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Urban Planet: Wenling’s Nail House
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
A Place of One’s Own: Family Housing in Vancouver
Authors: Sean Bohle, Zak Bennett, and Josh Taylor Vancouver is in a period of transition. For decades, it was assumed that families with children would...
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Urban Planet: North Korea’s Skatepark
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. BC Ferries has appealed their Land Assessment for the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal...
By Brendan Hurley -
Urban Planet: Mission San Francisco de Asis
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Visual Thoughts #15
Last VT image: People waiting near Broadway Station, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also...
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Guillermo Penalosa: People Moving Cities: Part I
Guillermo Penalosa is considered one of the premier voices on the vitalizing nature of human powered transportation and public spaces in Cities. He is...
By Brendan Hurley -
EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang
Ecodesign applies not just to how we design, construct, use, recycle, and eventually biointegrate our buildings back into the environment, but to all...
By Sean Ruthen -
Gardening with Chayote/Buddha Hand Melon: A Very Vancouver Squash
In small backyards, informally shared plots and community gardens, Vancouver gardeners know how to make the most of small growing spaces. We also take...
By Vanessa Kay -
Urban Planet: Philadelphia’s Washington Avenue
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Although it took 143 years, the BC government is finally trying to make amends with the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet: Planning in Ecuador
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best