Architecture
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RELEASE: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017
Showcasing stand out design talent from the edge of the world Vancouver’s official interdisciplinary design festival is back. After a successful...
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EVENT: Turncoats #6—God Has Left The Details
Turncoats #6: God Has Left The Details DATE: Friday, 5 May 2017 TIME 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT. Doors open at 6.00pm. LOCATION: 303 East 8th Avenue –...
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Release: REFBC Building Change report released
People live in places. The places that we build – small towns, communities, cities, suburbs – all have impacts on our environment and on shared resources...
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Visual Thoughts #62
Last VT image: Alice Lake – Squamish, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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EVENT: Brasilia: Life After Design (Film), May 8th
Join the Museum of Vancouver for the Canadian premiere of Bart Simpson’s sublime urban documentary film, BRASILIA: Life After Design (Canada/UK...
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Book Review—Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930
Author: Joseph E. Elliott and Aaron V. Wunsch (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) “If it isn’t Electric, it isn’t Modern” proclaimed the Philadelphia...
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EVENT: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017, May 12-14
Vancouver Design Week(end) will run from May 12–14 throughout Vancouver. Vancouver Design Week(end) (VDW) is the city’s official interdisciplinary design...
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The Beginning of the Vancouver Special Revolution
It’s important to keep pre-existing buildings until they have outlived their usefulness. This makes sense economically, environmentally and culturally...
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Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban planners, real-estate...
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EVENT: Turncoats #5: Paper Architecture, Fri. March 17th – UPDATE
Turncoats #5: Paper Architecture DATE: Friday, 17 March 2017 TIME 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDT. Doors open at 6.00pm. LOCATION: 303 East 8th Avenue –...
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Release: Full-Tea and History of early Farmers in BC at London Heritage Farm
With Canada celebrating its 150th birthday this year, heritage sites are an resourceful way to discover and revive the history of early settlement life in...
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Book Review—In Defense of Housing
Authors: David Madden and Peter Marcuse (Verso, 2016) Everyone needs housing. But not everyone can afford it. If you’re willing to call that a...
By William Dunn