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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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Ren Thomas -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Jillian Glover -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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 -
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 -
Employment Insurance Beneficiaries South of the Fraser Compared to the Other Side
There is reputation, and then there are the facts. Here are the numbers of Employment Insurance beneficiaries from traders insurance and Stats B.C....
By Don Schuetze -
Visual Thoughts #23
Last VT image: Rock face along Sea-to-Sky Highway. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge: a thoroughfare of song
It’s always refreshing when city planners see infrastructure projects not merely as utilitarian exercises, but also as opportunities to produce works of...
By Casey van Wensem -
MOV – Upcycled Urbanism Update: Sunday, March 10
Last Sunday’s Upcycled Urbanism workshop at the Museum of Vancouver saw participants engage in a group hallucination. Led by UBC School of...
By Ian Lowrie