Denmark [Monocle]

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Typefaces are something of an obsession at Copenhagen design agency e-Types. Monocle heads to Vesterbro to see how they’re faring. 04.10.11

Monocle's fashion director Takeharu Sato visited Copenhagen Fashion Week to discover new brands, new products, and plenty of attractively attired locals. 27.08.10

Danish architect Jan Gehl is improving quality of life in cities across the globe. Monocle met Gehl at his Copenhagen offices to learn more about his company’s vision. 30.06.10

"Save the world" is just one of the items on the "to do" list of Denmark's prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, this year. And he might just do it. 16.02.09

Recently reopened in Copenhagen's Tivoli gardens, Nimb has provided the city with a badly needed asset - an outstanding hotel. 09.07.08

Danish Architects Hvidt & Mølgaard have created a state-of-the-art, energy efficient headquarters for Energinet.dk. Thomas Morris reports on a workplace of the future. 16.05.08

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DESIGN REPORT

Gehl force - Copenhagen

The celebrated Danish architect Jan Gehl believes that drawing the focus of a city’s infrastructure away from the obsession with concrete and traffic systems and towards the needs of its inhabitants makes for a better quality of life.

DESIGN REPORT

Gehl force - Copenhagen

QUALITY OF LIFE

02 Copenhagen

The city sets the standard for low-emission urban living Copenhagen’s community-focused architecture coupled with the Danes’ civic commitment to looking after one another and their unyielding bicycle-obsession are all reasons why this city always ranks so