Curiosities
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Let it snow! Winter and city building.
Despite the pain of plowing through roads and sidewalks, snow can be very useful. In fact, its presence is critical to the survival of many species in our...
By Paul Giang -
Book Review: On the Map
On The Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks Author: Simon Garfield, (Gotham Books 2013) Maps show us where we’re going, but they...
By sam singh -
Celebrating Blatchford
Did you know that Blatchford field was the world’s busiest airport during World War II? Or that it was Canada’s first public airport in...
By Paul Giang -
Cultural Landscapes: Aspen Parkland
When crossing this vast country, there is often the perception that the Canadian prairie landscape is rather homogenous and flat. Such gross...
By Paul Giang -
This Is Edmonton: Painted Time Capsules
Hand-painted signs have more or less become a thing of the past, replaced by press-printed, illuminated signs, digital signboards, and the like. Designed...
By Tom Young -
The House That Built a Global Village: Marshall McLuhan House
Over 100 years ago, one of the most important figures in media and communications theory was born in Edmonton. Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a young boy...
By Kyle Witiw -
Farewell Balloons
Dismantling of the historic Kelly Ramsey building brick-by-brick started this week. The materials will be later reused and incorporated into a new...
By Paul Giang -
“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 to discuss topics...
By Olivia Fung -
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 published in...
By Paul Giang -
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 initially published in...
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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 initially published in...
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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 author, Trevor Boddy...
By Paul Giang