Culture · B2 · Upper Intermediate
Danish Design and Architecture
Describe famous Danish design and architecture and explain what makes a design classic.
Meet the chairs, lamps and buildings that made Danish design famous, from Wegner, Jacobsen and PH to Utzon and CopenHill, and learn to describe style, materials and urban spaces.
Start this courseabout 2.5 h · One account. Your progress, on the web and in the app.
- Units
- 3
- Words & phrases
- 160
- Lessons
- 5
- Conversations
- 3
- Readings
- 3
What you’ll work through
The units in this course.
Each unit brings words, lessons, conversations, and readings together on one topic. Open one to see what’s inside.
Design Classics
Describe famous Danish furniture, lamps and buildings, explain what makes a design classic and talk about the designers and architects behind them.
28 words · 1 lessons
Art & Design
Discuss galleries, brushstrokes and Nordic aesthetics: the Danish vocabulary for talking about visual art and design with a critical eye.
72 words · 2 lessons
Architecture & Urban Life
Facades, foundations and the flow of the city: the Danish words for describing buildings and the urban life that surrounds them.
60 words · 2 lessons
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