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Dyvik KahlenInfo

Dyvik Kahlen is an architectural practice. Founded by Christopher Dyvik and Max Kahlen in London in 2010, the office now operates from Porto and Palma.

Our work embraces all scales, from urban plans and housing to exhibitions and furniture. In collaboration with public institutions, developers, municipalities, private clients, curators, art galleries and brands, we develop and build projects across Europe and also worldwide.

General enquiries: post@dyvikkahlen.com
Job opportunities: jobs@dyvikkahlen.com
Social media: Instagram

Porto

Dyvik Kahlen, Office & Workshop
Praceta Eng. António de Almeida 70 R/C 3
4100-065 Porto, Portugal
+351 910 156 057

Palma

Dyvik Kahlen, Office & Showroom
Carrer Sant Elies 4, Local Izquierda
07003 Palma, Spain
+34 646 864 181

Team

Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik, Leonor Teixeira Dias, Gabriela Meszaros. Previous : James Anicich, Sophia Chang, Michael Cheung, Remy Crettenand, Ivana Cobejova, Leopold Castin, Carme de Cara Nadal, Daniela Puga, Daniel Eguren, Miscia Leibovich, Richard Leung, Patricia Roig, Francisco Pereira, Alexandra Kvasnicova, Alexandra Paritzky, Isabel Pietri, Min Myung Son, Jørgen Tandberg, Alex Otiv, Laurence Lumely, Manfredi Villarosa.

Selected Clients

Architectural Association, London
Arket (H&M Group), Stockholm
Barbican Centre, London
Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne
CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen
The Design Museum, London
Friedericianum, Kassel
London College of Fashion, London
MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
The National Museum, Oslo
Pocket Living, London
Schipper Bosch Projecten, Amersfoort
Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
Somerset House, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Royal College of Art, London
The Wellcome Collection, London
Zak Group, London

BOOK, 'Dyvik Kahlen In Practice'
LECTURE, 'Never Finished' for The Architecture Foundation
Selected Publications

Essay in 'ceci n’est pas un portrait'
Edited by Fala Atelier and Atelier Local

Book 'Dyvik Kahlen In Practice – Villa Ruba'
MER, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2023

Contribution to Casabella 930 'Other Londons'
Edited by Ellis Woodman, February 2022

Contribution to AJ Specification 'Walls, ceilings and partitions'
Architectural Journal, May 2022

Contribution to 'Rotterdam Ripresa'
Architectura & Natura and Lemon Press
Edited by Marius Grootveld, December 2022

Contribution to 'Super BANAL'
Zeppelin Magazine, May 2022

Book 'Camping in a High-Rise'
The Royal College of Art, ADS5, July 2020

Contribution to 'Resilience and Joy'
Porto Academy, Indexsnewpaper, Porto 2020

Essay in 'The Architecture Machine'
Architecture Museum TU Munich
Birkhauser, October 2020

Essay in 'Architecture is just a Pretext'
Carnets, 2019

Contribution to 'Alternative Histories'
The Architecture Foundation and Drawing Matter, 2019

Essay in Hiatus 'Postkarten aus London'
Birkhäuser, Nov 2017.

Interview in Frog Magazine #16
by Flavien Menu, Nov 2016

Contribution to New Architects 3
Architecture Foundation, Jun 2016

Contribution to New Generations Issue,
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, June 2014

Lectures

'Never Finished' for The Architecture Foundation
The Barbican, London, October 2024

'Daily Camping' at The Berlage
Delft University Technology, Rotterdam, April 2023

Conversation with Bajet Giramé 'Production of images'
Post Like, 2023, Young Architecture Biennial of Catalonia, Barcelona.

'Daily Camping' at Konstakademien
Stockholms Arkitektförening, April 2022

'What we talk about when we talk about Architecture'
University of Technology, Sydney, October 2021

'A House and its Ideal Neighbour'
Melbourne School of Design, October 2021

'Ambiguous Architecture & Inhabitable Structures'
TU Munich, May 2021

'A constant dialogue with Antoine'
Bergen Architecture School, May 2021

'A bedroom is a room with a bed'
Syracuse University, London, September 2020

'Columns, Twins, Rooms'
Porto Academy, Porto, July 2019

'Little Village' as part of 'In Practice' with Raamwerk
KULeuven Faculty of Architecture, Brussel, May 2019

'Columns, Twins, Rooms' at Oslo Arkitektforening
Arkitekthøgskolen in Oslo, Mar 2019

'Columns, Twins, Rooms' at
Syracuse University, London, Nov 2018

Metamorphoses Symposium
Architecture Foundation London, Oct 2018

'Twins, Mirrors, Columns, Pillars' for The Mirror Series
Campo at Betts Project, May 2018

'Corridor' at the Le Bourg Concert Hall
Lausanne, May 2018

El Simposio Internacional: De la Villa a la Celula
Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile. Apr 2018

'Columns, Twins and Other Things' for Inside/Out
Royal College of Art, February 2018.

Conversation with Gafpa Architects at the World Trade Centre
Brussel, Aug 2017

Interview with Andrew Clancy for Register Podcast
Kingston University, Mar 2017

'A Model, a Sketch, a Collage, a Photograph, a Drawing'
Lecture at Kingston University, London, Nov 2016

‘The Small House and the Multifunctional City’
at the Architectuurcafé in Amersfoort, Mar 2015

‘Whats Next’ Series at the Architectural Association
London, Nov 2014

ESSAY, 'Roadtrip' for 'Ceci n'est pas un portrait'
BOOK, 'Camping in a high-rise'
Teaching

Royal College of Art, Postgraduate Course, ADS5
Studio Tutor Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik, 2018-2022

Architectural Association, Diploma Unit 3
Unit Tutor Max Kahlen, 2008-2010

Architectural Association, First Year Studios
First Year Unit Master Max Kahlen, 2011-2014

Architectural Association, Media Studies
Tutor Max Kahlen, 2010-2013

Architectural Association, Media Studies
Tutor Christopher Dyvik, 2012-2013

RCA Summer School 2022
Tutor Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik

RCA Summer School 2023
Tutor Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik

Summer School 'Real Estate Architecture 2'
Tutor Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik, 2017

Porto Academy Summer School 2019
Tutor Max Kahlen, Christopher Dyvik

AA Summer School
Tutor Max Kahlen, 2008

Exhibitions

Contribution to 'Hand and Machine'
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, 2024

Dyvik Kahlen & Daily Camping @ BAP!
Landscape Biennale BAP!, Versailles 2022

Dyvik Kahlen & Daily Camping @ Nuno Centeno
Gallery Nuno Centeno, Porto 2022

Contribution to 'The Architecture Machine'
Architecture Museum TU Munich, 2020

Contribution to 'Building Stories' curated by Brandão Costa Lima
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon 2018

Contribution to 'Alternative Histories'
The Architecture Foundation and Drawing Matter
6 Cork Street, London 2017

Contribution to 'A Minor Architecture'
Espacio Valverde, Madrid, Jan 2017

Contribution to AIRBNB Pavilion
Venice, June 2014