This remarkable transformation of a former industrial ship yard in Denmark’s Elsinore into a cultural and knowledge centre has been completed by AART Architects A/S. A glass and steel facade projects from the traditional brickwork of the original building redefining the complex with a ‘fragmented yet strongly coherent structure’. Encompassing 17,000 sq m the new knowledge centre incorporates a series of concert halls, showrooms, conference facilities and a public library overlooking Kronborg Castle and the Sound (which separates Denmark and Sweden). Set in industrial surroundings, the architects have consciously incorporated several related design touches, including wrought iron stairs and concrete interior design elements.