Architecture
The cost of housing has reached a crisis point in Vancouver, with no clear agreement on what to do about it. Which made it a rare moment when... Read More
Book Review: 250 Things an Architect Should KnowAuthor: Michael Sorkin (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021) Equal parts poetic, practical, playful, and wise, Two Hundred and Fifty... Read More
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five QuestionsThe City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated... Read More
Tall Vancouver Tales Part I – How Vancouver Grew Up, with Donald LuxtonThis past week, the Museum of Vancouver and the RAIC BC/Yukon put on its first talk in the new Architecture & the City Series... Read More
Deconstructing Visuals 2.0It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion... Read More
Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate InputThe City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately... Read More
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions 
Vancouver Plan - An Opportunity for Climate Input 
Zoning Must Evolve - Part 5 
Zoning Must Evolve - Part 2 
The Virtual Urban Realm