Curiosities
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Poppies Popping Up
What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the creative teamwork by...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: What on Earth!
This vintage (1966) National Film Board of Canada animated short by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Can Raccoons Teach Us How to Build the City of the Future?
By George Patrick Richard Benson & Jen Roberton Raccoons are unexpectedly resilient creatures in urban landscapes. They have complex territorial...
By Jen Roberton -
Video Vancouver: Then/Now
Via the Vancouver Sun: North Vancouver high school student Mitchell Przybylski posted this video, titled Vancouver Then and Now, in which he seamlessly...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review—Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods
Author: Lynn Craig with Cary Perkins (ORO Editions, 2015) Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods teaches the user how to draw buildings, landscapes and...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: across false creek.
By: egor RVNK a friend of mine needed to document site conditions for his architectural research, and thought it would be a great idea to make a video for...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck
Via HCMA Architecture + Design: A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver’s water. There’s a seeming paradox in Vancouver—it’s a highly-livable...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review From The Stacks: Proceed and Be Bold
Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press – 2005) Proceed and Be Bold checks in on Rural Studio under the steerage of Andrew...
By Laura Kozak -
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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Video Vancouver: No Fun City
▶ Music Produced by Gunnarolla Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/gunnarolla Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ gunnarolla ▶ Vocals Recorded & Mastered...
By Yuri Artibise -
Vaudeville Vancouver: An Interview with Tom Carter
For Tom Carter – an artist and entertainment historian with a penchant for Vancouver’s lost theatre district – an essential piece of heritage...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Video Vancouver: Circa 1948
Via SFU Woodward’s Circa 1948 is a groundbreaking and immersive interactive storyworld co-created by the National Film Board of Canada‘s...
By Yuri Artibise