Urban Design
The Value of Small Businesses – Discussions at RAIC + MOV Built City Speaker Series
By Ulduz Maschaykh
As part of their popular Built City Speaker Series, the Metro Vancouver chapter of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, in... Read More
Can we stop talking about congestion? It’s not the point
By Tricia Wood
This is probably a pointless plea, but can we stop talking about congestion? Our conversations about transportation in Canadian urban... Read More
Video Vancouver: Urban Planning Trends to Watch in 2019
By Yuri Artibise
Climate change, housing prices, alternative transportation, and mega-projects. Will it be two steps forward or two steps back? For more... Read More
Redesigning Cities to Support Seniors Stuck in Suburban Sprawl
By Christopher Cheung
Rasiklal Joshi never took the bus. He always drove — until he reached his 80s and his doctor told him to stop. “I tried to persuade my... Read More
Video Vancouver: What is Zoning?
By Yuri Artibise
Produced by the City of Vancouver Regulation Redesign Project Team Read More
Life on the Line: Light in the Tunnel
By Spacing(Alex Garant, “Midnight”) By Sarah Ratzlaff For... Read More
Is good regional transit planning impossible?
By Tricia Wood
Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is... Read More
SURVEY: What were Vancouver’s Planning & Development Milestones of 2018?
By Vancouver City Planning Commission
As 2018 draws to a close, the Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) Chronology Program is embarking on our annual retrospective... 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