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Events: Placemaking in a Pandemic – UBC CAPACity Design Challenge 2020
Placemaking in a Pandemic – UBC CAPACity Design Challenge 2020 REGISTER by: November 23rd, 11:59 PM PST SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 7th, 11:59 PM...
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Video Vancouver: Tour Chinatown with Christopher Cheung
CanU 2020 Vancouver Tours Stroll through Vancouver’s historic Chinatown with Tyee reporter Christopher Cheung. It’s easy to get lost in the...
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New Beginnings – Pathways to Commercial Electric Flight
On a clear, brisk morning in December 2019, we got a glimpse of the future of aviation. A DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver seaplane retrofitted with a Magnix...
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Video Vancouver: The Missing Middle Mystery
Via About Here Metro Vancouver primarily has two types of housing. High rises or the single family house. What happened to all the buildings in between...
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Video Vancouver: Construction of the George Massey Tunnel 1957-59
Via BC History The film was originally called Deas Island Tunnel and is about the construction of the tunnel under the Fraser between Richmond and Delta...
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In Memoriam – Peter Cardew
This past week, the Vancouver architecture community was saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Cardew, an architectural titan and longtime champion...
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Virtual Talk – Day of Audio Visual Heritage, Oct 27th
Virtual Talk – Day of Audio Visual Heritage Date: Oct, 27th at 5pmAdmission: Sign up for free via Eventbrite The United Nations commemorated this...
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Event: AFTERSHOCK – Looking back at 1918 for a view of Vancouver’s future
Event Details Date: October 27, 2020 Time: 7:00-8:30-pm Via: Zoom RSVP and more information Event Description The first victim in Vancouver of the 1918...
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Student Housing as a Response to the Housing Crisis
The global housing crisis is a challenging and multi-faceted problem. Part of the solution, already successfully employed by universities, the campus...
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Book Review: Planning on the Edge
Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social Justice, and...
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Video Vancouver: The Amazing Housing Politics of Spider-Man
Pop Culture Urbanism via Pacific Legal Foundation How can Spider-Man possibly afford to live in New York? And how can we make the city more affordable for...
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Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy
It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of unprecedented new...
By carlaguerrera
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered