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Dec. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Stockholm

PT reader John Wilson submits this competition entry by Foster and Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor for a pedestrian bridge in…
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Dec. 18, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 10 – Shangri-la

It’s stunning. From Georgia and Bute in the late afternoon, when the building captures the sun and is fully lit…
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Dec. 17, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 9 – Safeway at Denman and Robson

Other than Broadway and Cambie, there is no major intersection in Vancouver undergoing more change than Denman and Robson.  Mainly because…
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Dec. 16, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Big O

I grabbed a B-Line on Saturday down to Richmond for the opening of the Big O: The Richmond Olympic Oval will…
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Dec. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Willamette Crossing

Not quite a passerelle, I suppose, since this proposed crossing is designed for light-rail transit.  But since it’s in Portland,…
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Dec. 11, 2008 / Gordon Price

Too Much …

… of a good thing: This is the winner of a design competition for Gwanggyo, a new town near Seoul,…
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Dec. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Nashville

Kentuckian Tony Minton reports in from Tennessee: Just returned from weekend in Nashville, TN. Whenever we go, I try to…
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Dec. 03, 2008 / Gordon Price

EcoMetropolitanism

Matthew Soules is an architect (his firm is MSA) as well as an adjunct prof at UBC.  He and Mari…
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Dec. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Pakistan

From Wendy Waters: If you’re looking for a different take on the Passerelle concept, I thought these photos are probably…
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Nov. 25, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bang

At the end of every boom, there’s a nicely symbolic over-the-top moment when it all comes to an end.  In Dubai, it…
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Nov. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week – Charing Cross

Marc Lee, the Policy Alternatives guy, has just returned from London and brings back some fresh shots of a new…
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Nov. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Poughkeepsie

A rehabilitated railway bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will be, according to the promoters, the longest pedestrian bridge…
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Oct. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Linz

John Wilson sends in this entry for a bridge over the Danube River in Linz, Austria, by the firm of…
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Sep. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Singapore

The Henderson Waves Bridge in Singapore: At 36 metres above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in…

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