Video Vancouver: Captive City

Shot over the course of a year from an apartment on the 24th floor in downtown Vancouver, BC. Music by Olenka and the Autumn Lovers.

Sustainability and a Not So Modern Invention

For some, the word “heritage” brings up images of palatial homes with detailed mouldings, intricate windows, and expensive heating bills. At VHF, we are...

Invitation to Places That Matter at the Russian Community Centre

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • Vancouver’s $6,000 fresh air for cyclists ‘a small price to pay’ [Vancouver Sun] • Social-housing waiting lists grow for seniors...

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project, City of Port Moody

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project City of Port Moody Budget: $23,700 CDN Deadline: April 8, 2013 at noon The City of Port Moody, City...

Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge: a thoroughfare of song

It’s always refreshing when city planners see infrastructure projects not merely as utilitarian exercises, but also as opportunities to produce works of...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Sunday

LOCAL • Why Surrey needs the next transit expansion [Civic Surrey] • Fox Cinema in East Van: The Waldorf reborn [Vancouver Observer] • Port Moody council...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Saturday

LOCAL • Chinese signs in Richmond ‘way out of hand’, says delegation appealing for more English [Vancouver Sun] • Downtown Eastside street cleaners get...

MOV – Upcycled Urbanism Update: Sunday, March 10

Last Sunday’s Upcycled Urbanism workshop at the Museum of Vancouver saw participants engage in a group hallucination. Led by UBC School of...

Vancouver City Council Approves City’s First Co-housing Proposal

Earlier this week, Vancouver City Council approved Vancouver’s first co-housing project (pdf), only the tenth in Canada. The project is the first to be...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. As spring begins to warm the air and everyone is anxious to get out and get a bit more...

Pillow Fight Vancouver 2013

On Saturday April 6th 2013, there will be massive pillow fights in cities around the world, including Vancouver! Details Saturday, April 6, 2013 3:00pm �...