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Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture
Author: Blaine Brownell, Princeton Architectural Press (2012) Architecture is the fulfillment of a spatial premise by way of material substance...
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February 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver park board probes report that petting zoo animals sold for meat [Globe and Mail] • Mass Effect 3: Futuristic Vancouver [Vancity Buzz] â€...
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Attention all map lovers: Spacing’s Creative Mapping Contest!
Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual storyteller? Spacing wants...
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Price Points: A Hint of What Was to Come
Where’s this, what’s inside, and why does it look like this? . . According to the one discreet sign tucked under the...
By Gordon Price -
Go East, Young City, Security and Aesthetic improvements
“The Burns Block is named for its original owner and builder, Patrick Burns of P. Burns & Company, who had it built in 1909 as the headquarters...
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Urban Planet: Extending the Lives of Bridges
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of  blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
February 13, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Exit Interview: Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s Ousted Planning Director [The Atlantic Cities] • BIG’s Beach & Howe Tower Proposal [Vancity Buzz...
By Erick Villagomez -
100 Years Ago Today: Grandview Theatre Opens
On February 12th, 1912, Thomas Shiels opened the Grandview Theatre movie house at 1712 Commercial. It is the white-arched building in the middle of this...
By Jak King -
February 12, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Builders told to adjust for rising sea levels [OpenFile] INTERNATIONAL • Designing a Fix for Housing [The New York Times] • Louis Curtiss and the...
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Spacing Saturday: Ontario Place, Suburban Versailles and Imperial Kitsch
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. A forced closure of...
By Marcus Bowman -
February 11, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver mayor tells Toronto audience about rental housing plan [Vancouver Courier] • Surrey’s East Clayton a dream community with growing pains...
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Urban Planet: Demolition Dilemmas
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of  blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
By Hilary Best
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered