Features
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Residents in and around Mill Bay on Vancouver Island are excited with the opening of...
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Urban Planet: Japanese Manhole Covers
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 -
Urban Planet: Lego’s California Modern Paradise
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 -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Welcome to Fucking, Austria
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. It’s been in international...
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Jane’s Walk Special: Get with the plan (Marpole version)!
[Editor’s Note: We are happy to present the first of a three InDepth Features covering a trio of special Jane’s Walk neighbourhood tours...
By Ren Thomas -
Urban Planet: Bike Score
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 -
Book Review – From The Stacks: Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles: A Typological Analysis
Authors: Stephanos Polyzoides, Roger Sherwood, and James Tice (2nd Edition, Princeton Architectural Press, 1992) Houses constitute that vast majority of...
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Urban Planet: Why Kids Don’t Ride to School Anymore
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 -
Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part Two – Mirrors, Mirages and Vancouverism in the Middle East
On April 19th, developer-designer Stanley Kwok sat down with architecture critic Trevor Boddy as part of the Museum of Vancouver’s presentation of...
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Urban Planet: Copenhagen Philharmonic Flash Mob
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...
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Sim City: City Slums
Like we mentioned a few weeks ago, Spacington has developed a bit of a slum. As displayed above, this once thriving neighborhood has become an area of...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Looks like the City of Burnaby will be joining the likes of other municipalities, like...
By Erick Villagomez