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‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver
Live in Vancouver? Then you’ve seen those annual rankings that celebrate it as one of the world’s “most livable cities.” But zoom in to the neighbourhood...
By Christopher Cheung -
As Vancouver Shrinks, the Suburbs Swell
Is it a pandemic exodus? Vancouver’s population has shrunk for the first time in half a century, according to population estimates by Statistics Canada...
By Christopher Cheung -
Why Small Shops Along Broadway Are Getting Fried
This is a story about a little fast food shop for sale and its challenges. It’s also a story of what these obstacles mean for both commercial services...
By Patrick Condon -
Vancouver Needs Way More Co-ops. Here’s How to Get Them
The cost of housing has reached a crisis point in Vancouver, with no clear agreement on what to do about it. Which made it a rare moment when...
By Patrick Condon -
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions
The City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated, over 100 pages long...
By Patrick Condon -
Tall Vancouver Tales Part I – How Vancouver Grew Up, with Donald Luxton
This past week, the Museum of Vancouver and the RAIC BC/Yukon put on its first talk in the new Architecture & the City Series, entitled Go Big or Go...
By Spacing -
Deconstructing Visuals 2.0
It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion over the methods and...
By Erick Villagomez -
Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate Input
The City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately create a vision for...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
EVENT: Tall Vancouver Tales, featuring Donald Luxton
Tall Vancouver Tales, featuring Donald Luxton When: November 9th, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 Where: The Museum of Vancouver Tickets: $15 Join the RAIC and...
By Spacing -
Vancouver, Where Did Your Shophouses Go?
Once upon a time in Vancouver, it was common to stroll to a nearby street corner to pick up some groceries, candy, or even some compressed gas for fuel...
By Christopher Cheung -
Bauhaus, Design, and the Livable Anthropocene – Recap
[Authors Note: This recap is based in great part on a summation of the event provided by the organizer of the Colloquium and Exhibition, Prof. Thomas...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
The Virtual Urban Realm
The virtual urban realm is a digital version of the physical city. It is represented graphically and geographically in real-time, through collected data...
By Yuval Fogelson
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered