Bispebjerg Bakke

<p>When art meets architecture, the result is anything but ordinary. &ldquo;It looks like a sculpture, but it's a house. It looks like a house and it&rsquo;s a sculpture,&rdquo; artist Bj&oslash;rn N&oslash;rgaard has said about residential complex Bispebjerg Bakke. </p><p>The innovative building consists of 135 exclusive rental properties spread over 11 houses and built with respect for their surroundings in natural materials and impeccable quality.</p><p>The undulating lines of the landscape are mirrored in its construction, which winds like a snake &ndash; or as it has been called, a Chinese dragon on stilts &ndash; through many different levels. </p><p>The buildings&rsquo; heights alternate between three and eight storeys and, finding inspiration in a musical score, N&oslash;rgaard modelled the first versions of it in clay. The development&rsquo;s waving, handcrafted copper roof represents rhythm: the large gateways are pauses; the brickwork is the bass line and the highly varied windowpanes in exclusive jatoba wood are the descant. </p><p>The houses&rsquo; red-andyellow bricks are a reference to classic Copenhagen buildings, in which red bricks face the street and yellow, the courtyard. Inside, windows, balconies and walls curve outwards and inwards, and with only a few doors, floor-to-ceiling windows and an elliptical spiral staircase with domed skylight, there is also a brilliant flow of light.</p>