Urban Design
-
Spacing Ottawa Event: Beaver Barracks Site Tour
WHAT: Site visit and walking tour of the Beaver Barracks, community rental housing development WHEN: June 21, 1pm WHERE: Beaver Barracks, 464 Metcalfe...
By Spacing -
Neighbourhood Walk: Carling Avenue and development on the outskirts of town
Today we bring you the second in a series of neighbourhood photo essays by Spacing Ottawa contributor Christopher Ryan, and take a stroll along Carling...
By Spacing -
Image of the Moment: Lansdowne Construction
Image: Lansdowne Park Redevelopment Construction Location: Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: May 10, 2014 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon Set to...
By Spacing -
Street art with heart: The Artists of the Glebe vs. Minto
With the much ‘discussed’ construction of the Lansdowne Park Redevelopment project creeping closer to its slated date of completion, I feel it...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Bayview Yards redevelopment design plans unveiled
Released yesterday afternoon, following a community open house on April 26, and with the announcement that the city’s Finance and Economic...
By Kristen Gagnon -
The ByWard Market’s historical urban fabric and courtyards – A ‘Jane’s Walk’
Ottawa’s 7th annual Jane’s Walk took place this weekend across the city. This festival of free neighbourhood walking tours celebrates our relationship...
By Spacing -
Jane’s Talk: A night of ‘neighbourhood narratives’ and storytelling
Last evening, in a room filled to capacity on the second floor of the the Arts Court building, around fifty urban enthusiasts gathered to share stories...
By Kristen Gagnon -
EVENT: Jane’s Walk Ottawa 2014
WHAT: Jane’s Walk Ottawa 2014 WHEN: Saturday + Sunday, May 3-4, 2014 WHERE: Various locations throughout Ottawa COST: Free, unless otherwise noted...
By Spacing -
Image of the Moment: Chinatown Gate
Image: Chinatown Gateway Location: Somerset Street, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: April 23, 2014 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon Completed in October 2010...
By Spacing -
‘Animating the Rideau Canal’: Queen’s University students take a look at the possibilities for one of Ottawa’s major waterways
A recurring topic of discourse and debate currently taking place in Ottawa, and as noted in many recent articles on Spacing Ottawa, is how to better use...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Image of the Moment: Mall Entrance in Transition
The last time this entrance was subject to such a change was about twenty years ago. At that point, the rentable storage lockers that used to be there...
By Dwight Williams -
‘Place is practiced space’: Sarah Gelbard’s talk at TEDxElginSt
Everybody lives and breathes in architecture. All urban dwellers have stories of how we move through the built places of the city and all the spaces in...
By Spacing