Urban Design
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Seeing Environment
An announcement from the captivated Oscar Woodbead. I have previously written on my belief that sound should be a more valued component of how we design...
By Sean Bailey -
Release: Leonard Street Neighbour Hub Installation, Victoria
On March 31, neighbours of Leonard Street in Victoria, BC will be celebrating the newest addition to their block: a shared emergency supply bench. The...
By Spacing -
Uh oh. I’m a Planner and Planning Makes Housing More Expensive
Thank Andy Yan for throwing yet another rock into the placid pond of our taken for granted assumptions. As someone who advocates planning and has called...
By Patrick Condon -
Designing streets for a new kind of delivery vehicle
E-commerce is driving the growth of the last-mile delivery industry, the step of delivery from distribution center to customer. Last-mile delivery is...
By sylviagreen -
Video Vancouver: Oslo – The Journey to Car-free
Via StreetFilms: In 2015, the newly elected city government of Oslo, Norway, announced its intention to make the downtown car-free by 2019. I immediately...
By Yuri Artibise -
Am I the Last Voice against the SkyTrain to UBC?
I must apologize to the poor soul who casually mentioned to me Vancouver city council may soon endorse running the proposed Broadway SkyTrain all the way...
By Patrick Condon -
Video Vancouver: Cambie Connected
Cambie Connected: Cycling Smithe, Nelson, Beatty, and the Bridge via small places It may not have the glamour of the Burrard Bridge or the budget. But...
By Yuri Artibise -
The Value of Small Businesses – Discussions at RAIC + MOV Built City Speaker Series
As part of their popular Built City Speaker Series, the Metro Vancouver chapter of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, in partnership with the...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: Urban Planning Trends to Watch in 2019
Climate change, housing prices, alternative transportation, and mega-projects. Will it be two steps forward or two steps back? For more...
By Yuri Artibise -
Redesigning Cities to Support Seniors Stuck in Suburban Sprawl
Rasiklal Joshi never took the bus. He always drove — until he reached his 80s and his doctor told him to stop. “I tried to persuade my doctor, but he said...
By Christopher Cheung -
Video Vancouver: What is Zoning?
Produced by the City of Vancouver Regulation Redesign Project Team
By Yuri Artibise -
SURVEY: What were Vancouver’s Planning & Development Milestones of 2018?
As 2018 draws to a close, the Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) Chronology Program is embarking on our annual retrospective of planning and...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission