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Bulgarian apartment building creates harmony between old and new
As the beautiful red-brick apartment building stretches up, it seems to bend light around the edges, creating the illusion of a paper thin building. Aedes...
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Cycling Think & Do Tank — Humble bicycles and high stakes subways: the 5km gap
This post, using Toronto’s Ward 25 as a case study, by researcher Trudy Ledsham is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and...
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Book Review – A Guide to Archigram 1961-74
Author: Dennis Crompton (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) At a time when the world of architecture and design is struggling to become more dynamic and...
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Green Roofs Collective: An In-Depth Exploration of Green Roofs from the Details to their Global Context
Green, or living roofs, are becoming more and more popular in cities as a result of the many benefits they can provide. These include mitigating and...
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Project a movie on this energy-generating bike made from garbage
This stationary bike, made from old benches, supermarket crates and bed frames is a part of series of bikes created to generate enough electricity to...
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Roy Thomson Hall
Detail of the glass and steel dome of Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto / By Brian Carson Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
By Julie Fish -
Riding in style: 15 of the coolest bikes in the world
Imagine a bicycle carved from walnut, ash or cherry wood. Or one totally customized and shipped in fewer than two days. This list of 15 of the coolest...
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Greenwood Yard
Trains rolling into duty before rush hour at TTC’s Greenwood Yard, Toronto / By Vik Pahwa Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Biker’s paradise: America’s most bikeable neighbourhoods
A new study has collected data from more than 7000 neighbourhoods to find the most bikeable streets in America. Six of the top 10 neighbourhoods scored a...
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Masdar City: eco-friendly city of the future
Sitting like a mirage in the desert, Masdar City might just be on the frontier of a new – environmental friendly – urban life. The city is an...
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Yonge & Dundas Square
Shadows gathering at Yonge & Dundas Square, Toronto / By Jason Cook Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
By Julie Fish -
Visual Thoughts #27
Last VT image: Grouse Mountain at night, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered