Urban Design
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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...
By Slow Streets -
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...
By Spacing -
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...
By Laura Kozak -
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...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver
How do you want downtown Vancouver to look, taste, and feel in 25 years? Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver is a chance for you to dream big and inspire big...
By Yuri Artibise -
Cartographically Speaking: Where are the kids? – Epilogue
For a larger version, click here. [Editor’s Note: This is the final piece of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children...
By Erick Villagomez -
Cartographically Speaking: Where are the kids? – 13-18 years
For a larger version, click here. [Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children throughout...
By Erick Villagomez -
Cartographically Speaking: Where are the kids? – 6-12 years
For a larger version, click here. [Editor’s Note: This is the third of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children throughout...
By Erick Villagomez -
Cartographically Speaking – Where are the kids? – 3-5 years
For a larger version, click here. [Editor’s Note: This is the first of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children throughout...
By Erick Villagomez