By Sean Ruthen
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The Architecture of Michelangelo Antonioni
In the history of modern cinema, the relationship between architecture and human drama has only been fully exploited by a few filmmakers, and it could do...
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Notes from the Maritimes
At the end of May, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) held their 2018 Festival of Architecture in Saint John, New Brunswick, and...
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Book Review – Copp House
Author: Adele Weder (ORO Editions (2017) In a mansion-filled Vancouver neighbourhood not far from the University of British Columbia stands a low-slung...
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Book Review – Chandigarh Revealed: Le Corbusier’s City Today
Author: Shaun Fynn (Princeton Architectural Press (2017) More than sixty-five years have passed since Le Corbusier was commissioned by Pandit Jawaharlal...
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Book Review: The Sagrada Familia
Author: Gijs van Hensbergen (Bloomsbury Press, 2017) Giljs van Hensbergen has pulled off a remarkable feat, taming the monstre sacré of twentieth-century...
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Book Review – Destination Architecture
Author: Phaidon Editors (Phaidon Press, 2017) The global perspective provided by this portable book makes it the ideal companion for all travelers who...
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Notes from Italy
“To make this course of action clear to my French readers, I must explain that in Italy, a country very far away from us, people are still driven to...
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Book Review: Friedman House
Written by Richard Cavell, ORO Editions (2017) UBC SALA West Coast Modern House Series Following Dr. Friedman’s passing, the fate of the house was...
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Film Review: BIG Time
Director: Kaspar Astrup Schröder Not often does Spacing have the opportunity to review a movie receiving its North American premier, including an...
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Book Review – Architecture’s Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
Author: Hugh Howard (Bloomsbury Press, 2016) In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and...
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Call for Entries: Urbanarium’s 2017 Missing Middle Housing Competition
What would it take to solve Vancouver’s housing crisis? The not-for-profit organization Urbanarium has issued an invitation to talented designers from...
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Book Review: Binning House
Author: Matthew Soules (ORO Editions, 2017) Spending time in the Binning House is like being enveloped in a gentle super-reality, not a parallel reality...