Urban Design
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Video Vancouver: Measuring Magic — Improvisation
Via Project for Public Spaces: PPS founder Fred Kent shares his insights on improvisation in public space, including why it matters, what to look for, and...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Measuring Magic — Comfort
PPS founder Fred Kent shares his insights on comfort in public space, including why it matters, what to look for, and how to make it happen. Read the full...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT – 2018 UBC SCARP Symposium, March 16
When: Friday, March 16, 2018 from 8:00am – 7:00pm Where: The Great Hall, AMS Nest, 6133 University Boulevard, UBC Cost: General $105 | Students $45...
By Spacing -
A Deeper Dive into Family Friendly Affordable Housing at the Museum of Vancouver
On February 1st the RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter hosted the second installment of this year’s MOV Built City Speaker Series, titled ‘A Deeper Dive into...
By Sean Ruthen -
Video Vancouver: Measuring Magic – Affection
PPS founder Fred Kent shares his insights on affection in public space, including why it matters, what to look for, and how to make it happen. Read the...
By Yuri Artibise -
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
When experts try to explain how Vancouver’s history has impacted its housing crisis, they often point to Expo 86 as ground zero. But UBC sociologist...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Book Review From the Stacks: Partnerships in Urban Property Development
Authors: Nigel Dubben and Brendan Williams (Wiley, 2009) When developments are created it is generally the property developer or perhaps the architecture...
By John Calimente -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 2
This is the second part of Spacing Vancouver’s Ulduz Maschaykh interview with prominent Real Estate Marketer and Art Collector Bob Rennie, Vancouver...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: The Right to Walk
Via Streetfilms: Every person has the right to walk. Choosing to move on foot — to work, school, or the market — should be safe and easy for urban...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Urban Planning A-Z
Via Pickled Entropy.
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 1
Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Initially it developed as a segregated enclave along Carrall and Pender Street...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: What is Planning?
Do you ever wonder how a community just happens?…well, perhaps you’d like to know. LPPANS worked closely with PLANifax to create a video responding to the...
By Yuri Artibise