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The Barcelona Chronicles: Supplying Affordable Housing
The housing supply is crucial to Barcelona’s affordable and social housing efforts, as outlined in the Barcelona Housing Policy 2015-2023 and...
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The Barcelona Chronicles: Defining Affordable & Social Housing
After capturing the attention of the British Columbians with the broad strokes of the Barcelona Housing Policy 2015-2023, Eduard Cabré Romans quickly...
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The Barcelona Chronicles: The Barcelona Housing Policy 2015-2023 Overview
Our group of BC Planners felt a bit apprehensive as we approached the door of a plain, unremarkable building. We were warned that the right door was a...
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The Barcelona Chronicles: Cerdà and Colau – Two Key Figures
Before diving more deeply into the policies and urban fabric of Barcelona, it’s necessary to share some important historical context. Now, summarizing the...
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A Developer Pledged $6 Million for Public Spaces. What Did Vancouver Get?
Guest Contributor: Robert Renger Ten years ago the City of Vancouver sold developer Westbank about 87 percent of the site for “Vancouver House” for $32...
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The Barcelona Chronicles: Introduction
In the spring of 2024, a group of urban planners from British Columbia embarked on an enlightening week-long journey to Barcelona, Spain, as part of an...
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Through the Viewfinder
Inside the eye-arresting portraits of Indigenous photographer Olivia Cox capture the raw beauty of her ancestral spirit, feminine allure, and...
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(Re)Learning a Lot
The history of the world is plagued by the erasure of important cultures and their built environments. Within the context of contemporary cities, the...
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Embracing the Future: An Interview with Kobus Mentz
With so many challenges facing urban environments, it’s difficult for urban planning and design professionals to see where they might fit in and how...
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Perspectives in Place: Dungeons and Dragons – A Quest for the White Picket Fence
Once upon a time, in a land not–so far away, a local Writer stepped out of an elevator and into the lobby of a shopping mall in Vancouver. Frantically...
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_________ Oriented Development (Please fill in)
Ok, so we Lower Mainlanders are well positioned to land world capital in the form of new addresses that will continue to pay their property taxes (whether...
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Why Housing Costs Are So High
[Editor’s Note: Patrick Condon is a well-respected voice on local planning issues and a contributor to Spacing Vancouver. Recently, he sat down with...
By Patrick Condon