Building big is complicated, and iconic buildings both fascinate and infuriate. Especially when the economy is running wild. The concert halls in Hamburg and Reykjavik have risen from economic crises and turned the cities upside down.
Big buildings is complicated to produce. Sometimes it's about shouting the loudest - like when Aarhus gets an iceberg as its icon, and one of Sweden's biggest architects wants to give Stockholm a high landmark.
Now it is no longer enough to just have icons - the new buildings must also be sustainable and social, such as a wadden sea center in Ribe and a cultural center in Tingbjerg