Infrastructure
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RELEASE: Kickstarter Pledges Bring Vancouver’s Ackery’s Alley to Life
Following a 30-day Kickstarter campaign, More Awesome Now, creators of Vancouver’s first reimagined laneway, Alley-Oop, have achieved the funding needed...
By Spacing -
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 -
Visual Thoughts #63
Last VT image: Homes at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing...
By Erick Villagomez -
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 -
Video Vancouver: Symptoms of Congestion
Via the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation: Congestion is a pain for commuters across Metro Vancouver every day. The good news is: There is a...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: UnGapTheMap
Via Hub Cycling: Find out why we’re working to UnGapTheMap in Metro Vancouver and make cycling safer for all. This video was produced with the kind...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review—Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930
Author: Joseph E. Elliott and Aaron V. Wunsch (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) “If it isn’t Electric, it isn’t Modern” proclaimed the Philadelphia...
By Alix Krahn -
EVENT: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017, May 12-14
Vancouver Design Week(end) will run from May 12–14 throughout Vancouver. Vancouver Design Week(end) (VDW) is the city’s official interdisciplinary design...
By Spacing -
Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban planners, real-estate...
By Spacing -
11 Milestones that will Shape Vancouver’s Future
What are the significant events, activities and decisions in 2016 that will shape Vancouver’s future? Earlier this fall, the Vancouver City Planning...
By Jillian Glover -
Three Cities, Three Paths on Energy Engagement
In Stockholm, planners ponder how to ensure that deep energy retrofits take root in the diverse suburb of Järva, a district with unique socioeconomic...
By keanegruending