Urban Design

Disasters by the Book

Would you be able to rely on your neighbors in the event an earthquake struck your home? How helpful would public institutions remain if a flood swept...

Introducing Park-A-Park: Vancouver’s Recently Launched Mobile Parklet

If you’ve visited Vancouver’s Commercial Drive recently, and walked by the southwest corner where East 1st Avenue crosses The Drive, you may have caught...

Northeast False Creek & Eastern Core Consultation Questionnaire

Via the City of Vancouver: The City of Vancouver will be undertaking two parallel planning processes for Northeast False Creek (including the viaducts...

Gordon Price at Creative Mornings on August 2, 2013

Spacing contributor Gordon Price will be speaking at the next Creative Mornings Vancouver on August 2, 2013. CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast...

Video Vancouver: Smaller House Initiative

Smaller houses on smaller lots could once again make housing affordable for young families, and at the same time provide suitable detached suites for...

Cartographically Speaking – Safety in Numbers: Why a Bike Lane in Kitsilano?

By Jen Cook & Holly Foxcroft In the heart of Kitsilano, a rumbling started to occur in reaction to the city project to create a safe link between the...

Playing in the Sandbox

The process of urban planning has always been a bit of a mystery to me and I don’t believe I am the only one to feel this way. The technical...

HVS Walking Tour: Granville Street’s 800 to 1200 Blocks, July 20th

Location: Meet outside Starbuck’s Coffee at Georgia & Granville (next to London Drugs). Time: Saturday, July 20th 10am – 12 pm Admission: $15.00...

Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Lions Gate Bridge

Upcycled Urbanism on Granville: July 13, 2013

(Via Museum of Vancouver) Help transform Granville Street on Saturday, July 13, 2013! Upcycled Urbanism is a participatory project that invites...

PARKit Design Challenge

This past month, the City of Surrey unveiled the winners of PARKit, an ideas competition in which first prize was to design and build a pop-up park next...

Video Vancouver: Less Elbow Room

To get a sense of how America will pack more people into its cities, the Wall Street Journal heads north to Vancouver.