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This third instalment from our Dispatch from Denmark series by Manon Damon looks at public spaces that create community alongside Jan Gehl's second principle: making walking a priority.

Art History student, Manon Damant's exploration in the world of community spaces continues with a comparison between the Fort Common and Copenhagen's Torvehallerne Market's use of enclosure.

The Cascadia Architect team often learns the most when we're not at our desk, or dealing with current projects. We use valuable off-site field-trips as a way to source new ideas and tools.

A comparison between Victoria's Fort Common and the Torvehallerne public market in Copenhagen, under the lens of Jan Gehl's three principles of design.

Cascadia Architects is working hard to shift things forward on this meaningful project that will see a new daycare open by 2024. The project is slated to break ground very soon.

This article looks at how the concrete-jungle of downtown Toronto is looking to go green.

CURV, the new 60-floor Passive House designed building is moving ahead toward the next steps of construction. It is set to be the most energy-efficient structure of its type ever built.

How are today's cities and urban areas poised to positively impact climate change? An interesting article from WIRED aims to explore, and provide meaningful answers to this question.

Jane Jacobs was a proponent of the higher density living that a city could provide, but cautioned urban planners that density alone was not conducive to thriving communities. Does this stand up today?