Architecture
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Towers in Communities: How High is Too High?
My Vancouver eastside neighbourhood of Commercial Drive was featured in the media recently for opposing another “high-rise” tower. Commercial Drive is...
By Jillian Glover -
Book Review—Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods
Author: Lynn Craig with Cary Perkins (ORO Editions, 2015) Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods teaches the user how to draw buildings, landscapes and...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Vancouver Neighbourhood Population Change, 1971-2006
Cities are constantly transforming. Although we often focus on the most visible signs of change—new buildings and reconstructed public spaces, for...
By Erick Villagomez -
Events—Shaping Vancouver 2016: Our Neighbourhoods, Conversation 1, April 13th
What’s a Neighbourhood? Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (SFU Woodward’s 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver...
By Spacing -
Re-Imagining Urban Form & Policy – The (Im)possibility of Design
On March 10 and 11, the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) hosted the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Early Vancouver Tourism: A Natural Industry
Tourism has been a big part of Vancouver’s story since early into its history. Long known as a ‘distinctive destination’, many of the historic places...
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Good Intent and Design Fail in Chinatown
Inserting new structures into older urban environments can be tricky. The rhythm of the street and its storefronts, sidewalk width, building height etc...
By johnatkin -
EVENTS: Re-Imagining the city – The (im)possibility of Design forum, March 10/11, 2016
Exactly forty years ago, Vancouver hosted the first UN Habitat Conference. In 1976, cities were struggling to survive, global warming was only feared by a...
By Erick Villagomez -
Museum of Vancouver Launches Your Future Home: Creating The New Vancouver
Following last week’s Vancouver Debates #1 kick off event at the Museum of Vancouver, visitors where invited to the launch of the Your Future Home...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Opening The Great Urbanarium Debates
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And...
By Sean Ruthen -
Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer Research Centre
It is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Book Review From The Stacks: Proceed and Be Bold
Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press – 2005) Proceed and Be Bold checks in on Rural Studio under the steerage of Andrew...
By Laura Kozak