<description>&lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Eighteen years, a 14-metre-deep crater, a rebuilt brick façade, and a glass dome set to redefine Copenhagen's skyline Denmark's new Natural History Museum is almost ready.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW250127646 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;In this episode, Michael Booth meets architect &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Claus Pryds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;, who was barely out of architecture school when he unexpectedly won the competition for the country's next great museum. What followed was a marathon of design, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;engineering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; and sheer perseverance that stretched across &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;nearly two&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; decades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW250127646 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Michael and Claus dive into the wild story behind the museum: the setbacks, the breakthroughs, the impossible holes in the ground — and the thrill of watching a once-in-a-lifetime project finally rise to the surface. Opening in 2027, the museum will feature &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;new worlds dedicated to Danish nature and Greenland and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;rumoured&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; to have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;everything from dinosaurs to a Blue Whale skeleton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW250127646 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Guest:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Claus Pryds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Host:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Michael Booth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW250127646 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;Let's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; Talk Architecture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; is a podcast by Danish Architecture Center. Sound &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt;edits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0"&gt; by Munck Studios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW250127646 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Let's Talk Architecture

Danish Architecture Center – DAC

Building a Mega-Museum

NOV 27, 202532 MIN
Let's Talk Architecture

Building a Mega-Museum

NOV 27, 202532 MIN

Description

Eighteen years, a 14-metre-deep crater, a rebuilt brick façade, and a glass dome set to redefine Copenhagen's skyline Denmark's new Natural History Museum is almost ready. In this episode, Michael Booth meets architect Claus Pryds, who was barely out of architecture school when he unexpectedly won the competition for the country's next great museum. What followed was a marathon of design, engineering and sheer perseverance that stretched across nearly two decades. Michael and Claus dive into the wild story behind the museum: the setbacks, the breakthroughs, the impossible holes in the ground — and the thrill of watching a once-in-a-lifetime project finally rise to the surface. Opening in 2027, the museum will feature new worlds dedicated to Danish nature and Greenland and rumoured to have everything from dinosaurs to a Blue Whale skeleton. Guest: Claus Pryds Host: Michael Booth Let's Talk Architecture is a podcast by Danish Architecture Center. Sound edits by Munck Studios.