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UPDATE on Urban Design Forum: 5! – Five Crucial Decades of City Building

An extraordinary lecture series from the new Urban Design Forum at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Part of…
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Sep. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lecture Series: 5! – Five Crucial Decades of City Building

An extraordinary lecture series from the new Urban Design Forum at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. . .…
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Aug. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

UBC Reads: "Don't Even Think About It" – Sep 10

Why, after 20 years of discussion on climate change, do so many people ignore the science and evidence of their…
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Jun. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

SCARP Symposium – 2: Andy Yan

From the SCARP symposium: Planning the Metropolitan Vancouver Region: A Critical Perspective. .…
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Jun. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

SCARP Symposium – 1: Planning the Vancouver Region

Last April, the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC mounted a symposium: Planning the Metropolitan Vancouver Region: A Critical…
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Apr. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

What’s New: Big and Small at UBC – 2

Following up on this post, illustrating the physical changes underway at UBC, here are some images taken yesterday. The bulk of…
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Mar. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

UBC Dialogue: Urban-Suburban Divide – Mar 19

Urban-Suburban Divide: Can you build the life you want at a price you can afford? . . UBC Dialogues: Richmond…
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Jan. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

What’s New: Big and Small at UBC

Lots of change underway at UBC – and here are two of the extremes. Trolleys are now serving the rebuilt University…
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Sep. 20, 2013 / Gordon Price

PT Recognition: UBC’s Public Realm Plan and Improvements

I don’t know if UBC has won any awards for its Public Realm Plan – and, more importantly, the actual…

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