Neighbourhoods

Housing, Like Beer, Is Better Done in Small Batches

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Forty years ago, Molson, Labatt, and Carling O’Keefe collectively owned 96 percent of Canada’s beer market. Their shared monopoly... Read More

Event – Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci, Jan. 24

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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci Online Panel Discussion Presented by the West Coast Modern League in Partnership with the West... Read More

RELEASE: Is there something in the air? These UBC researchers want to know

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We all know air quality can sometimes be imperfect. The smells and aromas produced by traffic, businesses and industry, and... Read More

The Laws of Settlements book available for free online!

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Are there fundamental laws that govern all settlements—from the smallest village to the largest cities? This is the question that... Read More

Video Vancouver: Tour Chinatown with Christopher Cheung

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CanU 2020 Vancouver Tours Stroll through Vancouver’s historic Chinatown with Tyee reporter Christopher Cheung. It’s easy to get lost... Read More

Student Housing as a Response to the Housing Crisis

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The global housing crisis is a challenging and multi-faceted problem. Part of the solution, already successfully employed by... Read More

Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy

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It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of... Read More

Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall

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[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the... Read More

Six-foot City: The Classroom

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That the pandemic has had a disastrous effect on local and global economies is blatantly clear. But we take for granted that the... Read More

Six-foot City: The Corridor

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The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with... Read More