Urban Design
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Deconstructing Visuals
The power of imagery is well known. Architecture and design disciplines related to the built environment have a unique relationship to visuals insofar...
By Erick Villagomez -
Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – A Personal Memoir in Search of the Future – Part 1
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Vancouver is excited to kick off this 3-Part poetic memoir by Graham McGarva. As founder of Baker McGarva Hart / VIA...
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EVENT: VCPC’s 2020 Year-in-Review: A discussion of milestones that transformed Vancouver
2020 will be remembered as a transformative year around the world. How did it change Vancouver? For the sixth year, the Vancouver City Planning...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
How Much of Vancouver Is Even Left to Plan?
Atop this article is a “Five-minute City” drawing I made in 2007 as Vancouver’s senior urban designer when my team was asked to scope a plan for the...
By scothein -
Housing, Like Beer, Is Better Done in Small Batches
Forty years ago, Molson, Labatt, and Carling O’Keefe collectively owned 96 percent of Canada’s beer market. Their shared monopoly produced little...
By scothein -
Event – Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci, Jan. 24
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci Online Panel Discussion Presented by the West Coast Modern League in Partnership with the West Vancouver Art Museum...
By Spacing -
The Laws of Settlements book available for free online!
Are there fundamental laws that govern all settlements—from the smallest village to the largest cities? This is the question that drove me to write The...
By Erick Villagomez -
Events: Placemaking in a Pandemic – UBC CAPACity Design Challenge 2020
Placemaking in a Pandemic – UBC CAPACity Design Challenge 2020 REGISTER by: November 23rd, 11:59 PM PST SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 7th, 11:59 PM...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Tour Chinatown with Christopher Cheung
CanU 2020 Vancouver Tours Stroll through Vancouver’s historic Chinatown with Tyee reporter Christopher Cheung. It’s easy to get lost in the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: The Missing Middle Mystery
Via About Here Metro Vancouver primarily has two types of housing. High rises or the single family house. What happened to all the buildings in between...
By Yuri Artibise -
Event: AFTERSHOCK – Looking back at 1918 for a view of Vancouver’s future
Event Details Date: October 27, 2020 Time: 7:00-8:30-pm Via: Zoom RSVP and more information Event Description The first victim in Vancouver of the 1918...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
Student Housing as a Response to the Housing Crisis
The global housing crisis is a challenging and multi-faceted problem. Part of the solution, already successfully employed by universities, the campus...
By brianwakelin