Overview

Inspired by the shape of water in endless motion, Denmarks new National Aquarium, The Blue Planet by Danish architects 3XN is shaped as a great whirlpool. This book tells the story of the architecture of one of the world's most important and most impressive aquariums. The walls and roofs form a single, continuous flow and the longest of the whirlpools arms follows the shape of the landscape and the building, moving into the land inviting visitors inside. As soon as visitors arrive at The Blue Planet, the building will convey a sense of the special experience that awaits them inside. Here, the whirlpool has pulled you into another world - a world beneath the surface of the sea. 

Full Product Details

9781941806104

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Christian Bundegaard is a Danish philosopher and architecture critic. Besides numerous review articles and essays he has published a number of books on architecture and design. He currently holds a PhD Scholarship at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, with a research project on the relationship between the public sphere and public space. Architect MAA/RIBA Kim Herforth Nielsen is the founder and nerve of the Danish practice, 3XN Architects. Taking a holistic approach that synthesizes design, function and context, Kim Herforth Nielsen has been involved in all of 3XNs major internationally acclaimed projects: The Museum of Liverpool, the Muziegebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam, Orestad College and Denmark's new aquarium, The Blue Planet. He has been awarded Denmark's highest architectural honor, the C.F. Hansen Medaille, and he is a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, a chartered member of RIBA and of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available