Infrastructure
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Book Review From The Stacks – The Skytrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station
John Atkin (Steller Press Ltd., 2005) Everything is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, Comedian and Actor This is how Vancouver...
By Laura Kozak -
Book Review—America’s Urban Future: Lessons From North of the Border
Authors: Roy Tomalty and Alan Mallach (Island Press, 2015) Urban America has a thing or two to learn from north of the border—that is what Ray Tomalty and...
By William Dunn -
Transportation, Technology and Urban Transformation
We are in the midst of a resurgence of interest and investment in transit. Across North America and at nearly every level of government, there is interest...
By jeffdoble -
RELEASE: City appoints Gil Kelley as the General Manager of Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability
City of Vancouver News Release: “Gil’s extensive experience in cities like San Francisco and Portland is highly valuable at a time when Vancouver is...
By Spacing -
Launching Planning Canada
On June 17th, School of Community and Regional Planning alumni, students, and faculty gathered at the UBC Bookstore to launch the new comprehensive...
By mariatrujillo -
How False Creek Turned Pink
[Editor’s Note: As we, at Spacing Vancouver, have discussed in the past, having intelligent urban lighting can transform a city. We are republishing...
By Spacing -
RELEASE: Introducing Mobi, Bikes We Share
The name selected for Vancouver’s new bike share program to launch this summer is Mobi (pronounced moe-bee). Vancouver already tops North America for...
By Spacing -
Back to the Water? (Re)engaging with Coal Harbour
By Annika Airas and Trevor Wideman Vancouver’s waterfront has undergone rapid transformations over the past decades, following a global movement that has...
By annikaairas -
Videos from the 2016 UBC Urban Design Forum
On March 10 and 11, 2016, the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Arbutus Greenway
Check out all 11 km of the Arbutus Greenway from False Creek to the Fraser River! (via the City of Vancouver).
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver’s “Familiar” Housing Styles: 1950s on
During the mid-century decades in Vancouver home building increased as higher levels of immigration created a need for housing. Designed for function...
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Video Vancouver: DRainscapes
This video shows how green infrastructure can improve your community. This video was funded by the: Landscape Architecture of Canada Foundation University...
By Spacing