History

Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall

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[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the... Read More

Six-foot City: Conclusion

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This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday... Read More

Six-foot City: Public Transit

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Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More

Six-foot City: The Corridor

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The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with... Read More

Six-Foot City: Introduction

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Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded... Read More

hindsight: Strathcona

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Click here for a larger image. What happens when a crisis, much like the one we are acutely dealing with right now, undermines the... Read More

Event: Iconic Houses Lecture Tour – The Melnikov House, Feb 27th

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Iconic Houses Lecture Tour – The Melnikov House Presented by the West Coast Modern League WHEN: Thurs, Feb, 27, 2020 – 5 to 7pm... Read More

Video Vancouver: Urban Planning in the 2010s

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A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s. Via Planetizen. Read More

Event: Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage?, Oct. 9

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Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage When: Wed, Oct. 9, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art... Read More