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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Release: Heritage Week Theme Celebrates Energy and Power
Heritage Week 2012 – running February 20-26 – celebrates the theme of “Energy: a Powerful Past, a Sustainable Future”. From the earliest...
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February 7, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Fired Vancouver planning director knew one week before news broke [Vancouver Courier] • Announcing Vancouver’s “affordable housing...
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Price Points: Versailles in Suburbia
Acres of formal gardens, beautifully maintained – inspired by Versailles and Hampton Court, of all places, but mere meters from a SkyTrain...
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Urban Planet: Pedestrian Desire Lines
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...
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Complete Gregor Robertson Interview
[Editor’s Note: As many of you know, we just launched Spacing’s second National Edition with Gregor Robertson’s interview being the main...
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Release: Encyclopedia of Commercial Drive by Jak King is available!
The physical environment, the streets and buildings, are important elements of the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, but they cannot compete in importance...
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February 6, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • City incentives have done little for affordability [Vancouver Courier] • Artist/scientist/diplomat wanted [Vancouver Sun] • Will young homebuyers...
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February 5, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Earthquake shakes near Vancouver Island [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • What Taxis Add To Public Transit [The Atlantic Cities] • Ports and...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered