By Jeremy Senko
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Book Reviews: Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine
Author: Todd McCallum (AU Press, 2014) In High School film studies, I once made a documentary about homelessness in Vancouver. We had learned about...
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Book Review—Casting Architecture: Ventilation Blocks
Author: Florian Schatz (ORO Editions, 2014) Every once and a while a book reaches me that seems to be simple and short, but often times these books prove...
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Book Review: Scaling Infrastructure
Author: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) The MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (CAU) holds a biennial conference...
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Book Review: Start-Up City
Author: Gabe Klein (Island Press, 2015) When I was in my second year of University I wrote a blog post that got a lot of (very rare) traction. I pitted...
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Book Review – Roads Were Not Built For Cars
Author: Carlton Reid (Island Press, 2015) There has been a lot of discussion recently around getting more cyclists on the roads, be it for health...
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Book Review – Timber in the City: Design and Construction in Mass Timber
Author: Andrew Bernheimer (Oro Editions, 2015) About two and a half years ago I had the opportunity in my last year of University to do an internship with...
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Book Review – City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis
Edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb (n+1 / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) When people write about their city it is frequently an opinion piece for...
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Book Review – Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World
Author: Jared Green (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015) Sometimes the strongest way to get a message across is through simplicity. When dealing with a...
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Book Review – Shore to Shore: The Art of Ts’uts’umult Luke Marston
Author: Suzanne Fournier (Harbour Publishing, 2014) To grow up in a country that is so rich with First Nation’s culture is truly rewarding. Anyone who has...
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Red: A Haida Manga
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009) With so much beautiful art and history behind Haida culture, it was refreshing to see it...
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Book Review – Foundations of Real Estate Development Financing
Author: Arthur C. Nelson (Island Press, 2014) Working and living in a city that is currently in a large development swing after the last recession made me...
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Book Review – Planning for Community Resilience: A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters
Authors: Jamie Hicks Masterson, Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon S. Van Zandt, Himanshu Grover, Lori Feild Schwarz, John T. Cooper, Jr. (Island Press, 2014...