Architecture
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Video Vancouver: Northeast False Creek Animation
Via Joseph Hruda: Concord Pacific Waterfront Entertainment District Master Plan & Animation by: CIVITAS Urban Design & Planning, Vancouver, Canada...
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Book Review – Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness: Architectural Multiculturalism in North America
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By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Via TED Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the...
By Yuri Artibise -
A Vancouver Parable: False Prophets, Green Illusions and Vanishing Neighbourhoods
A stroll along Vancouver’s Broadway west of Macdonald offers the pedestrian many small, engaging storefronts. The low awnings provide human-scaled...
By scothein -
Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Transitioning a DTES Jail to Affordable Living
Steps from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside police headquarters, stands a former jail that once haunted the community even beyond its days. But 250 Powell...
By Curranne Labercane -
Maintaining History: Preserving Special Sites through Good Maintenance
Vancouver’s historic buildings and streetscapes offer diverse residential and commercial spaces and contribute numerous benefits for a sustainable and...
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Copenhagen: Textbook Urbanism
Jan Gehl is probably the best tour guide you could ever hope for in Copenhagen. And so it was, after luxuriating over a couple of long lunches together...
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Book Review – Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design
Author: Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2016) The term “biophilia” may be new to many people. In recent years, people have become more aware and accepting...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
How The City of Vienna Handles Affordable Housing and Inclusivity
Vienna is an internationally renowned city, attractive to employees from the high-tech industry who obtain a Quick Fix for sale online, scholars...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
How UBC Library is helping to preserve heritage buildings in Vancouver.
UBC Library’s B.C. Historical newspaper archives, part of the university’s publicly-accessible Open Collections, is playing a critical role in heritage...
By michelleblackwell -
Book Review: What Makes a Great City
Author: Alexander Garvin (Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2016) Alexander Garvin is an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Architecture...
By Fausto -
Masters of West Coast Modernism
This past week, the West Vancouver Museum hosted Masters of West Coast Modernism, a reception featuring the architecture of five living legends of West...
By Sean Ruthen