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Oct. 28, 2007 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman, Paradise Maker

This Friday, I’ll be interviewing Ray Spaxman – Vancouver’s City Planner from 1973 to 1989 – as part of the…

Oct. 17, 2007 / Gordon Price

More Paradise Making

Join me for this Friday’s City Program “Paradise Makers Lecture Series – Those who shaped Vancouver in the Post-war Era” …

Oct. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

pototype forum

Don’t forget: This Thursday at Robson Square, a panel discussion on the potoptype – the international competition to come up…

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Oct. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Carbuncle Cup

Admit it, as much as we may admire the winners of prestigious architecture awards, what we love are the losers…

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Sep. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sometimes you gotta go to Cleveland …

… to find out what’s happening in Vancouver. Here’s a report from one of the coolest named papers in the States:…

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Sep. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Google Your Campus

Dave Peterson passed along news of this intriguing competition from “The Official Google Blog”: Show us your university campus in…

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Sep. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World

Read all about them: here.…

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Aug. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Britain's Ugliest Buildings

Like this one: More here.…

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Jul. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Colour Commentary

Michael Geller, who’s on a world tour at the moment, reports in from Albania: Gord, I came across these buildings…

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Jun. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Green-Glass Box: An Alternative

Thinking maybe Vancouver could use some more colour in its architecture, some different shapes than the point-and-podium style? Will Alsop…

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Jun. 20, 2007 / Gordon Price

Ridgemont Typologies

Photographer Mark Luthringer captures the suburban American Dream here.…

Jun. 20, 2007 / Gordon Price

New New York

New Yorkophile? Check out this.…

Jun. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

Creative Bankruptcy

Toronto has a Roundhouse, too – like the one Vancouver uses for its arts-based community centre. Here’s what they’ve done…

Jun. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

Toderian on the Iconic

Brent Toderian, the City’s Planning Director, has posted the latest entry on Planetizen’s blog here. (Isn’t it nice to have…

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