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Scaledenmark is always excited to welcome loyal clients of the network of Guiding Architects. Arnold and Gladisch Architekten a large sized (50 PAX) offices were joining us in May for 2-days of case study visits. The focus areas were three contemporary urban development areas: Ørestad, Sydhavn and Nordhavn.

We combined state-of-the-art new housing...

Eighteen delegates of AMCV (Association of the management of the city centre) came to us with very high expectations for a half day tour. The tour started North in Nordhavn, which aims to become the sustainable neighbor of the city of Copenhagen. Afterwards we moved with the Vaporetto inspired waterbus to the South, where we got the privilege of visiting the home of a board member and pioneer resident of Sluseholmen canal...

Epple immobilien visited Copenhagen for a prolonged weekend and we guided them for several...

On the HMC vocational school for wood, furniture and interior the focus lies on making sure that these future craftsmen and designers obtain skills that they can keep developing during the rest of their life. Change in their profession will be a certain factor, as it will be for many design professions. It is the innovative approaches of the new buildings in Ørestad, both interior as exterior, that we want to add to these...

Scaledenmark toured the Harbour Cirle as well as Ørestad with delegates of Max Hofmann, a company of architects, investors and developers which has been contributing for over hundred years to very diverse city parts of Hamburg. They have been constructing high quality buildings for commercial, public and residential aims. Residential buildings were the focus of our tour, but through the bicycle ride along the harbor...

Scaledenmark has recently returned from a Guiding Architects meeting in the city of Granada, Andalucía, Southern Spain. The meeting celebrates a very successful year for the network with more than 3.000 tours and almost 36.000 participants discovering the history, cultural context, technical innovation, and sustainable development of buildings and urban spaces across the globe. 

The meeting was also focused on educational development and cultural engagement processes. In addition...

Scaledenmark was proud to present the special lecture “The Øresund Region as a value based cross-national region” to 29 business leaders from across Northern Europe (Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Sweden) participating in the Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) in Malmö, Sweden.

The Øresund Region is the Nordic countries’ largest and most densely populated metropolitan region. The bi-national Swedish-Danish region began with clear cross-...

Scaledenmark has made a special connection with its JOTUN professional network in Istanbul, Turkey. Following a successful program tour with JOTUN’s Color Design Days in early September, Scaledenmark had the privilege of being invited to present the lecture, “Copenhagen as an Eco-Metropole” to Association of Architects in Private Practice in Istanbul. 

The association organizes lectures, conferences and discussion panels for various actors of the architectural profession to...

Exploring Copenhagen’s Urban Transformation

What does it mean to be a Copenhagener? And how has Copenhagen transformed from a city at near bankruptcy to a living model for sustainable green growth?

Copenhagen is ever-evolving, and it has many stories to tell. Released in June 2018, Scaledenmark has published the urban anthology Exploring Copenhagen - a 288-page collection of professional interviews and essays on the last 25 years of urban...