Architecture
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EVENT: Heritage Vancouver 2018 Top10 Watch List – Bus Tour, June 9th
2018 Top10 Watch List – Bus Tour DATE: Sat, 9 June 2018 TIME: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT LOCATION: Meet outside the Museum of Vancouver (1100 Chestnut Street...
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Writing Vancouver – Smashed Egg Syndrome
SMASHED EGG SYNDROME or How to Make an Omelette If you want to make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs. — City of Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan...
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Future Ready Vancouver: Making Metro Vancouver the model for the resilient city
“WSP presents a panel discussion on the social and environmental opportunities and risks facing Vancouver. Panelists include Michael Green (Principal...
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“Check This Out” – Fostering Community Through Co-ownership
It’s no secret that Vancouver’s hostile housing market has shut out many potential buyers. Young professionals and families looking for secure long-term...
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Book Review – Design For Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone
Author: John Cary (Island Press, 2017) The central theme of this book is dignity. Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone by John Carry...
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Lore Krill – A Tale of Two Co-operative Housing Projects
Housing co-ops can encompass the closest form to a successful and authentic mixed-income concept. Co-ops allow the creation of high quality affordable...
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A Deeper Dive into Family Friendly Affordable Housing at the Museum of Vancouver
On February 1st the RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter hosted the second installment of this year’s MOV Built City Speaker Series, titled ‘A Deeper Dive into...
By Sean Ruthen -
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
When experts try to explain how Vancouver’s history has impacted its housing crisis, they often point to Expo 86 as ground zero. But UBC sociologist...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Book Review From the Stacks: Partnerships in Urban Property Development
Authors: Nigel Dubben and Brendan Williams (Wiley, 2009) When developments are created it is generally the property developer or perhaps the architecture...
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Video Vancouver: Northeast False Creek Animation
Via Joseph Hruda: Concord Pacific Waterfront Entertainment District Master Plan & Animation by: CIVITAS Urban Design & Planning, Vancouver, Canada...
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Book Review – Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness: Architectural Multiculturalism in North America
u http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2018/01/02/book-reviews-courtyard-housing-for-health-and-happiness-architectural-multiculturalism-in-north-america/ Author...
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Video Vancouver: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Via TED Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the...
By Yuri Artibise