Not on My Window LedgeCheck out the small bird in the Twitter video below. It’s a sulphur-crested cockatoo – as seen last week in…
Friday Funny: Wet City“In a lot of ways it was the best apartment I’d ever had. Partly just the proximity to the ocean…”…
Upcoming lecture on Scandinavian architecture, urbanism, landscapes, and more!Rugged mountains, forests, and coastline: a description of both Scandinavia and the Pacific Northwest. Join me on Saturday, April 13th…
BC's Criminal Courthouse in Vancouver Makeover CompleteThe Province of British Columbia’s Criminal Court building in Vancouver (222 Main Street) recently received a rather dramatic haircut as…
Will the new Housing Vancouver Strategy Improve Affordability?This month, the City of Vancouver released its proposed Housing Vancouver Strategy (2018 – 2027), made in response to the…
Vancouver Skyline from English BayTaken this Sunday aboard the Elision. From left to right: Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, downtown, Burrard Bridge, Mount Baker, Vanier…
"Die Yuppies"Found on the corner of Abbott St and W Hastings St, in a parking lot adjacent to the Woodward’s development.…
What is Canadian Architecture?What is Canadian architecture? Thursday night’s book launch of Canada: Modern Architectures in History, by Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino, hosted by Infom…
Remarks on the draft design of Northeast False Creek Park“The gentrification of Chelsea was under way long before the High Line, although the park certainly helped to establish as…
The Power Broker, a very late and incomplete book review.Having just finished reading The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, I was struck by how…
Will Science World look like this one day?Last year, during a Museum of Vancouver lecture held to honour the 30th anniversary of Expo ’86, Bruno Freschi briefly mentioned that Expo…
James and Errin go to JapanSome people go to the beach when they are on vacation and some people go on a pilgrimage to look at buildings.…
Most Millennial App of 2016?In case you missed this post, and before 2016 falls too far into fond memory, I would like to honour…
Architectural Concrete and Reduced CO2 EmissionsA close friend of mine from my days at the University of Waterloo’s Civil Engineering program is now completing his…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner