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Jun. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

But what do you really think ….?

From PT reader Timothy Thomas:  On the off chance that an architecture maven like you missed it, below see Lisa Rochon’s…
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May. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

Re:Place Launched

Call for Contributors Spring 2007 Are you fascinated by cities? Love city infrastructure? Hate the commercialization of public space? Have…
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May. 23, 2007 / Gordon Price

Rybczynski on Seattle

Canadian architectural critic Witold Rybczynski explores the architecture of Seattle in this Slate visual essay:    Seattle is an unusual sort…
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May. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Too Much of a Good Thing

Vancouver is known for its proliferation of point towers: the highrises with podiums that characterize most of the growth on…
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Apr. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

Where Bike Racks Should Be

Globe architecture critic Lisa Rochon profiles Vancouver developer Ian Gillespie here.    (You’d think that by now the hometown Sun would…
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Apr. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

Kunstler in Kelowna

Trevor Boddy, in his Globe and Mail column, gives a balanced view of James Kunstler (Geography of Nowhere) and his…
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Apr. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Importance of Beauty

Here’s Planning Director Brent Toderian’s latest blog entry at Planetizen: The Importance of Beauty: A Personal and Professional Perspective…
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Apr. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Canadian Wisdom

Larry Beasley was speaking at a forum – “Framing a Capital City” – at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.  Here’s…
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Mar. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

Toderian Weighs In

Vancouver’s Director of Planning – and Planetizen blogger – addresses the question: Does City Hall stifle good design? Here’s a…
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Mar. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

No Medal for Olympic housing

Globe and Mail architectural critic Trevor Boody takes a look at the  designs approved for Olympic-site housing in South East…
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Mar. 24, 2007 / Gordon Price

Vancouver's Worst Building

As in most cities, there’s lots of competition for ‘worst’ building.  Over at Pacific Metropolis, they’re inviting nominations for “a…
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Mar. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

An Era Shifts in Portland

Randy Gragg, one of the best writers on urban design and architecture in America, profiles a Portland developer, Joe Weston,…
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Feb. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Forum for West Point Grey

Architect Rick Balfour comes up with more audacious ideas before breakfast than most of us have in a year. (He…
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Feb. 04, 2007 / Gordon Price

Architect against Iconic-ism

Architect Bing Thom recommended I read this piece from the Tyee on the prospects for the Larwell Park site (just…

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