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Last Friday we had the pleasure to host EPICLAY on a tour through our innovative city of Copenhagen. 

Epiclay are an international Start-up developed throughout the Build Solutions Project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, and are now part of the accelerator program hosted by City Facilitator at BLOXHUB. Their aim is to make urban areas more liveable and healthy by creating a modular green wall system, which can...

Across the bridge from the Royal Theatre in the heart of the historic Christianshavn district in central Copenhagen, visitors are now able to set eyes on Kanalhuset. A former military base, the building dates back to 1754 and now contains 12 boutique hotel rooms, 14 hotel apartments, a bar and a restaurant where chef Kristoffer Josefsson - who has a particularly good eye for seasonal ingredients and a catalogue of recipes from all over the world - serves his meal of the evening every day at...

Now that the regulations concerning COVID-19 have eased and travelling has become something we can consider again, we want to take a moment to celebrate our KICK-OFF TOUR of 2020. In collaboration with Stadt Wien [23 PAX] and Hans Staudinger of ÜBERBAU, we have spent the last 4 days Exploring Copenhagen together with an inspiring group of 23 architects, engineers and high ranking city officials representing 3 branches of the construction directorate of the city of...

Brdr. Krüger was founded in 1886 as a wood-turning workshop by brothers Theodor and Ferdinand Krüger. Today, after 5 generations, the family company has evolved into a self-producing furniture brand that celebrates classic Danish design values while embracing modernity. 

Besides the numerous custom pieces that furnish leading restaurants around Copenhagen, the brand recently decided to showcase their innovative yet timeless designs in a...

Copenhagen is full of research-driven designs to promote health and well-being.  There is a willingness to experiment, analyze and develop new models for integrating opportunities for better health and social inclusion in our urban environment. Scaledenmark recently led a bicycle tour in the vibrant Østerbro and Nørrebro neighborhoods, highlighting design strategies related to climate change, health, and social justice. This tour explores how “greening the city” has benefits beyond...

In November 2019, Ørsted presented its vision to use the Danish island of Bornholm, situated in the Baltic Sea, as an energy hub by making it the centre point of a proposed new interconnection between Denmark and Poland, in reality making Bornholm the world’s first energy island...

The 2020 Environmental Performance Index has named Copenhagen as the best environmental performing country of 180 studied countries. The report states: “Denmark leads the world on climate change action, having reduced its CO2 emissions by more than half since peaking in 1996 (World Bank, 2019). Denmark’s capital city of Copenhagen has slashed emissions through investment in wind energy and biomass, adoption of district heating and cooling systems, and expansion of bike lanes to the point...

Copenhagen is the second city to recieve the label "Unesco world capital of architecture". In 2023, Copenhagen will also host the World Congress of Architects. It is a good opportunity to reflect together with the world and continue our road to carbon-neutrality.

We can't loose track of other challenges we were facing. Therefore we want to highlight again the vision for the Nordic Region, something we should continue to keep in mind. The Nordic Council of Ministers envisioned last year in Iceland that the Nordic region will become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Co-operation is key in achieving this goal.

The shared priorities:

1. A green Nordic region – towards carbon neutrality and a sustainable...