Housing
-
Video Vancouver: Designing the Rental Housing Renaissance
Via The Tyee: There’s been a three decade lag of rental housing in Canada, but development is finally starting to pick up again. Here’s our...
By Yuri Artibise -
Driverless Cars and the Suburban Renaissance
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Some people debate whether Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Co-ops Offer Family-Friendly Housing, Yet Face an Uncertain Future
I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits, and the private sector are building a family friendly...
By Jillian Glover -
EVENT: Dr. Ronald Knapp – Chinese Houses in Southeast Asia
Talk by Dr. Ronald Knapp: Chinese Houses in Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers When: August 17, 2017 6:00pm to 8:00pm...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Book Review From the Stacks: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
To Jane Jacob’s three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation...
By Laura Kozak -
Housing as a Human Right: Miloon Kothari at the MOV
When Fidel Castro took power over Cuba, the country experienced major changes in its housing policies. Evictions of tenants were prohibited and their...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Event: The Big Conversation—The Future of Housing in Vancouver, June 17th
Via City of Vancouver: City invites public to join the big conversation to help shape new housing strategy Date: July 17, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM...
By Spacing -
Vienna Model: Lessons of Inclusivity
Cities can be entities of inspiration for other cities to do better. While Vancouver is a haven for real estate developers, speculators and landowners...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Visual Thoughts #64
Last VT image: Highway underpass – Coquitlam, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
By Erick Villagomez -
10 Common Ground Principles for Affordable Housing
When it comes to affordable housing, are there some principles we can all agree on? Last year, Generation Squeeze – a political lobby for...
By Jillian Glover -
EVENT: Jane’s Walk, Burnabyism: Envisioning 52,600 people in Brentwood
Burnabyism: Envisioning 52,600 people in Brentwood (Gilmore SkyTrain Station) WHEN: May 6, 2017, 2:30 PM, LENGTH: 2 Hours About This Walk The population...
By Spacing -
Release: REFBC Building Change report released
People live in places. The places that we build – small towns, communities, cities, suburbs – all have impacts on our environment and on shared resources...
By Spacing