Architecture

BIG Tower wins Architecture Award

The Beach and Howe Tower concept design by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) & DIALOG for the north end of the Granville Bridge has received the World...

Book Review: Will Alsop – The Noise

Alsop represents a new and singular breed of architect whose métier appears to close the breach between art and architecture by encapsulating sculpture...

Hastings Street: A Corridor of Transformation

Of all Vancouver streets, Hastings has seen more change than any other corridor in the city.  As one of Vancouver’s original roads it holds a novel of...

Retrofitting Suburbia

The re-population of major urban centres in North America is a great success story of innovative thinking and good design. From the ruins of the...

Invitation to Places That Matter’s China Creek Cycle Track Celebration

Urban Planet: Cultural museum in China reflects Islamic architecture

The Yinchuan Exhibition Center in northwestern China fuses traditional Chinese architecture with Islamic motifs. The five story 25,302 square meter...

Restoring Heritage: The Ripple Effect

Have you ever noticed that once someone fixes up one house, the neighbouring houses quickly follow? Whether or not you agree with the “broken window...

Ai Weiwei: Art | Architecture

“…when I finished building my house, I learned that I was an architect.” Author: Ai Weiwei (Kunsthaus Bregenz – 2011) With 2012 about to draw to...

Writing About Architecture – Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities

“There are times when city dwellers have been roused from passivity – Disaster (Ground Zero) and personal affront (NIMBYism) make protesters out of...

Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years

“As the eighties progressed , the city – especially its residential areas – endured a demolition spree. The theme of my earlier Vanishing Vancouver book...

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) – Part 1

[Editor’s note: We are pleased to give Spacing Vancouver reader’s a deeper look into Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS...

The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture

“The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture completes my study on the role of the senses, embodiment, and imagination in architectural...