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Opening The Great Urbanarium Debates
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And...
By Sean Ruthen -
Monster Home: A Connective Community Approach to Single Family Housing Districts
There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective change, the majority of...
By Brendan Hurley -
Book Review: Raincoast Chronicles #23
Editor: Peter A. Robson (Harbour Publishing, 2015) Raincoast Chronicles is always something to look forward to. In a format that is accessible and...
By johnatkin -
Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer Research Centre
It is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Book Review From The Stacks: Proceed and Be Bold
Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press – 2005) Proceed and Be Bold checks in on Rural Studio under the steerage of Andrew...
By Laura Kozak -
Is B.C. home to a green building renaissance?
By Karen Tam Wu France was a hub of the Renaissance, an era that saw landmark buildings built in Paris, including parts of the Louvre. So it was fitting...
By Pembina Institute -
EVENT: MOV/Urbanarium – Vancouver Debates I, Jan. 20
Vancouver Debates I – Open All Neighbourhoods to Densification WHEN: Wednesday, January 20 WHERE: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street...
By Spacing -
EVENT – MOV: Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver, Jan 21-Mar. 15
Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver WHEN: Jan. 21-May 15, 2016 WHERE: Museum of Vancouver – 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC From the...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Active Fiction Project, until Dec. 31st!
Over the Holiday, be sure to check out the lateset Active Fiction Project – a mashup of public space intervention, literature, create your own...
By Spacing -
Book Review – So It Is: Vancouver
There are different ways to learn about your city. Its past. Its present. And its future. So it is: Vancouver is a collection of inspiring stories of...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Green Roofs: The North American Context
In the winter of 2014, Associate Professor Daniel Roehr conducted a Green Roof Seminar for his landscape architecture and environmental design students...
By Tamara Bonnemaison -
EVENT: Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, December 13, 2015, 3pm-5pm
It’s time for the last Vancouver Urbanist Meetup of 2015. This month, we’ll be meeting on December 13th from 3-5:00pm at The Union in...
By Yuri Artibise
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered