Urban Design
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RAIC Metro Vancouver – Built City Speaker Series
Guest Contributor: Gloria Venczel As the Thought Leader these past 3 years for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Metro Vancouver Network’s...
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Book Review: Vancouverism
Author: Larry Beasley (UBC Press, 2019) When friends from out of town visit and I tell them about Vancouverism, they all say they’ve never heard of it...
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Video Vancouver: Should We Tear Down the Seawall?
Via CBC News | Abut Here About Here: Should We Tear Down the Seawall | CBC Short Film The Vancouver seawall draws millions of people every year with a...
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Video Vancouver: Northeast False Creek Plan – Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award
Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award Northeast False Creek Plan Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Summary Adopted by the Vancouver City...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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