Curiosities
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Video Vancouver: One Shared House 2030
Via Dezeen: This video shows the online platform that IKEA’s external innovation lab Space10 has for researching and developing concepts for future...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: The Neonbender
Via Telus STORYHIVE: Vancouver was once famous for its bright neon boulevards. In this episode, we’ll meet a neon sign maker who is restoring Vancouver’s...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Boxes | Let’s Unlock Cities
Via Uber: Watch what happens when boxes overflow a city to the point of hilarity. Imagine if they were cars… #ridetogether Behind the Scenes Via...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Time Lapse – Commercial-Broadway Station Walkway Installation
Via Translink: Over the September 30 and October 1 weekend, crews successfully lifted into place the steel frame for the new overhead walkway at...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review – Big City Bees
How do city kids relate to the seasons and to where their food comes from? Their connection to nature can be just as rich and deep as any suburban...
By Vanessa Kay -
Event: Walk & Talk — Olympic Village as a Giant Sponge, November 4
Via Walk Bike Roll Vancouver: Vancouver is famous for its rain, but as a city, we can do more with it than just watch it fall from the sky. Join the City...
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Video: “Resilience” Nest Community Mural 2017
The “Resilience” Nest Community Mural is located at 121 Heatley Ave. Via Vimeo: Thank you to Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) and the City of...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Meditation Park
Via The Tyee: An East Van Family Story in ‘Meditation Park’ It’s a movie filmed in Vancouver that actually takes place in Vancouver! Meet an East Van...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review – Thirtyfour Campgrounds
Author: Martin Hogue (The MIT Press, 2016) I first came across Martin Hogue‘s work in an online search for landscape architects or academics doing...
By Shelley Long -
EVENT: Interactive Feature under Cambie Bridge, Aug 15-Sept 24
UNINTERRUPTED takes audiences on the extraordinary journey of Pacific salmon by projecting breathtaking cinematography right across False Creek, five...
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Video Vancouver: The History of Summer Camps
Why Fear of Big Cities Led to the Creation of Summer Camps School’s out for summer, but why? Explore just why kids get the summer months off and...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: The Chicken Coop
A resident of Fraserview in Vancouver discovers a country music link to one of the backyards in his neighbourhood.
By Yuri Artibise