Architecture
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Vancouver’s Housing Crisis: A Collaborative Opportunity for Planners and Architects
The time is now. Architects and landscape architects need to be active participants in urban planning and land-use decision-making processes. Not...
By danielroehr -
A window into making the city of glass greener and happier
Tea leaves won’t reveal the truth. Instead, study Vancouver’s windows and you’ll see that the city’s aspirations to be green and livable are cracking...
By Christopher Cheung -
Why New West Station’s Plaza 88 is one of a kind
You’ll lose your breath trying to describe Plaza 88. It wraps an elevated SkyTrain station with seven storeys of parking and two levels of shops and...
By Christopher Cheung -
Event – UBC Heritage Vancouver Tour & Talk, June 12th
Heritage Vancouver Tour & Talk: War Memorial Gym and Heritage at UBC DATE: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 TIME: 6:30-9:30 PM COST: $10-$45 On June 12...
By Spacing -
What Vancouver Housing Needs Is Some Public Process Sorcery
The recent publication of former Vancouver head planner Larry Beasley’s new book Vancouverism provides an opportunity for us to both look back at how this...
By Patrick Condon -
Release – Buildings in Peru, Senegal and Chile shortlisted for the 2019 RAIC International Prize
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 RAIC International Prize for socially transformative...
By Spacing -
Modernist Masterpiece: The Downs Residence
Variations of the Modern Movement in architecture which started in Europe in the 1920s can be seen across North America, and on the west coast architects...
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RAIC Metro Vancouver – Built City Speaker Series
Guest Contributor: Gloria Venczel As the Thought Leader these past 3 years for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Metro Vancouver Network’s...
By Spacing -
Book Review: Vancouverism
Author: Larry Beasley (UBC Press, 2019) When friends from out of town visit and I tell them about Vancouverism, they all say they’ve never heard of it...
By Christopher Cheung -
How Should France Rebuild Notre-Dame?
In the Spring of 1163, with King Louis VII and Pope Alexander III present, the construction of Notre-Dame de Paris began. In 1345, it was completed. If...
By Sean Bailey -
Seeing Environment
An announcement from the captivated Oscar Woodbead. I have previously written on my belief that sound should be a more valued component of how we design...
By Sean Bailey -
Chinatown in Colour, Before Condos and Coffee Bars
From sausage makers to seamstresses, a set of recently digitized photographs by Paul Yee reveal life in Vancouver’s Chinatown before the neighbourhood...
By Christopher Cheung