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Vancouver’s True Colours: Inspired by Nature

Vancouver’s architecture and art often respond to the natural environment that surrounds us. For every one of us who lives here, it is not hard to...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

LOCAL • Vancouver planning manager faces anger over community plans [Globe and Mail] • Community gardens, reclaimed streets highlight Vancouver’s urban...

Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints

My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...

The Aging City

The city is thousands of years old and, over this time, humans have learned many lessons—often through trial-and-error—around what makes a rich...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Weekend

LOCAL • Closing the Gender Gap in City Cycling [BC Business] • Excess of luxury housing is suffocating Vancouver: An open letter to Donald Trump...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

LOCAL • Trump brand arrives in B.C. [Globe and Mail] • Why a regional sales tax is the only real option for transit funding [Metro 604] • 3 conditions to...

Vancouver Transit: The Era of Street Cars

Vancouver is a rapidly growing city with increasing demand for more efficient, more reliable public transit.  Since the success of a temporary street car...

Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Places That Matter- The Stumps at Maple Grove Park

Carscadden Thrift: Selected Projects

Bruce Carscadden Architect is a small design studio based in Vancouver, Canada. In nearly a decade of practice, our firm has designed and executed...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • Nine per cent of pedestrian crashes happen in DTES, but majority of tickets handed out there [Vancouver Sun] • Doing the math on fair tolling...

Fork in the Road: Glenburn Soda Fountain and Confectionary

Burnaby Heights is an interesting and often overlooked neighbourhood. One of Vancouver’s original streetcar suburbs, the Heights is home to quiet...

Vancouver Draw Down, Saturday June 15, 2013

Vancouver Draw Down, Saturday June 15, 2013 Over 35 free workshops at various locations throughout Vancouver! Think you can’t draw? Think again...