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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Dawson Creek has made a big bet on the sun. The small city in northeast B.C., with a...
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Urban Planet: Nests made of cigarette butts
. Birds are using cigarette butts in their nests, but this might not be a bad thing. Some say that the nicotine acts as a toxin to keep parasites at bay...
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2012 InReview: Human Transit Book Review
As 2012 comes to a closes and our Spacing Vancouver contributors take a well deserved break, we would like to take the opportunity to look back of what...
By Yuri Artibise -
2012 InReview: UnVisioning the Viaducts
As 2012 comes to a closes and our Spacing Vancouver contributors take a well deserved break, we would like to take the opportunity to look back of what...
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More than charity: Hope for change this Christmas
Christmas can be a dreary time for some in Vancouver. It seems to be constantly dark and gray, and almost invariably wet. The holidays are a time of...
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2012 InReview: Gregor Robertson Interview
As 2012 comes to a closes and our Spacing Vancouver contributors take a well deserved break, we would like to take the opportunity to look back of what...
By Spacing -
2012 InReview: Wither Vancouver?
As 2012 comes to a closes and our Spacing Vancouver contributors take a well deserved break, we would like to take the opportunity to look back of what...
By Spacing -
Urban Planet: Cloud architecture hits Seoul Korea
Known as The Cloud, these two hi-rise residential buildings are joined in the middle by a ten stories of apartments and spanning living areas. Designed by...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Some Kamloops residents wants the City to put the brakes on any parking changes and...
By Yuri Artibise -
Urban Planet: Getting to work on a trampoline?
You might forget your battle for bike lanes after you see what Finnish architects are doing. Known as the Fast Track, the 51-metre long trampoline track...
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Urban Planet: City of Light could go dark?
A new proposal would have Parisian businesses turn off all their lights. This would cut energy use across Paris, bringing in a more frugal and greener...
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Ai Weiwei: Art | Architecture
“…when I finished building my house, I learned that I was an architect.” Author: Ai Weiwei (Kunsthaus Bregenz – 2011) With 2012 about to draw to...
By Sean Ruthen