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The Copenhagen Opera House by Henning LarsenIt lacks the buzz and hype of London and the familiar ring of Bilbao.
But Scandinavia's Oresund region, which includes the Danish capital, Copenhagen, and Malmo in southern Sweden, has - at least for the moment - taken Europe's center stage for new architecture.
Since its completion in 2000, visitors have gawked at the Oresund Bridge, a nearly five-mile-long engineering feat that helps shuttle thousands across the Oresund Strait, between Copenhagen and Malmo, each day.
But in recent weeks, attention has returned to the cities on shore, with the near-simultaneous completion of buildings by architecture heavyweights like Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid and the MVRDV firm.
Not to be outdone by its neighboring upstart, the perennial design bastion of Copenhagen - which is less than an hour away by car, or 40 minutes by train - unveiled its own architectural showstoppers this summer.
Nevertheless, plenty of room remains for native talents.
Perhaps the most prominent and spectacular building to rise recently is the Copenhagen Opera House, Ekvipagemestervej 10, designed by the veteran Danish architect Henning Larsen and opened in January, it sits on a small island in the harbor, its glass facade bulging beneath an enormous cantilevered roof.
Mr. Larsen, however, doesn't mind the
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