Cities for People
The “Right to Housing” still not realized in BC – why a constitutional amendment may be needed
By Scott McAlpine
Despite recent advocacy, a declaration by our Prime Minister that housing rights are human rights, and a record count of homelessness... Read More
A Deeper Dive into Family Friendly Affordable Housing at the Museum of Vancouver
By Sean Ruthen
On February 1st the RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter hosted the second installment of this year’s MOV Built City Speaker Series, titled ‘A... Read More
Vancouver’s urban agriculture movement
By jaredskoreykoSETTING THE STAGE FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN VANCOUVER: GLOBALIZATION & NEOLIBERALISM While globalization has come to be a... Read More
Book Review – Velotopia: The Production of Cyclespace in Our Minds and Our Cities
By Chris Bruntlett
Author: Steven Fleming (nai010 publishers, 2017) “No one would say Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin did good for the world, but we can learn... Read More
Book Review – Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design
By Andrew Cuthbert
Author: Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2016) The term “biophilia” may be new to many people. In recent years, people have become more... Read More
Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Hotel Georgia
By Curranne Labercane
It was the Roaring Twenties and Vancouver was a city of optimism. Amid a building boom that opened the Orpheum theatre and expanded... Read More
Water Urbanisms
By Nuala O'Donnell
Vancouver is a rainy city surrounded by water. It is part of the Pacific Northwest, a place whose regional identity is almost wholly... Read More
EVENT: Chinatown Mah Jong Social (Round 2), July 11th
By Spacing
The Youth Collaborative for Chinatown (青心在唐人街) presents CHINATOWN MAH JONG SOCIAL (ROUND 2) a hot and noisy (熱鬧) night DATE: Saturday... Read More