Sim City: Week One in Spacington

It’s not much of 21st century urban city yet, but in the first week of Spacington’s developments we have focused on a couple things. With...

February 10, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL Key to smart transit is data sharing, experts say at Cities Summit [Vancouver Observer] Affordabull force [Vancouver Courier] Mayors bristle over...

JP Auclair Street Segment

Urban Planet: Pedestrian Signals

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Longboarders are not very happy in the District of North Vancouver with proposed changes...

February Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, February 12, 3pm-5pm

After a loooong and busy January, February is here and it’s time for the monthly Vancouver Urbanists Meetup. This month we’ll be meeting on...

February 9, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver School Board backs province-wide cycling education [Vancouver Courier] • Black history month a time to remember Joe Fortes [Globe and...

Urban Planet: Walking, talking and texting

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...

Release: ‘100 MILE HOUSE’ – an Open Ideas Competition

“You’ve heard of the 100 Mile Diet – What about the 100 Mile House?” The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia is pleased...

February 8, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver historian taps thousands of names for Commercial Drive book [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver had no pedestrian deaths in January for...

Old Buildings and New Design: Architectural Transformations

Author: Charles Bloszies (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) “Design integrity is essential for exemplary architecture” – it is with this philosophy...

Urban Planet: White Ribbons in Moscow

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...