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From the Stacks: The Ethical Architect – The Dilemma of Contemporary Practice
“Architects live and work today in a functioning but weakened profession that lacks a dominant design ethic. An opportunity to examine unquestioned...
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The Future Fix Podcast: Who governs the Smart City?
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. It’s easy to be excited by...
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Book Review – Sao Paulo: A Graphic Biography/Uma Biografia Gráfica.
Author: Felipe Correa (Texas University Press, 2018) Clocking in at roughly 12.2 million people, the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is the largest metropolis...
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Book Review: Small Cities, Big Issues – Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era
Edited by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading (Athabasca University Press, 2018) In this collection, we reveal the broader forms of discrimination and...
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The Future Fix Podcast: How Innisfil is using Uber as public transit
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. In our first episode, we explore...
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How long will ride-hailing apps last?
Part two of Nick’s look at the state of ride hailing. Read part one here. It has been almost ten years since Uber was founded in San Francisco. In 2011...
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What other cities can learn from Toronto’s ride-hailing experience
With British Columbia rolling out its ride-hailing regulations in August, Toronto City Council re-examining its bylaws, and Halifax looking to do the...
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Book Review: Design Process in Architecture – From Concept to Completion
Author: Geoffrey Makstutis (Laurence King Publishing, 2018) This book will be particularly useful for those who are considering – or are in their first...
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Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 8
By Way of Conclusions We’ve come a long way, covering a lot of meaningful ground around the city-wide planning process. Like Lynch over half a century...
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Book Review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Author: Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, 2019) There are few terms as pervasive in discussions about contemporary cities than “growth”. It monopolizes debates...
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Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 7
Time and the City: A Living City-wide Plan We’ve come a long way in addressing the many challenges associated with city-wide planning, but the issue of...
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Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 6
Developing Alternatives Let’s assume that we’ve managed to develop clear, meaningful objectives that have been made more comprehensive through connecting...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered