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Just Who Is Vancouver’s Top Planner Calling a ‘Hater’?
Guest contributor: Patrick Condon As reported widely this past couple of weeks, Vancouver’s top planner Brian Jackson is definitely ”not going...
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EVENT: City Conversations—Federal Election Forum on Urban Issues, Oct 1
With over 80% of the Canadian population now living in urban areas, it is time for a national conversation on key issues that affect our cities. For this...
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Intersection Repair: Pender St. & Abbott St.
According to ICBC data between 2009 and 2013, almost 4,000 people across Vancouver were struck by vehicles while walking or cycling. How is it that such a...
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Video Vancouver: Circa 1948
Via SFU Woodward’s Circa 1948 is a groundbreaking and immersive interactive storyworld co-created by the National Film Board of Canada‘s...
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EVENT: PLAYtheBLOX—Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver Edition, September 25
What will Vancouver’s downtown core become 25 years into the future? Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver and the Vancouver Design Nerds have teamed up and are...
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Book Review From the Stacks – Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature
Author: Douglas Farr (Wiley, 2008) Written by Douglas Farr, the Core Committee Chair of the US Green Building Council’s relatively new LEED for...
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Inclusive Cities: A Tale of Two Revitalization Projects
For cities to be healthy and happy, researchers have increasingly emphasized the importance of implementing inclusive cities – urban environments...
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EVENT: Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, September 13, 2015, 3pm-5pm
It’s time again for the Vancouver Urbanist Meetup! This month, we’re meeting on Sunday, September 13 at the newish Central City Red Racer...
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EVENT: Doug Saunders Lecture at Ismaili Centre, Sept. 12th
His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada presents the 2015 Ismaili Centre Lecture Author and columnist Doug Saunders to give...
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EVENT: West Vancouver Museum “Inside Out” Architect Talks
West Vancouver Museum is pleased to announce that From the Inside Out: Integrating Art and Architecture on the West Coast has been held over to September...
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Visual Thoughts #58
Last VT image: Sun above houses on 11th Ave in Vancouver during July wildfires north of Lower Mainland. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding...
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EVENT: AxA – Art by Architects
The Metro Vancouver Chapter of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) would like to invite you to Art x Architects – archKIDecture, an...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered