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The Future of B.C. Place

What to do with this concrete white elephant? [And why isn’t there ever any accountability…
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Marshmallow Unbound

This just in today from Paul Krueger, a planner at City Hall, who got this…
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We're in the Green

ArchNewsNow.com – a daily e-newsletter indispensible for those into architecture – has a nice piece…
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The Daily Alarm

More evidence, here in The Independent, that the passivity which characterizes our current attitude to…
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Chinese-style Maple

Architects in China: a cautionary tale.…
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Portland's Living Room

Just in: a response to Price Tags 90 from Brent Belsher. Normally I’d put it…
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No More Indifference

This shouldn’t be necessary.  But I’m going to acknowledge that the new federal Environment minister…
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Earth Art

Pat Harrison of JPH Consultants in Nanaimo clearly has a fascination for Google Earth: “Here…
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Boggling blogs

Wanna see how many blogs there are, just in Vancouver?  Or at least the number…
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Price Tags 90 – Mutual Admirers, Portland and Vancouver

  Hot off the computer: Price Tags 90.  You can download it here. Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver,…
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City versus Suburbs

The City versus Surburbs debate has been going as long as there’s been both –…
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Vancouver Bike Station

Some good news to start the year from Paul Pinsker, the City’s parking engineer: I…
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Looking Forward

Sure it’s arbitrary – but the beginning of a new year offers the opportunity to…
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A Merry and a Happy

A Merry Christmas to all PT readers. Off for the Holiday.  See you in January.…

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