Architecture
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Release: Emily Carr University Breaks Ground
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson was joined today by students, faculty and alumni to mark the start of design and construction of a new campus...
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In Focus: Downtown Vancouver Public Plazas
As a part of research I have been conducting around public spaces within Downtown Vancouver, I was curious to look into Vancouver’s history, and began my...
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RELEASE: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street
To: Mayor and Councilors, City of Vancouver Re: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street (RTS No.10912) Dear...
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A Made-in-Vancouver Experience: The Vancouver Special
“There’s a shared sense of experience that comes from living in a Vancouver Special that’s uniquely Vancouver and that cuts across so many diverse...
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Release – AIBC Call for Papers for 2015 AIBC Annual Conference: Deadline April 8, 2015
The Architectural Institute of British Columbia invites submissions from those interested in speaking, participating in panel discussions or facilitating...
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Visual Thoughts #53
Last VT image: View across Jericho Boat Club from Jericho Beach, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He...
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Visual Thoughts #51
Last VT image: Receding tide at Birch Bay, Washington. *** Isabelle Kim is a Vancouver-based Communications & Design B.A. from SFU, involved in past...
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Women in Design: An interview with Johanna Hurme of 5468796 Architecture
Johanna Hurme is an architect and founding partner of Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture. Immigrating from Finland in the mid 90’s and...
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RELEASE: Surrey unveils first LEED® Platinum Building – The Offices at Newton
Value Property Group unveiled Surrey, British Columbia’s very first LEED® Platinum certified and fully green building on February 5th, 2015. The Offices...
By Spacing -
Main Streets: At the Heart of Vancouver’s Communities
Main streets enliven downtowns everywhere. The mix of public spaces with a diverse array of heritage buildings and new developments house cafés, theatres...
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EVENT: Women in Architecture Public Talk with Johanna Hurme, Mar. 4th
Women in Architecture is happy to present our upcoming March event: a public talk on the evening of March 4th by one of Canada’s most exciting young...
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Book Review – Fit: An Architect’s Manifesto
Author: Robert Geddes (Princeton University Press, 2013) We often approach architectural design with our traditional older paradigms of thought. Form...
By Isabelle Kim