Film Screening: Into the Island

Each month our Film Club brings you closer to the most important and interesting figures of contemporary architecture. For this month’s screening we present a portrait of Xu Tiantian, the founder of DnA_Design and Architecture.

Panel Discussion: Behind “Tales of a Nomadic City”

Join us for a panel discussion delving deeper into the research, ideas and knowledge behind Tales of a Nomadic City. A VR exhibition about Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania—one of the fastest growing cities in the world—having grown from 500 inhabitants to more than a million in less than fifty years.

New Exhibition: Tales of a Nomadic City

In 1958, there were five hundred people in Nouakchott. Today, more than a million inhabit the rapidly growing capital of Mauritania. Experience the new VR-exhibition at Copenhagen Architecture Forum portraying the city’s complex history and ongoing urban transformation.

Imperfect Assemblies: Towards New Civic Infrastructures

We’re excited to present “Imperfect Assemblies: Towards New Civic Infrastructures” by Cultures of Assembly. The new exhibition at Copenhagen Architecture Forum.

Podcast Series: Living With Other Species

Listen our new podcast series Living With Other Species. A series on living with other species in the cities of the future

Film Screening: Into the Island

May 5, 2026

Panel Discussion: Behind “Tales of a Nomadic City”

April 15, 2026

New Exhibition: Tales of a Nomadic City

March 16, 2026

Imperfect Assemblies: Towards New Civic Infrastructures

February 19, 2026

Podcast Series: Living With Other Species

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Upcoming Events

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17 Apr

Book Launch: Rebuilding is Not a Metaphor

Join us for the launch of 'Rebuilding is Not a Metaphor’. You can look forward to a panel debate with a selection of the book’s authors opening up its central themes - and an introduction by its two editors, Bhawna Jaimini and Ingeborg Hau.

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Conversation

23 Apr

Third Spaces – The Architecture of Democracy

On Thursday, April 23, 16:30–19:30, you are invited to a conversation about third spaces – the places between home and work where communities emerge and democracy is practiced in everyday life.

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29 Apr

Film Screening: Carlo Scarpa - The Pavilion on the Water

A cinematic journey into the world of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa and his passion for Japanese culture.

Gloria

Film

5 May

Film Screening: Into the Island with Introduction

Gloria

Lecture

27 May

Legitimising the Commons Beyond Policy and Law: With Richard Sennett, Janet Sanz and Finn Williams

Join us for an exciting evening on commoning and how legitimacy is produced through political struggle, cultural narratives, care practices, and long-term municipal engagement. Guests include major international capacities like Richard Sennett, Finn Williams and Janet Sanz

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Recent Podcasts

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Podcasts

Slow Down: Architecture and Extreme Environments (2/2)

Listen to the second podcast series Slow Down. A conversation between David Garcia and Kristoffer Weiss on the architecture of extreme environments.

Podcasts

Slow Down: The Slow Violence of Sand Extraction (1/2)

Listen to the first episode of “Slow Down”, a series investigating ways to slow down overheated sites, cities, and societies.

Podcasts

Living With Other Species: Sharing the City with Microbes (3/3)

Listen to the last episode of “Living With Other Species”. An episode that asks: What happens when we begin to think of the city as a living microbial ecology?

Living With Other Species

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 Reveals 'Slow Pavilion' Designs Built from Reused Materials

Hube Magazine

Copenhagen unveils its first Architecture Biennial: a call to 'Slow Down'

Architektura & Biznes

Architecture as opposition to haste? Polish studio at the 1st Copenhagen Architecture Biennale

ACUMEN Magazine

Copenhague, en elogio de la lentitud

CC Magazine

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial: the urgency of slowing down

DETAIL

Premiere: Kopenhagener Architekturbiennale 2025

ArchDaily

First Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Opens With the Theme "Slow Down"

Dezeen

"It's time for activism" says Copenhagen Architecture Biennial director

ArchDaily

Slow Pavilions, Chapel Retold, and More: 6 Key Highlights From the First Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

Politiken

Den nye tids stjerne er ikke længere den fantasifulde formgiver Bjarke Ingels

Wallpaper*

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial wants the world to slow down

Berlingske

Det skal nok blive skægt! Her er det, du ikke må gå glip af under Københavns første arkitekturbiennale

Parametric Architecture

First Ever Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Champions a Call to "Slow Down"

Designboom

Copenhagen architecture biennial 2025: embracing 'slowness' for progressive change

STIRworld

Slowness as metaphor and blueprint at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

The Architects' Journal

How architectural activism is flourishing in Denmark

Bauwelt

Kopenhagen, langsam

Azure Magazine

Q&A: Josephine Michau on the Inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

Parametric Architecture

First Ever Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Champions a Call to "Slow Down"

Interni

Slow Down: la prima Biennale di Architettura di Copenhagen

About CAFx

We are Copenhagen Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of how architecture shapes lives and worlds.Slow Down, the theme of Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025, investigates architecture as matters of time and means of slowing down overheated sites, cities, and societies.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

OPENING HOURS

Film Screening: Into the Island

Panel Discussion: Behind “Tales of a Nomadic City”

New Exhibition: Tales of a Nomadic City

Imperfect Assemblies: Towards New Civic Infrastructures

Podcast Series: Living With Other Species

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 Reveals 'Slow Pavilion' Designs Built from Reused Materials

Copenhagen unveils its first Architecture Biennial: a call to 'Slow Down'

Architecture as opposition to haste? Polish studio at the 1st Copenhagen Architecture Biennale

Copenhague, en elogio de la lentitud

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial: the urgency of slowing down

Premiere: Kopenhagener Architekturbiennale 2025

First Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Opens With the Theme "Slow Down"

"It's time for activism" says Copenhagen Architecture Biennial director

Slow Pavilions, Chapel Retold, and More: 6 Key Highlights From the First Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

Den nye tids stjerne er ikke længere den fantasifulde formgiver Bjarke Ingels

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial wants the world to slow down

Det skal nok blive skægt! Her er det, du ikke må gå glip af under Københavns første arkitekturbiennale

First Ever Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Champions a Call to "Slow Down"

Copenhagen architecture biennial 2025: embracing 'slowness' for progressive change

Slowness as metaphor and blueprint at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

How architectural activism is flourishing in Denmark

Kopenhagen, langsam

Q&A: Josephine Michau on the Inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

First Ever Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Champions a Call to "Slow Down"

Slow Down: la prima Biennale di Architettura di Copenhagen