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Book Review – Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places
By Jeremy Senko
Author: Jeff Speck (Island Press, 2018) When I reviewed Walkable City, the precursor to this book by Jeff Speck in 2013, I was in a... Read More
Book Review – Public Natures: Evolutionary Infrastructures
By Sean Ruthen
Author: Weiss/Manfredi– Princeton Architectural Press (2018) In considering the evolution of ecological, urban, and social... Read More
Three areas that will help relieve Toronto’s housing crisis
By George Popper
George Popper is a Toronto architect While Toronto desperately needs affordable housing, I believe the first step towards that goal is... Read More
Book Review – Dreamers and Designers: The Shaping of West Vancouver
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Francis Mansbridge (Harbour Publishing, 2018) The always-insightful Rebecca Solnit once wrote “A city always contains more... Read More
VancouverSpeculations: Covered Playgrounds
By Erick Villagomez
http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2018/12/17/vancouverspeculations-covered-playgrounds/Covered playground concept. To enlarge the image... Read More
Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
By Spacing
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for... Read More
A Renegade Book Exchange, and Other Acts of ‘Urban Intervention’
By Christopher Cheung
On the southwest corner of Salsbury and Napier Streets, a block from Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, Penny Street and Stephen Holmes set... Read More
Urban greenways can reduce neighbourhood carbon emissions
By Victor Ngo
Cities working to prioritize active transportation with the aim of reducing neighbourhood carbon emissions now has some of the first... Read More
REID: Some interesting public furniture in Russia
By Dylan Reid
I recently returned from a trip to several cities in Russia, and wanted to share some interesting public space furniture ideas I... Read More
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