By Erick Villagomez
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Book Review: A Line in the Andes/Una Linea En Los Andes
Editor: Felipe Correa & Ramiro Almeida (Applied Research + Design Publishing, 2013) “What country is that?” is a common question I get as people...
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Book Review From the Stacks – Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies for the Post-carbon World
These days it has become nearly impossible to open a newspaper or read a website without encountering numerous doomsday predictions of our bleak-looking...
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Visual Thoughts #57
Last VT image: Jericho Beach on a sunny summer day, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
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Visual Thoughts #54
Last VT image: Trout Lake Community Centre, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Small Housing Toolkit Released for Free Download
It’s no secret that, in cities across the country, house construction over past several decade has focused on outlying suburban areas. Increasing...
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Book Review – The Language of Space
Author: Bryan Lawson (Routledge, 2001) When one brings up the topic of communication, the first thing that often comes to mind is chatting with friends...
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Visual Thoughts #50
Last VT image: View towards Udaipur, India. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator, independent...
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Book Review – Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
Five years after the publication of his well-received book Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand, Simon Unwin and Routledge kicked off 2015...
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Visual Thoughts #49
Last VT image: Dundas Square Christmas Tree, Toronto. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Visual Thoughts #48
Last VT image: Small building, Deception Pass State Park, Washington, US. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is...
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Book Review – Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
Author: Simon Unwin (Routledge, 2010) At a time when meaningful analyses of the built environment seems to be suffering from extreme attrition, Simon...
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Book Review From The Stacks – (re)Designing Nature: Current Concepts for Shaping Nature in Art and Landscape Architecture
Authors: Susanne Witzgall, Florian Matzner, and Iris Meder (Hatje Cantz, 2011) The relationship between nature and the the built world has changed...