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Book Review: A Burglar’s Guide to the City
Author: Geoff Manaugh (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) Cities are many things to many different people. They are hubs of creativity and bring together a...
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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: Thomas Fuller: Architect for a Nation
Thomas Fuller: Architect for a Nation by Dorothy Mindenhall Lakehill Books, 2015. 158 pages, 92 illustrations, $45.00 Thomas Fuller (1823-1898) rose to...
By Hal Kalman -
Book Review – Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival
“Since 2005, nearly 9,000 demo permits for residential buildings have been issued in Vancouver. An average of three houses a day are torn down, many of...
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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...
By Jeremy Senko -
The Troubles? An unconventional account of the NDP convention
written by Douglas Bell In a convention centre built into the north wall of the North Saskatchewan River Valley, New Democrats from every nook and cranny...
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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...
By Jeremy Senko -
Book Review—Bruno Munari: Square Circle Triangle
Author: Bruno Munari (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) All disciplines are filled with unsung heroes, significant figures who have contributed to...
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Places – Public Architecture: HCMA Architecture + Design
“This book provides a primer for architectural practitioners and the public alike; a portfolio of projects completed by a firm that, over its 40 year...
By Sean Ruthen -
Parks are tools for transforming a city: Q&A with David Escobar-Arango
David Escobar-Arango is the keynote speaker Park People’s 2016 Park Summit taking place on Saturday, March 5th. This interview provides a sneak peek...
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Book Review – Slow Manifesto | Lebbeus Woods Blog
Edited by Clare Jacobson, Princeton Architectural Press (2015) “The purposes of this website are several – to provide access to my projects and writings...
By Sean Ruthen -
Travel in Nunatsiavut, Labrador is a little different
Travelling in the winter can be a pain, it’s also just part of being Canadian. While we complain about winter driving and delayed flights, in most...
By Shoshanna Saxe
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered