Architecture
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The Buzz Buzz on Tiny Homes
This month the BC Tiny House Collective has catapulted into the homes of Canadians. On January 15, 2017, Frances Bula, a long-time affordable housing...
By Anastasia Koutalianos -
Toronto is Debunking Myth that Families Won’t Live in Condos
Author’s Note: I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits and developers are working to...
By Jillian Glover -
Three Cities, Three Paths on Energy Engagement
In Stockholm, planners ponder how to ensure that deep energy retrofits take root in the diverse suburb of Järva, a district with unique socioeconomic...
By keanegruending -
EVENT: Calling all city planners, designers and engineers to talk tiny houses in Metro Vancouver, January 24
The BC Tiny House Collective, a Vancouver-based community-driven organization advocating for the inclusion of tiny houses in our region, continues to...
By Spacing -
Tiny house, anyone?
Had you asked me a couple years ago if my next project would focus on tiny houses, I would have scoffed at the thought. More so, I’d have asked, what is a...
By Anastasia Koutalianos -
RELEASE: RAIC Metro Vancouver Art x Architects
The Metro Vancouver Chapter of Architecture Canada held its second annual Art by Architects Silent Auction and Fundraiser on December 8th at the AIBC...
By Spacing -
Visual Thoughts #60
Last VT image: Snowy intersection in East Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Book Review – Infrastructural Monument
Author: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Infrastructural Monument presented the products of a conference of the same...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Thom and NIMBY: An Odd Coupling
What are we talking about when we remember the dead? I’ve recently helped my family in Israel produce a book in memory of my father, and thanks to...
By YarOn Stern -
Book Review From The Stacks – The Skytrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station
John Atkin (Steller Press Ltd., 2005) Everything is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, Comedian and Actor This is how Vancouver...
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Housing Central 2016 – Inspiring Talks on Affordable Housing
On Nov 21 to 23, the Housing Central Conference—the biggest affordable housing conference in western Canada—took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Lightworks: A Precedent for Preserving Vancouver’s Industrial Heritage?
We’ve all read the stories about Vancouver’s disregard for heritage homes, about the frequent demolition of gorgeous character houses to make way for...
By brentsawchyn