Urban Design
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Water Urbanisms
Vancouver is a rainy city surrounded by water. It is part of the Pacific Northwest, a place whose regional identity is almost wholly linked to its natural...
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Vancouver Art Gallery Reflections
I’m not sure when the informed, intelligent culture of design that characterized the formative years of Vancouver transformed, but Herzog And De Meuron’s...
By Erick Villagomez -
RELEASE: Thousands Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver in 2040
11,000 Dreamers ‘Re-Imagined’ Downtown Vancouver as a Rain-proofed, Affordable Home for all in 2040 In 2040, downtown Vancouver will be: a healthy...
By Yuri Artibise -
Solving The Housing Crisis at SFU: Part 1
In 2007, Miloon Kothari, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right for Adequate Housing, called Canada’s housing situation for its most...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
SFU Launches We the City Community Summit Oct. 30th to Nov. 7th
Simon Frasier University’s We The City Summit kicked off its fourth major community summit Researching The City on October 30th 2015, where 19...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Urban forestry and the greening of Canadian cities
Call it the second wave of urban greening: hot on the heels of urban farming, urban forestry is emerging as the new frontier of sustainable urban planning...
By ngaiohotte -
Halloween For Planning Nerds: CANDY DENSITY
Halloween is an Urbanist Holiday (shhh don’t tell anybody) Halloween as a Holiday – more than any other – is about neighbourhood. It is a holiday that...
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EVENTS: We The City: 2015 Community Summit
Via SFU Public Square: From October 30th to November 7th, SFU Public Square will host its fourth annual Community Summit. This year, through a series of...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Researching the City, October 30, 2015
Think research is boring and unrelated to the real world? Think again! Researching the City is an inspirational evening showcasing how seemingly...
By Spacing -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Coloured Block Map
For a larger version, click here. This has been a long time coming. After the creation and publication of the Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle, here is the...
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EVENT – A Conversation with Brian Jackson about Heritage in Vancouver, Oct 15
When: Thursday, October 15, 2015, 6:30 – 8:30pm Where: Committee Room 1, 3rd Floor, Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Tickets: General $10...
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Just Who Is Vancouver’s Top Planner Calling a ‘Hater’?
Guest contributor: Patrick Condon As reported widely this past couple of weeks, Vancouver’s top planner Brian Jackson is definitely ”not going...
By Spacing