Urban Design
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Vancouver Design Week – September 15th to 28th
What does design mean to you? Do you think it can make a difference in this world? According to the organizers of the inaugural Vancouver Design Week...
By Sean Ruthen -
UBC Urban Design Forum: 5 Crucial Decades of City Building—Nov 4+5
In 2013, the world passed a threshold. Over half of the world’s population of 7 billion people now live in cities. The continued population growth...
By Yuri Artibise -
Walking Portland
When one types “Portland CBD” in a search engine, one would expect articles and publications on the metropolitan’s newly thriving Central Business...
By Brittany Lee -
Vote for Your Great Places in Canada
What is your favourite place in Canada? The Canadian Institute of Planners is once again hosting their Great Places in Canada competition. The annual...
By Yuri Artibise -
Commercial Drive Parklet – Open for your enjoyment!
There is a new public space installation in front of Prado Café on the corner of Commercial Drive and 4th Avenue available for your enjoyment! The...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Video Vancouver: A Day in the Life of an Urban Reef
Timelapse of the Urban Reef, the 2014 Robson Redux winner.
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Monocle’s Quality of Life Cities
Monocle takes a cinematic look at the top cities in their 2014 Quality of Life Survey. They spotlight Copenhagen at number one, Tokyo as our top Asian...
By Yuri Artibise -
Modernism in Vancouver Part One: Post War Idealism
Early Vancouver architecture was epitomized by wood and stone structures, heavy on terra cotta detailing. After the First World War architecture world...
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Video Vancouver: PARKING—Searching for the Good Life in the City
Via StreetFilms: Streetfilms is proud to partner with ITDP to bring you this fun animation that’s sort of a cross between those catchy Schoolhouse...
By Yuri Artibise -
BOOK REVIEW – Socially Restorative Urbanism: The theory, process and practice of Experiemics
Authors: Kevin Thwaites, Alice Mathers, Ian Simkins (Routledge, 2014) Over the past several decades, a number of frameworks have attempted to reshape the...
By Pietra Basilij -
RELEASE: City of Surrey PARKit winners announced
Surrey’s pop-up park is going ‘Gingham Style’ this summer. The classic concept of an outdoor picnic, inspired by the quintessential gingham checkered...
By Spacing -
RELEASE: Urban Design Awards
From the City of Vancouver: The inaugural Urban Design Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in architecture and urban design in Vancouver. Vancouver...
By Yuri Artibise