Features
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Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
Author: David Bergman (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) The way we construct our buildings has a major impact on the environment. Sustainable...
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Out of bounds: city museums ponder their foray into the city
Talk after talk affirms the city museum’s connection to its urban context, and they loom larger than life. But how much influence can a museum really...
By Hannah Teicher -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Seems like B.C.’s agricultural sector is suffering from the same effects as residential...
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Restaurants that Changed Vancouver: Hapa Izakaya
Editor’s Note: Spacing Vancouver presents this ongoing series about how food helps define the city. Dr. Lenore Newman and Katherine Burnett look...
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Urban Planet: In Sandy’s Wake
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 -
Green Cities of Europe
Editor: Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2012) Green Cities of Europe disproves the notion that the antiquity of Europe makes analysing its successes...
By Anya Paskovic -
Urban Planet: Superkilen
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 -
Earthwalk Vancouver : “Economics in Place and Time” with Michael Barkusky
On October 7th, ecological economist Michael Barkusky led a fascinating and detailed tour of the False Creek seawall from Leg-in-Boot square to the...
By Cameron Barker -
Urban Planet: Thin Streets
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. Reason to celebrate in Nelson’s with its housing co-operative marking its 20th...
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Visual Thoughts #13
Last VT image: Roof of Landscape Architecture studio annex at the University of British Columbia. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at...
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Spacing Express: Duelling Commerce
A lot of media attention has been given recently to the B.C. government’s new $15 millon “HIPSTER is not A REAL JOB” ad campaign. But...
By Erick Villagomez