Barn Again: Slowing Down with Timber in Copenhagen

Barn Again by Tom Svilans, THISS Studio, Bollinger+Grohmann, and Danish carpenters Winther A:S at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 - Photo by Maja Flink.

Tom Svilans and THISS Studio repurpose an old barn into a cocooning meditative space. Their Barn Again pavilion at the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial highlights the creative potential of reclaimed materials.

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial: A Call to Slow Down

Slow Down exhibition at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 - Photo by Maja Flink.

In an era dominated by speed and constant production, the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial doesn’t just showcase architecture; it slows it down, daring to suggest another path: one where architecture helps us live not faster, but better.

The Enfold Pavilion by DEOND is a “Holistic Embrace of Body and Technology”

'Enfold Pavilion' by DEON - Photo by ©DEED STUDIO.

Entirely crafted from corrugated cardboard, the Enfold Pavilion features an AI-infused ‘second skin’ fabric that “could help treat anxiety and de-accelerate the mind and body.”

Stefan Diez’s Vert pavilion is a ‘greening machine’ boosting urban biodiversity at London Design Festival

Vert Pavilion by Diez Office, the American Hardwood Export Council and OMCºC at London Design Festival 2024 - Photo by Ed Reeve, courtesy of AHEC and LDF.

Within a courtyard at Chelsea College of Arts in London, the Vert pavilion is a cutting-edge, sustainable, modular urban-cooling timber structure designed to tune with cities’ infrastructure.

Pavilions of Wonder playfully highlight the link between Barbie’s homes and Palm Springs’ architecture

Pavilions Of Wonder by Nina Tolstrup at London Design Festival 2024 - Photo by Ed Reeve, courtesy of LDF.

What do Albert Frey’s Mid-Century Modernist villas in Palm Springs and Barbie’s Dreamhouses have in common? Explore Nina Tolstrup’s playful ‘Pavilions of Wonder’ at London Design Festival.