By Andrew Cuthbert
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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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The curious state of cycling in Japan
When we look for examples of great cycling cities or countries, we often look to Denmark or the Netherlands. For a good reason, of course—these places...
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Book Review – Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design
Author: Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2016) The term “biophilia” may be new to many people. In recent years, people have become more aware and accepting...
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Driverless Cars and the Suburban Renaissance
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Some people debate whether Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company...
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Book Review – Infrastructural Monument
Author: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Infrastructural Monument presented the products of a conference of the same...
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The Vancouver Song: “It’s a big big city, but there ain’t no place for me”
“The Vancouver Song” by Tim Sars, 2016 The man in the video is Tim Sars. He is the leader of the Vancouver institution “The Carnival Band...
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Book Review – Fantastic Cities: A Coloring Book of Amazing Places Real and Imagined
Author: Steve McDonald (Chronicle Books, 2015) Fantastic Cities is a colouring book. Not a colouring book intended for children, but for adults. Created...
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Cartographically Speaking – British Columbia as Westeros
For an enlarged version of the map click here Fantasy fiction mostly takes place is vast and fantastical imaginary geographies. The settings of these...
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In Defense of Cyclists
Times are tough. Well not really that tough, but every once in a while the balance is upset and people start to raise their voices. I’m talking about the...
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Bike Rides Society
Earlier this year, a couple of cyclists from Austin Texas popped into Vancouver at the beginning of their tour down to San Francisco. Within every town...
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Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
Author: David Bergman (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) The way we construct our buildings has a major impact on the environment. Sustainable...
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If Cars Could Talk: Essays on Urbanism
Author: William Fain (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) William Fain is an urban designer. These are the first words in the Foreword of If Cars Could...