Features
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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...
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Malls Are the New Urban
To a passerby, the construction taking place at Metrotown’s Station Square may look the same as any of the others taking place on nearby plots where...
By Zak Bennett