Features
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‘Our Homes Can’t Wait!’ versus ‘Vancouver Debates I’
In the 1960s, Jane Jacobs stressed the importance of inclusivity in cities, as without it, “a city tends to become a collection of interests isolated from...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Opening The Great Urbanarium Debates
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And...
By Sean Ruthen -
Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer Research Centre
It is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Green Roofs: The North American Context
In the winter of 2014, Associate Professor Daniel Roehr conducted a Green Roof Seminar for his landscape architecture and environmental design students...
By Tamara Bonnemaison -
Water Urbanisms
Vancouver is a rainy city surrounded by water. It is part of the Pacific Northwest, a place whose regional identity is almost wholly linked to its natural...
By Nuala O'Donnell -
Solving The Housing Crisis at SFU: Part 2
Yesterday, we highlight the speakers and issues discussed at the SFU’s Housing in the City Beyond The Headlines storytelling event last Monday. The...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Solving The Housing Crisis at SFU: Part 1
In 2007, Miloon Kothari, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right for Adequate Housing, called Canada’s housing situation for its most...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Halloween For Planning Nerds: CANDY DENSITY
Halloween is an Urbanist Holiday (shhh don’t tell anybody) Halloween as a Holiday – more than any other – is about neighbourhood. It is a holiday that...
By Brendan Hurley -
City of Vancouver Urban Design Studio: R.I.P 2004 – 2014
It is with great sadness that Spacing Vancouver must report the unofficial “death” of the City of Vancouver’s highly respected Urban...
By Erick Villagomez -
Visual Thoughts #47
Last VT image: Autumn at John Hendry Park, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Vancouver Civic Election Debate Livens Up with “Last Candidate Standing”
Civic elections typically have the lowest voter turnout, especially amongst the under-35 set. In other words, good luck in getting them to show up to an...
By Jillian Glover -
The False Creek Pump Station
On Saturday October 4th, the City of Vancouver hosted Doors Open Vancouver, a unique event which provided a rare opportunity for behind the scenes access...
By George Poulos