Our favourite architecture in the EU

We just made our deliveries to the EU a whole lot easier, and to celebrate, we thought we would cast our gaze over and celebrate our favourite bits of the EU architecture.

Denmark: Olafur Eliasson Studio - Fjordenhus

The Icelandic-Danish artist is renown for his large-scale installations that utilise the core elements of light, water and air. His sell-out exhibition at the Tate Modern, ‘In Real Life’, in 2020 was mesmerising, incorporating natural phenomena into the gallery space. His fortress-like office in Vejle Fjord in Denmark is his first realised architecture and isn’t it a looker!

Photo is by Cinematographer/Shutterstock.com

Sweden: Turning Torso, Malmö

At 623 feet, the Turning Torso in Sweden’s capital is the tallest building in the whole of Scandinavia. The building reaches 54 floors hosting residential flats and offices.

A striking distance above the rest of Malmö’s skyline, the building resembles a tornado frozen in time.

Spain: Frank Gehry's Guggenheim, Bilbao

This is Frank Gehry’s most iconic design, exhibiting some of the most influential contemporary artists with Louise Bourgeois’ ‘Maman’ and other sculptural pieces (by artists: Jeff Koons, Eduardo Chillida, Yves Klein, Fujiko Nakaya) lining the exterior.

I was lucky enough to visit Bilbao’s most visited landmark, marvelling in the curvature of the walls that captured the light from Spain’s brilliantly hot sunshine… it is well worth a visit - inside and out!

*fun fact - Maman (the spider in the picture below) has recently been sold for $40 million!)

Bulgaria: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria

The largest cathedral in the Balkans, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an example of Byzantine architecture. The gilded and copper-domed roof creates a path of endless curves - where your eyes run across the surface in a bid to absorb the magnanimous structure.