“self-made”: finding cultural identity in Chinatown

How do we design for identity? Two weekends ago, I have had the pleasure of attending a small conference within the Chinese community... Read More

Queer-monton: an Introduction

Editor’s note: Coinciding with the Edmonton Pride Week festivities starting this Friday, one of our new writers, Tyson, will be... Read More

EDMODERNTOWN (Part V): Postscript

Editor’s note: The final part of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton Architecture, which was... Read More

EDMODERNTOWN (Part IV): The Idea of North = Latitude for Innovation

Editor’s note: Part IV of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton Architecture, which was initially... Read More

EDMODERNTOWN (Part III): Social Gospel + Oil = Entrepreneurial Communitarians

Editor’s note: Part III of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton’s Architecture, which was... Read More

EDMODERNTOWN (Part II): Discontinuous History of Boom/Bust = Messy Vitality

Editor’s note: Part II of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton’s Architecture, which was... Read More

EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton Architecture (Part I)

Editor’s note: This essay was initially published in the Capital Modern catalogue from the Art Gallery of Alberta, 2007 . The... Read More

Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: April 28 to May 3

HERITAGE Edmonton’s Harbin Gate immortalized in set of new stamps honouring Chinatowns [Global] Herzog: The Brewery in... Read More

COMMONPLACE: Rossdale Power Plant

The Mayor has threatened that it may ask the province to remove the Historical Designation (for the second time) on the Rossdale Power... Read More