{"id":36973,"date":"2024-06-24T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=36973&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=36973"},"modified":"2024-07-07T19:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:40:40","slug":"city-of-glassholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/06\/24\/city-of-glassholes\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Glassholes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/WritingVancouver_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11429\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/WritingVancouver_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>City of Glassholes<br>World Classholes<br><br>dog eat downward dog<br>city of narrow shoulders<br>city of broad stereotypes<br>city that ever sleeps<br>long legs running off at the mouth<br><br><em>view corridor<\/em><br><em>view corridor<\/em><br><em>view corridor<\/em><br><br>short tight-packed sipsters press long espressos for fat lattes<br>each vacant condo a bright guiding light of false hope above a marathon of dope<br>the cubic checkbox of an obvious tax dodge, a marathon of nope<br><br><em>seafoam green<\/em><br><em>seafoam green<\/em><br><em>seafoam green<\/em><br><br>adam smith grind late capitalism economic pressure flip<br>take a little bitcoin my heart with your rubber cheque in the alpha mail<br>you are the wind above my wings that cuts like a knife in my back<br><br>land of the free, market<br>home of the brave, new world<br>home on the range, rover<br><br><em>typical floor<\/em><br><em>typical floor<\/em><br><em>typical floor<\/em><br><br>nation of mullions, eyes glazed into curtain walls of passive solar aggression<br>crystal-clear high-gloss scalpel-thin panes of exclusion slicing have from not<br>smells like guillotine spirit under this class ceiling so uncracked by a smile<br><br>a seitan chicken in every pot, an \u00fcbervillain in every garage<br>northern exposure 86ed by false cliques<br>landmindful lululemmings stretch incredible assumptions, tall stories above<br>a tense city of renovictims, in a vanxiety down by renovictory square<br><br>twenty tenants pack a vancouver special, a postwar terryfoxhole<br>twenty landlords torch olympic village warehouses, insuring gold metals<br>flame fentannihilated by rain downloaded from the cloud<br><br><em>see walls<\/em><br><em>see walls<\/em><br><em>see walls<\/em><br><br>City of Glassholes<br>World Classholes<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><em><strong>Derek DeLand<\/strong> has designed the architecture of tall towers, urban tech hubs, entertainment, hotels, art schools, theatres, residential, Passive Haus, seniors housing, master plans, skateplazas, skateparks, public art and competitions. \u2022 Vancouver-based, with built work in BC, Canada, Seattle, UK, Mexico and even Paris, Derek has collaborated with a wide range of clients, from municipalities to high-profile developers to BC Housing. \u2022&nbsp; Educated at U of Calgary and UBC SALA, Derek has been featured in Migrating Landscapes for the Venice Biennale of Architecture, has an award from IOC IPC IAKS for sport architecture, awards for concrete design from BCRMCA and Ontario Concrete, and a Certificate of Recognition from the AIBC. \u2022 Also a writer, he\u2019s been published in Architizer, Spacing, Canadian Architect, and international design books and magazines, and has done public speaking in Los Angeles and the UK. \u2022 Derek\u2019s architecture is idea-driven, highly creative, sculptural, movement-oriented, tectonic and experiential.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Beautiful dichroic glass art courtesy of the talented artist, designer, and non-glasshole <strong>@cinderkruxstudio<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of GlassholesWorld Classholes dog eat downward dogcity of narrow shoulderscity of broad stereotypescity that ever sleepslong legs running off at the mouth view corridorview corridorview corridor short tight-packed sipsters press long espressos for fat latteseach vacant condo a bright guiding light of false hope above a marathon of dopethe cubic checkbox of an obvious<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/06\/24\/city-of-glassholes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;City of Glassholes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8555,"featured_media":36981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11229,11230,15,24,25,6670,35,11235,11237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-civic-engagement","category-communication","category-community","category-culture","category-housing","category-infrastructure","category-politics","category-spacing","category-urban-design","category-waterfront"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City of Glassholes - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dog eat downward dog. 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