Neighbourhoods
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Release: City of Vancouver releases comprehensive study on empty homes
Via: City of Vancouver Responding to public concerns that empty homes could be impacting housing affordability and neighbourhood vibrancy, the City of...
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Release: City of Vancouver and CP agree to creation of the Arbutus Greenway
Via: City of Vancouver, March 7 2016 “Thanks to this landmark agreement, the City will be able to transform the area into an outstanding greenway and...
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Good Intent and Design Fail in Chinatown
Inserting new structures into older urban environments can be tricky. The rhythm of the street and its storefronts, sidewalk width, building height etc...
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EVENTS: Re-Imagining the city – The (im)possibility of Design forum, March 10/11, 2016
Exactly forty years ago, Vancouver hosted the first UN Habitat Conference. In 1976, cities were struggling to survive, global warming was only feared by a...
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‘Our Homes Can’t Wait!’ versus ‘Vancouver Debates I’
In the 1960s, Jane Jacobs stressed the importance of inclusivity in cities, as without it, “a city tends to become a collection of interests isolated from...
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Museum of Vancouver Launches Your Future Home: Creating The New Vancouver
Following last week’s Vancouver Debates #1 kick off event at the Museum of Vancouver, visitors where invited to the launch of the Your Future Home...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Opening The Great Urbanarium Debates
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And...
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Monster Home: A Connective Community Approach to Single Family Housing Districts
There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective change, the majority of...
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Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer Research Centre
It is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s...
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EVENT: MOV/Urbanarium – Vancouver Debates I, Jan. 20
Vancouver Debates I – Open All Neighbourhoods to Densification WHEN: Wednesday, January 20 WHERE: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street...
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EVENT – MOV: Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver, Jan 21-Mar. 15
Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver WHEN: Jan. 21-May 15, 2016 WHERE: Museum of Vancouver – 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC From the...
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Book Review – So It Is: Vancouver
There are different ways to learn about your city. Its past. Its present. And its future. So it is: Vancouver is a collection of inspiring stories of...
By Ulduz Maschaykh