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Book Review – Infrastructural Ecologies: Alternative Development Models for Emerging Economies
Authors: Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge (The MIT Press, 2017) *** The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2015), along with the ongoing United...
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Building Resilience, One Block at a Time
For several years, I lived on a residential street near Danforth Avenue (Greek Town) in Toronto. It was a welcoming street of older single-family homes...
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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 – Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
Editor: Nancy S. Steinhardt (Princeton University Press, 2017) The study of traditional Chinese architecture and building techniques has come a long way...
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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...
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Co-ops Offer Family-Friendly Housing, Yet Face an Uncertain Future
I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits, and the private sector are building a family friendly...
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Book Review From The Stacks – Visionary Cities
Our cities are in crisis and their futures depend on architects and urbanists who are willing to look beyond today’s realities to chart the direction for...
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Reflections on the Life of John Friedmann
Internationally-renowned planning theorist John Friedmann passed away on June 12, 2017 in Vancouver. At 91, John was an honorary professor at the...
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Housing as a Human Right: Miloon Kothari at the MOV
When Fidel Castro took power over Cuba, the country experienced major changes in its housing policies. Evictions of tenants were prohibited and their...
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Book Review: Blood, Sweat, and Fear
Author: Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017) In recent years, Vancouver has enjoyed a renaissance of histories exploring the city’s seedy...
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10 Common Ground Principles for Affordable Housing
When it comes to affordable housing, are there some principles we can all agree on? Last year, Generation Squeeze – a political lobby for...
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Visual Thoughts #61
Last VT image: Idiosyncratic attic window in Strathcona, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also...
By Erick Villagomez