Urban Design
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Video Vancouver: UnGapTheMap
Via Hub Cycling: Find out why we’re working to UnGapTheMap in Metro Vancouver and make cycling safer for all. This video was produced with the kind...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017, May 12-14
Vancouver Design Week(end) will run from May 12–14 throughout Vancouver. Vancouver Design Week(end) (VDW) is the city’s official interdisciplinary design...
By Spacing -
VIDEO: The “Missing Middle” in Vancouver’s Housing Density Debate
Via The Tyee: When you think of high urban density, you might think of big land assembly projects that end up in blockbusting towers. It doesn’t have to...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban planners, real-estate...
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Audacious Planning: Takeaways from the 2017 UBC SCARP Student Symposium
The 9th annual UBC SCARP Student Symposium took place on Friday, March 3rd at the AMS Nest on the UBC Campus. This year’s theme was audacity...
By Yuri Artibise -
11 Milestones that will Shape Vancouver’s Future
What are the significant events, activities and decisions in 2016 that will shape Vancouver’s future? Earlier this fall, the Vancouver City Planning...
By Jillian Glover -
Year-In-Review Panel Pinpoints Milestones of 2016
The Vancouver City Planning Commission convened their second annual Year-In-Review forum on January 30, 2017 to consider milestones in planning and...
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Event – Audacity: 9th Annual SCARP Symposium, March 3rd
Audacity: bold ideas for planning communities The School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC is excited to announce our upcoming 9th annual...
By Spacing -
River District Appeals to Families with Walkability, Nature and Fun
Author’s Note:I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits and the private sector are working...
By Jillian Glover -
Book Review—In Defense of Housing
Authors: David Madden and Peter Marcuse (Verso, 2016) Everyone needs housing. But not everyone can afford it. If you’re willing to call that a...
By William Dunn -
The Buzz Buzz on Tiny Homes
This month the BC Tiny House Collective has catapulted into the homes of Canadians. On January 15, 2017, Frances Bula, a long-time affordable housing...
By Anastasia Koutalianos -
Toronto is Debunking Myth that Families Won’t Live in Condos
Author’s Note: I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits and developers are working to...
By Jillian Glover