Architecture
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Why Vancouver Needs an ‘Affordability Bank’
Vancouver needs an Affordability Bank. Here’s what that would be: A new policy that allows people choosing to build new single-family residences to pay a...
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How a Smart, Progressive Property Tax Could Ease Our Housing Crisis
Guest author: Patrick Condon Does Vancouver need a new kind of tax on land? City council thinks it might, so has asked city staff to study a version put...
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Book Review – Dreamers and Designers: The Shaping of West Vancouver
Author: Francis Mansbridge (Harbour Publishing, 2018) The always-insightful Rebecca Solnit once wrote “A city always contains more than any inhabitant can...
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VancouverSpeculations: Covered Playgrounds
http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2018/12/17/vancouverspeculations-covered-playgrounds/Covered playground concept. To enlarge the image, click here. For many...
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Do Small in a Big Way: BC Housing Society’s first annual Summit
It’s not a movement about people claiming to be ‘tinier than thou’ but rather people making their own choices toward simpler and smaller living however...
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The Changing Role of Architects in Canada – Lively Discussions at POP // CAN // CRIT 2018
The third Pop Can Crit architecture symposium, titled The Business of Architecture in Canada looked at the synergy between architecture as science...
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District Lot 185: Vancouver’s West End
Written for VHF by guest author, Michael Kluckner. No Vancouver neighbourhood has more layers of heritage than the West End. Its early settlers’...
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Book Review: Rome – Urban Formation and Transformation
Author: Jon Michael Schwarting (Applied Research & Design, 2017) If you are into Roman architecture and urban planning…..and drawings, this is...
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Event: POP // CAN // CRIT 2018: The Business of Architecture in Canada, Oct. 19th
POP // CAN // CRIT 2018: The Business of Architecture in Canada WHERE: Simon Fraser University, Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Room 2555, Vancouver...
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Hard Questions about Vancouver’s New Affordability Approach
Guest authors: Patrick Condon & Scot Hein [Editor’s note: UBC Professor of Urban Design Patrick Condon dropped his candidacy for mayor on July 13 for...
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Book Review: Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism
Author: Mikael Colville-Andersen (Island Press, 2018) Most authors aim to capture readers attention and alter their state of mind. A state of being...
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2018 AIBC Architectural Walking Tours Begin July 2
Release: Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s (AIBC) Walk the Blocks of Vancouver with AIBC Architectural Walking Tours For locals and tourists...
By Spacing