Urban Design
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Intersection Repair: Pender St. & Abbott St.
According to ICBC data between 2009 and 2013, almost 4,000 people across Vancouver were struck by vehicles while walking or cycling. How is it that such a...
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EVENT: PLAYtheBLOX—Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver Edition, September 25
What will Vancouver’s downtown core become 25 years into the future? Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver and the Vancouver Design Nerds have teamed up and are...
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Book Review From the Stacks – Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature
Author: Douglas Farr (Wiley, 2008) Written by Douglas Farr, the Core Committee Chair of the US Green Building Council’s relatively new LEED for...
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EVENT: City Conversations—Re-Imagining Downtown Vancouver, August 20
When: Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:30 PM Where: Lot 19 Perch, North end of Hornby St. at W. Hastings St. How do you want downtown Vancouver to look...
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EVENT: City Conversations—Future of the Viaducts
When: Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:30 PM Where: Room 1600, SFU Vancouver at Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St. Two years ago, a unanimous City Council...
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Video Vancouver: It’s Smart To Be Dense
Via Streetfilms Urban density is fundamental principle of sustainable development. Density supports economic and creative vibrancy, social integration...
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EVENTS: Opening of Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park and New Greenways, July 18th
Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park is 15 acres of new and renewed sport, recreation and playground spaces that was completed in the spring of 2015. The...
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