Architecture

Book Review – Stewardship of the Built Environment

Author: Robert A. Young (Island Press, 2012) “The greenest building is one that is already built” Waste from demolition makes up 22% of materials in the...

Wood Windows – Making the Case for Sustainability

It is a frequent occurrence in Vancouver. A van pulls up to an old house and within a few hours the house has new windows. It is as easy now to replace...

PHOTO: The Bloedel Conservatory

The Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver / By Los Paseos Contribute your photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool

Book Review – Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities

We believe that design – whether of buildings, public parks, or infrastructure – is an invaluable tool for improving lives. Torre David, with its...

Win $12,000 to create your own PARKit

The City of Surrey is calling for submissions in its PARKit Design Challenge, a competition for the design and installation of a summertime pop-up park in...

Facadism as a Heritage Strategy

Vancouver Heritage Foundation would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article, Marta Farevaag, urban planner and Principal of PFS Studio...

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...