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Dec. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

LA Revelations 3: Discovering the Missing Middle

If there was a time when the California Dream seemed to match up with reality for most of its people,…
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Nov. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Aotearoa Update: The end of single-family zoning in New Zealand

As soon as the news hit that the New Zealand government was essentially abolishing exclusive zoning for single-detached dwelling (Fumano reports…
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Sep. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

A viewing observatory that competes with the view

Here’s a preview of SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, an immersive observatory experience in Midtown Manhattan’s newest skyscraper. From a review from…
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Sep. 27, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Perfect Storm of Tall Buildings, Lawsuits & Insurance Claims

  There is a lot of interest in building taller residential  buildings, all governed by strata associations.  Bigger and taller…
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Sep. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Little House No Context: Tokyo

In the conversations about ensuring buildings have context and also acknowledge the importance of natural light and views for adjacent…
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Sep. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

University of British Columbia Tribute to Cornelia Oberlander at Chan Theatre

  Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (1921-2021), LMBCSLA, FCSLA, FASLA, CC, was an extraordinary landscape architect and ardent environmentalist who led by…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Mixing Middle Competition

Welcome to The Mixing Middle. Existing monocultural single-family neighbourhoods need to densify with Missing Middle housing.  But that on its…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

1981 Vancouver: Frank & Myra, Camerawork Graphics & The Rooftop at 660 Jackson Avenue

  Frank Murphy and Myra Thomson are involved and engaged citizens that now live in Nanaimo. When downtown revitalization and…
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Aug. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

Appreciating G’Ville

In the next few years, the City will be constructing the Granville Bridge Connector – a safe and seamless route…
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Aug. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism – 3: Observations from Ann McAfee

Ann McAfee was a planner with the City of Vancouver from 1974 to 2006, notably as Co-Director of Planning with…
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Aug. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Curator of Bentall Centre

Chuck We is a curator. His gallery is the Bentall Centre. As a Senior VP, Western Canada, for Hudson Properties,…
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Aug. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism – 2

It’s great to see some thoughtful responses to what is now the first post on the idea of Burnabyism: how…
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Aug. 12, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism

Here’s a fun way for an urbanist to spend an afternoon: choose a destination somewhere out in the region along…
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Aug. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver & London: “Walkie-Scorchie” Curvilinear Glass Buildings Heat Things Up

Moving towards a hotter drier climate, glass towers and their associated solar reflection and heat refraction are going to become…

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