Architecture
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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...
By Sean Ruthen -
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...
By Sean Ruthen -
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...
By Sean Ruthen -
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...
By Sean Ruthen -
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...
By Sean Ruthen -
Go East, Young City, Security and Aesthetic improvements
“The Burns Block is named for its original owner and builder, Patrick Burns of P. Burns & Company, who had it built in 1909 as the headquarters...
By Sean Ruthen -
A Vancouver “Extra” Special in Strathcona
Since it’s first appearance in 1965, the Vancouver Special has become a ubiquitous fixture of Vancouver’s urban landscape. With their flat...
By Yuri Artibise -
Toward a Culture of Wood Architecture
“There needs to be a strategic rethinking of how we design buildings in order to maximize the value of the materials and...
By Sean Ruthen -
Vancouver and Housing Affordability
With the Vancouver Mayoral Election heating up, one of the city’s major campaign issues has become affordable housing. Vision Vancouver is...
By Jason Pfeifer -
Tom Kundig: Houses 2
Edited by Daniel S. Friedman (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) “Tom Kundig’s architecture possesses the relaxed and unpretentious air of...
By Sean Ruthen -
Vancouver Helps Launch the CanU
If this article is the first you’ve heard of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, you’re not alone. Its board is a veritable who’s who of...
By Brian Gould -
Yes is More – An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution
Author: BIG Bjarke Ingels Group – Evergreen (2009) Part architectural monograph, part manga comic book, Yes is More – An Archicomic on...
By Sean Ruthen