Urban Design
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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...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
By Slow Streets -
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...
By Eric Stockand -
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 -
City of Vancouver Urban Design Studio: R.I.P 2004 – 2014
It is with great sadness that Spacing Vancouver must report the unofficial “death” of the City of Vancouver’s highly respected Urban...
By Erick Villagomez -
EVENT: Leg-in-Boot Square Co-Design Process—Nov 16
CityStudio is hosting a public event on Sunday November 16, 2014, in collaboration with Re*Plan and Co-Design, where False Creek South residents, business...
By Yuri Artibise -
The truth comes out about how Grandview-Woodlands towers became part of the Plan
Gordon Price’s Pricetags is causing a stir again…..but not in the usual way. On the heels of the upcoming election, an interesting online...
By Spacing -
EVENT: UBC Urban Design Forum—Nov 4+5
Greater Vancouver is simultaneously at the leading edge of the global urban tsunami, and being overturned by it. This forum will feature 15 speakers from...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: IncluCITY, Oct 27
IncluCITY WHEN: Monday, October 27, 6:30pm WHERE: Arts Club Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston Street Moderated by Dr Maged SENBEL associate professor...
By Spacing -
Doors Open Vancouver 2014 Retrospective
Authors: Berçin Janzen, George Poulos and Erick Villagomez Urban life depends of a myriad of interconnected and complex systems. Only rarely do citizens...
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2014 UBC SALA Fall Lecture Series Poster
*** For more information visit the SALA’S event calendar: http://sala.ubc.ca/news-and-events/event/inclucity-can-public-process-be-truly-public For...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Revisiting Chinatown Revitalization, Oct. 8th
Revisiting Chinatown Revitalization WHERE: Centre A, 229 E. Georgia Street WHEN: Wednesday October 8th, 8-10pm ADMSSSION: Free. Tea will be served. Join...
By Spacing