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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. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

Motorways to Waterways: The Utrecht Moat

The Utrecht City Moat is the Cheonggyecheong* of Europe – the demolition of an underused motorway for an historically significant…
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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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Sep. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Heineken Describes Discussion Brilliantly. Over a Beer.

Kathryn Regan posted on social media this pre-pandemic commercial short from Heineken that takes a different approach to selling a…
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Sep. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Vancouver’s Rain Returns: Welcome to Petrichor

If you live in Metro Vancouver you know this scent, but you may not know its scientific name. Yesterday Jeffrey…
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Sep. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Rainbow’s End on Vancouver’s Arbutus Greenway

With thanks to City of Vancouver’s Catherine Sinasac for reminding ua about the upside to a day of pretty constant…
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Sep. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

The best places in the world to work from home

Here’s a list (found on a list of the 24 underrated web sites) that has been compiled by Nomadlist of…
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Sep. 14, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Why Virtual is not Enough: Craving the Contact & Connectivity of Public Spaces

Pandemic times have amplified something that is already a challenge in cities: Loneliness. The Pandemic has shown the need for…
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Sep. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Uytae Lee: Why Did we make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?

The latest from urban videographer Uytae Lee. Front yard businesses used to be common all across Vancouver, why did we…
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Sep. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Public Salon: The Ideas Of Alain Bertaud.

Alain Bertaud will share his insights into making a great city with special attention to the Vancouver context. The ideas…
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Sep. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

City of North Vancouver As Art Form As Seen By Tony Valente

There has been some remarkable public space development in the City of North Vancouver as has been written about here.…

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