Housing
Toronto
This is part 1 of a 3-part series on the challenges faced by residents of Toronto Community Housing Marjorie MacMillan, a retiree who lives in the Toronto... Read More
Video Vancouver: Happy Streets Living LabsWhat is Happy Streets Living Lab? Join Happy Streets participant Amanda Leahy as she describes the experiment and how the different... Read More
Book Review – Los Angeles Boulevard: Eight X-Rays of the Body PublicAuthor: Doug Suisman (ORO Editions, 2014) As an urban design instructor, practitioner and bibliophile, it is a rare pleasure to... Read More
Video Vancouver: LiDAR Data DublinThis video shows LiDAR data for a portion of a study area in central Dublin. The initial 18 seconds demonstrates standard density... Read More
50 Objects that Define Toronto: Baby Point Moose Antler CombSpacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we... Read More
The East Cordova Street Murder FactoryWhen I was going through John Vance’s personal files for Blood, Sweat, and Fear, a small article torn from the pages of the long... Read More
The cycle of independenceA fun fact to bring up at parties is that cycling helped get women the right to vote. Sort of. At the end of the 19th century, women... Read More
RELEASE: Kickstarter Pledges Bring Vancouver’s Ackery’s Alley to LifeFollowing a 30-day Kickstarter campaign, More Awesome Now, creators of Vancouver’s first reimagined laneway, Alley-Oop, have achieved... Read More
Video Vancouver: Bute RhapsodyBy small places: With the lines of buildings fixed, it can be a challenge to find space for public seating. Yet just south of Robson... Read More
Design for reconciliation: The Indigenous Place Making Council reclaims public space for First Nations“When Rita Joe first come to the city, she told me … the cement made her feet hurt.” The last line of George Ryga’s landmark... Read More
Mapping the flood vulnerability of the Toronto IslandsThe recent inundation of the Toronto Islands has been a shocking reminder of their vulnerability. This spring saw the worst flooding... Read More
The story of the Toronto Island’s modern architecture 
50 Objects that Define Toronto: Alexandra Miniature Pipe 
Book Review From the Stacks: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change 
RELEASE: AIBC Architectural Walking Tours Begin on Canada Day 
RELEASE: VAG North Plaza reopens 
Review: National Arts Centre Architectural Rejuvenation Project Phase I