The Strathcona Story: A community that fought back, and the Architect that helped rebuild

In December of 1968, the residents of one of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhoods, Strathcona, were faced with losing their... Read More

Studies on the West End – Camera Obscura 1555 Georgia Street

[Editor's Note: Schools are the repository of ideas and experimentation. All too frequently, however, interesting and provocative work... Read More

Charles Montgomery is a man with an obsession. He’s spent years investigating the link between cities and happiness... Read More

Authors: Anne Mikoleit, Moritz Purckhauer (MIT Press, 2011) This is a small book of a hundred or so pages that offers 100 bits of... Read More

The City of Surrey is pleased to announce the return of our pop-up park design-build competition, the 2014 PARKit Design Challenge... Read More

Young American families are increasingly ditching suburban life for city living, says Leigh Gallagher, author of the new book, The End... Read More

The Canadian Urban Institute and Sustainable Prosperity in collaboration with Simon Fraser University and the Urban Development... Read More

The City of Vancouver has embarked on a Parklet Pilot Program, under the VIVA Vancouver program, that provides funding to interested... Read More

Urban and Real Estate Economics at The University of British Columbia might be the most interesting course offered at a post secondary... Read More