the local tensions with Muslim immigrants, the Bjarke Ingels Group mosque is either ingenious or outrageous.READ»

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KiBiSi: A New Danish Product-Design Supergroup

Three of Denmark's best-known designers join forces, to tackle headphones and chairs (among other other things).READ»

Making Candyland Look Bland: Eight Blinding Buildings

Colorwise, even the greatest contemporary architecture can seem like a long drive through a gray, wintry rain. Flashes of color are rare, while gray, black, and silver are the norm. But things are changing. These last couple years have produced a surplus of technicolor treats. Here are eight recent projects that caught our eye. READ»

A Manmade Mountain, Covered in Apartments

BIG architects recently completed a housing complex billed as "beacon for architectural possibility" and a "feat of residential engineering."READ»

Visions of South Korea's Urban Future

The United Arab Emirates gets all the attention for crazy urban schemes—from zero-carbon cities to kinetic, swirling skyscrapers. South Korea is lesser known, but it's also got grand ambitions and tech-crazed urban ...READ»