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Mar. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Another Traffic High for Vancouver

We don’t have many Traffic Highs in this city, so those we do feel extra special. Like the downhill slope…
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Mar. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Colour in Our Housing

In the post below – Colour in Our Social Housing – Daily Scot found examples of good modest design in…
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Mar. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urbanarium Studio: Innovation for Public Washrooms – Mar 10

What do public washroom facilities look like in just, green and thoughtful cities? Access to public washrooms is a basic…
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Mar. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot – Colour in Our Social Housing

Scot has lamented (for years!) the lack of colour in our architecture. (Here’s an explanation from a PT post in…
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Feb. 22, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urban design challenge: Georgia and Granville

It’s the No. 1 intersection in Vancouver: Granville and Georgia.  Canada Line, SkyTrain and major bus routes, department stores, banks…
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Feb. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Symmetry of the 800-block Robson

The permanent closure of the 800-block Robson and its redesign (close to the original vision of architect Arthur Erickson) must…
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Feb. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Lego Evolution From Boys Toy to Universal STEM Building Blocks

Seven years ago Charlotte Benjamin wrote a hand printed letter to the Lego company talking about her visit to the…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Gordon Price

Stopping change (of any kind) in Grandview

It doesn’t matter whether proposals for new housing in Grandview are massive or tiny, there’s a desire or a way…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Good/Bad of Supertalls~Shangri-La Tower & 432 Park Avenue NYC~David Grigg Responds

This week I wrote about Vancouver’s Shangri-La  Tower which at 201 meters is the tallest tower in Vancouver. A “supertall”…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Starchitect Coming to Improve Vancouver’s “Sterile & Boring” Tower Design

  Vancouver is soon to have a new edition of the starchitect interpretation of building with London England’s  Heatherwick Studio’s…
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Feb. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Failing Windows of the Shangri-La & the Foreboding of the Supertalls

Ever wondered what  is a “supertall building” and  how that differs from a “megatall” tower? The Council of Tall Buildings…
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Feb. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Landscape Design & A Legend ~Cornelia Oberlander’s Retrospective in West Vancover

Landscape Architect Cornelia Oberlander with Glen Patterson at Cornelia’s landscape at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. The West Vancouver Museum…
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Jan. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Thin Edge of the Hedge~Sidewalk Users Versus Homeowners, Victoria/Vancouver Edition

CTV News in Victoria  reporter Jordan Cunningham interviewed a puzzled homeowner couple who were upset that someone had called the…
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Jan. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

Turning a Corner on Robson (and Transforming Granville)

From the Daily Hive: … local developer Bonnis Properties and the local office of the architectural firm Perkins & Will…

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