Urban Design
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EVENT: SFU City Conversations | Can Vancouver Play in the Big Leagues of Renewable Cities?
City Conversations: Can Vancouver Play in the Big Leagues of Renewable Cities? WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 12:30 – 1:30 pm WHERE: Room 1600, SFU Vancouver...
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Cycling Lessons Learned From Amsterdam That No One Talks About
I recently had the honour of visiting Amsterdam. Renowned for its cycling, Amsterdam is a city where 48% of all trips made in the city centre are by...
By Slow Streets -
Reflections on Planning Grandview-Woodland
Although I live near Norquay Park, I have a strong connection to Grandview-Woodland. Ever since I moved to the east side in 2004, both Commercial Drive...
By YarOn Stern -
Redefining Granville Island?
I feel a bit ignorant for being oblivious of the changes that have been happening on Granville Island over the past year. I didn’t realize it they...
By Isabelle Kim -
Video Vancouver: To Build a Better City (1964)
A 1964 City of Vancouver/CMHC film There was a time when old poor neighbourhoods were considered an urban blight and needed to be razed to make way for...
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Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle
Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle. Click here for a larger version Black-and-white ‘figure-ground’ city maps – that depict blocks as black and streets...
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Book Review – Fit: An Architect’s Manifesto
Author: Robert Geddes (Princeton University Press, 2013) We often approach architectural design with our traditional older paradigms of thought. Form...
By Isabelle Kim -
What are Vancouver’s Best Public Spaces?
Photo courtesy of Jay Banks. Growing up in Vancouver, I didn’t really have a good understanding of what makes a lively public space until I had travelled...
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Video Vancouver: Do our cities still work?
Over the last century, cities have been designed to accommodate the automobile. So, how do we redesign them to benefit people? CBC’s The National...
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The Case For A Complete Street On Commercial Drive
Complete Streets treat all people equally, regardless of age, gender or physical ability. Complete Street design focuses on improving the public realm and...
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Cartographically Speaking – Criminal Topography: Residential Break and Enter, 2007
Authors: Erick Villagomez & Eric Stockand Cities are well known as engines of innovation, creativity and wealth. However, they are also the main...
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Robson Redux relaunches – VIVA Vancouver calls for designers
VIVA Vancouver will open its 800 Robson Street space to the creative community once again with Robson Redux, a design-build competition that invites...
By Spacing