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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...
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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...
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Urban Planet: Foursquare Checkins and the Structure of Cities
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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Visual Thoughts
Welcome to the first entry of a new section called Visual Thoughts. Taking inspiration from giants like Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee) and the prolific...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Neft Dashlari, a community on the sea
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. While it looks like an unused set for...
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Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part One – Reflections on Developing a Waterfront
The Museum of Vancouver —through its Maraya Project—provided a rare glimpse of the behind-the-scenes world of international city building reflected over...
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Urban Planet: Growing Vegetables in Vancouver’s Parking Garages
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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Book Review – From The Stacks: Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns
By Ann Forsyth and Laura R. Musacchio (Wiley, 2005) Small parks play a pivotal role in North American cities by being the main open space for most...
By Erick Villagomez