Sweden – In conjunction with our visit to Stockholm’s Royal Seaport development, we had an opportunity to learn more about how the district manages its waste collection. As the Royal Seaport aspires to be a global model for sustainable building,… Read more: Underground Economy: How Smarter Waste Management Can Create Space

Denmark – the Green Solution House designed by 3XN is a conference center and hotel on Bornholm Island, a popular vacation destination in the Baltic Sea. The hotel allows residents to experience a world without waste, through the use of… Read more: Green Solution House

Denmark – COBE architects, a portmanteau of the cities Copenhagen and Berlin, is a firm that is currently in working on several projects within Denmark and beyond. Despite the firm’s young age, they’ve received some high-profile commissions within the Danish… Read more: COBE | Nordhavnen

Denmark – With the sheer number of buildings under construction in our cities, it’s easy to dismiss architecture as something that’s predictable and inevitable at the hands of developers. But what if developers and policy makers favoured other objectives, like… Read more: Danish Architecture Policy

Denmark – ‘Climate change is a huge opportunity to build greener cities. We should stop pushing nature away and stop pretending that we can push the weather away.’ —Flemming Rafn Thomsen, Architect, Tredje Natur A neighbourhood in the port city of… Read more: St. Kjeld’s Neighbourhood

Denmark – While most architects are known for designing buildings, some of the world’s most innovative architecture firms have research divisions that study how we can live better lives within our built environment. Take 3XN, one of Denmark’s leading architecture… Read more: 3XN/GXN

Denmark – If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in a house without any energy bills, you may want to consider becoming a test subject for the Energy Flex House—Denmark’s first energy neutral residence. Developed by Henning Larsen… Read more: Energy Flex House

Germany—Aptly named for its recognizable form, Hamburg’s Woodcube offers a strategy for constructing multi-storey housing with a renewable natural resource material commonly found in northern climates—wood! Since wood is especially abundant in Canada, we’re eager to see the unique construction… Read more: Woodcube | Germany

Denmark – A residential development called “The Mountain,” known for its distinct form amidst the suburban district of Ørestad, is one of the highlights on our upcoming trip to Copenhagen. Instead of creating two separate buildings for parking and living,… Read more: The Mountain | Denmark

Norway – We will be visiting the ZEB Pilot house in Ringdalskogen, Larvik, Norway designed by Snøhetta and completed in 2014. Built as a pilot project with The Research Center on Zero Emission Buildings, it is a demonstration project created… Read more: ZEB Pilot House | Norway

Germany – Part of our upcoming travel includes the International Building Exhibition in Hamburg, where we will visit the world’s first algae powered building, the BIQ House, featuring a glass façade that is the first of its kind to generate… Read more: BIQ House | Germany