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Mar. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Amenity versus Affordability?

From the Downtown Vancouver Association: “It’s time for some deep self-reflection about who we are in Downtown Vancouver, and what…
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Mar. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Our Suburban DNA

Luke Brocki continues his search for explanations and solutions to the affordable housing dilemma. I offer mine: “We’re entirely a…
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Mar. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

‘Obesogenic’ environments by design – Australian version

Not something you would have seen as the lead in the homes section of a major newspaper – this one…
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Mar. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Push and pull in Vancouver City’s planning game

My latest column in Business in Vancouver: .   Whenever a senior high-profile public servant is canned – TTC head Gary…
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Mar. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

What Took So Long: IKEA Debuts Completely-Furnished, Pre-Fab, Modern Homes

Swedish furniture company IKEA, has collaborated with Oregon architectural firm Ideabox, to launch its first line of prefabricated houses in…
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Mar. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why couldn’t VLC build affordable rental housing?

A question from the Affordable Housing Task Force co-chair Olga Ilich in the Globe and Mail: “I’ve asked and am…
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Mar. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

Density and Affordability: contradiction and complexity

Michael Lewyn in Planetizen:  Traditionally, low-density zoning has been based on a desire to exclude so-called “undesirables” and thus keep…
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Mar. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Affordability, Sustainability, Activability” – Gord Price in North Vancouver City

The City of North Vancouver is currently undertaking a review of its Official Community Plan – or in less bureaucratic…
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Mar. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

Cabrini Green: An epic and tragic tale of a Chicago housing project

From The Design Observer’s Places: Housing Chicago: Cabrini-Green to Parkside of Old Town It’s an extensive story, but here’s the…
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Feb. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

The McMansion Lives!

From ULI UrbanLand: Remember that much-anticipated trend toward smaller houses? You know the one: Because of the recession and housing…
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Feb. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

LEED Backlash in The States?

From ULI ‘s UrbanLand: In terms of LEED alternatives, a growing number of state and local governments are adopting different…
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Feb. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

The New American Dream: Renting

From Yahoo Finance: Examining 250 properties around the U.S., and going through close to 40 client files to project the…
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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Tour: Net-zero lane house

After you’ve read the post below, you might want to take the tour of a net-zero lane house this weekend:…
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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

McMansions now more bite-sized?

From Atlantic Cities: The real estate research firm Trulia found in 2010, for example, that the median “ideal home size”…

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