Curiosities

Poppies Popping Up

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What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the... Read More

Video Vancouver: What on Earth!

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This vintage (1966) National Film Board of Canada animated short by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal proposes what many earthlings have long... Read More

Can Raccoons Teach Us How to Build the City of the Future?

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By George Patrick Richard Benson & Jen Roberton Raccoons are unexpectedly resilient creatures in urban landscapes. They have... Read More

Video Vancouver: Then/Now

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Via the Vancouver Sun: North Vancouver high school student Mitchell Przybylski posted this video, titled Vancouver Then and Now, in... Read More

Book Review—Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods

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Author: Lynn Craig with Cary Perkins (ORO Editions, 2015) Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods teaches the user how to draw... Read More

Video Vancouver: across false creek.

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By: egor RVNK a friend of mine needed to document site conditions for his architectural research, and thought it would be a great idea... Read More

Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck

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Via HCMA Architecture + Design: A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver’s water. There’s a seeming paradox in... Read More

Book Review From The Stacks: Proceed and Be Bold

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Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press – 2005) Proceed and Be Bold checks in on Rural Studio under the... Read More

Cold Case Vancouver: the city’s most baffling unsolved murders

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[Editor’s Note: We are being treated today with this excerpt from a chapter in Cold Case Vancouver: the city’s most baffling... Read More

Book Review – Fantastic Cities: A Coloring Book of Amazing Places Real and Imagined

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Author: Steve McDonald (Chronicle Books, 2015) Fantastic Cities is a colouring book.  Not a colouring book intended for children, but... Read More