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Vancouver ™
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Reinier de Graaf’s recently published book, Architect, Verb.: The New Language of Building...
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Event – On The Boards: Alyssa Schwann + Laura Killam, April 4th
ON THE BOARDS: ALYSSA SCHWANN + LAURA KILLAM (Presented by the West Coast Modern League) TUES, APRIL 4, 2023 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm Hosted by Inform...
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S101S – Understanding Density: Net vs. Gross Density
Urban landscape fundamentals
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Video Vancouver: A Virtual Bike Tour of Vancouver’s Waterfront
This is a virtual bike tour (video with audio) of Vancouver’s waterfront, by the City of Vancouver’s Senior Urban Designer Scot Hein with Josh Bassett for...
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In Chinatown, Precious Few Places for Seniors to Live
A new report sounds the alarm on the housing crisis for immigrant seniors in and around Vancouver’s Chinatown. Many seniors expect to live out the...
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Book review: DIY City
Author: Hank Dittmar (Island Press, 2020) DIY, or “do-it-yourself,” as it relates to urban planning, most easily evokes images of colourful...
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S101S – Understanding Residential Density: Why is it so Confusing?
Urban landscape fundamentals
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On Interior Urbanism: An Interview with Jeremy Senko
Interiors and urbanism are often considered opposites of one another. But are they so different? Spacing Vancouver’s Erick Villagomez recently had a...
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Event: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design’ Courses – SFU, Scot Hein, April-May 2023
Scot Hein was one of the most respected planners at Vancouver City Hall. For the last few years, he has been using his skills to train other planners. He...
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S101 Series: Introduction and Call
Urban landscape fundamentals
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What Does Our $78-Billion Housing Program Really Fix?
How can Canada possibly spend five years and tens of billions to fix the housing crisis, but still have no idea if it’s working? That’s the question...
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Digging Into Where The Sun Needs Shine – BROADWAY PLAN – Part 2
Expand upon our embedded assets This lyric essay digs inside the psyche of planning processes. It uses the oblique projection of poetry to throw light on...
By grahammcgarva
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered