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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...
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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...
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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...
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Book Review – The Last Gang in Town
Author: Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) Those who love and study Vancouver know how quickly it transforms through redevelopment, displacement...
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Year-In-Review Panel Pinpoints Milestones of 2016
The Vancouver City Planning Commission convened their second annual Year-In-Review forum on January 30, 2017 to consider milestones in planning and...
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Event – Audacity: 9th Annual SCARP Symposium, March 3rd
Audacity: bold ideas for planning communities The School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC is excited to announce our upcoming 9th annual...
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River District Appeals to Families with Walkability, Nature and Fun
Author’s Note:I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits and the private sector are working...
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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...
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Video Vancouver: Return to Hogan’s Alley
Secret Vancouver: Return to Hogan’s Alley Discover how this hotbed of historic jazz was nearly forgotten by time and erased by urban renewal...
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Tiny house, anyone?
Had you asked me a couple years ago if my next project would focus on tiny houses, I would have scoffed at the thought. More so, I’d have asked, what is a...
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Visual Thoughts #60
Last VT image: Snowy intersection in East Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Visual Thoughts #59
Last VT image: Building on Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
By Erick Villagomez