Urban Design
Book Review – The Language of Space
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Bryan Lawson (Routledge, 2001) When one brings up the topic of communication, the first thing that often comes to mind is... Read More
Redefining Granville Island?
By Isabelle Kim
I feel a bit ignorant for being oblivious of the changes that have been happening on Granville Island over the past year. I... Read More
Video Vancouver: To Build a Better City (1964)
By Yuri Artibise
A 1964 City of Vancouver/CMHC film There was a time when old poor neighbourhoods were considered an urban blight and needed to be... Read More
The transformer next door
By Chris Bateman
The lights are on but there’s no-one home at 640 Millwood Rd. The two-storey suburban home near Bayview and Eglinton doesn’t exactly... Read More
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle
By Erick Villagomez
Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle. Click here for a larger version Black-and-white ‘figure-ground’ city maps – that depict blocks... Read More
Urbsanity: Great Architects, Great Stories
By Spacing
With January already out of the way, 2015 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for Ottawa. During the past 12 months the... Read More
Book Review – Fit: An Architect’s Manifesto
By Isabelle Kim
Author: Robert Geddes (Princeton University Press, 2013) We often approach architectural design with our traditional older paradigms... Read More
Architecture + Nature: A talk by architect Raymond Moriyama
By Spacing
This past Saturday, Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama spoke as part of the closing event of Ottawa’s inaugural Winter Design... Read More
Welcome to your private nuclear fallout shelter
By Chris Bateman
In 1959, the builders of Regency Acres, a 700-home subdivision in Aurora, Ontario, offered something no other homebuilder in the... Read More
What are Vancouver’s Best Public Spaces?
By Jillian Glover
Photo courtesy of Jay Banks. Growing up in Vancouver, I didn’t really have a good understanding of what makes a lively public space... Read More