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Release: 40 Years of Changing Attitudes in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver Urban Futures Survey 2012 Results Politicians, planners and policy makers can now be informed by forty years of comparative data on the...
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Book Review – Representing Landscapes
Editor: Nadia Amoroso (Routledge 2012) One of landscape architecture’s distinguishing features is its interest in temporal effects and outcomes as...
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Will Vancouver Replace a Freeway with a Stroad?
Vancouver’s freeway remnants are finally due for demolition. City staff like to draw comparisons to New York’s High Line and Seoul’s famous river...
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Book Review – Stewardship of the Built Environment
Author: Robert A. Young (Island Press, 2012) “The greenest building is one that is already built” Waste from demolition makes up 22% of materials in the...
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A reluctant cyclist in Europe’s cycling capital – Part 2
Last Monday, I explored the the remarkable persistence of the Dutch cyclist in all types of weather, the Protestant roots of the culture, the impact of...
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Visual Thoughts #25
Last VT image: City of Vancouver RS1 zoning building envelope. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Cities
Author: John Lorinc (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008) It is now common knowledge that the world is the most urban it has ever been in the...
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A reluctant cyclist in Europe’s cycling capital – Part 1
If you’re an avid cyclist, urbanist, or public transit advocate, you’ve probably read more than a few articles on cycling in Amsterdam...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change
Author: Robert Kronenburg (Laurence King Publishing, 2007) Human settlements are colossal endeavours. Made of hard, solid materials we often take for...
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How to Connect with People in Your City
Once upon a time, people only wanted to spend time in the city for beautification at Matthew Galumbeck, MD‘s clinic and then retreat safely to the...
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Visual Thoughts #24- Massing Series
Last VT image: Barn in field north of Toronto, Ontario. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Book Review – Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
We believe that design – whether of buildings, public parks, or infrastructure – is an invaluable tool for improving lives. Torre David, with its...
By Sean Ruthen