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Spacing announces the 2016 recipients of the Jane Jacobs Prize
It is with great pleasure that Spacing announces that Leslie Chudovsky and Luke Anderson are the 2016 recipients of the Jane Jacobs Prize. The Jane Jacobs Prize is an annual award that celebrates...
View ArticleSaint John: Photos of an underappreciated city
SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK — Saint John, more than anything else, is an industrial port city. It is a city that faces challenges, but it is also a place of great potential and opportunity that has a lot...
View ArticleWhy Saving One House from Honda Demolition Matters
HALIFAX – Steele Auto Group has started the demolition of 19 homes to expand a Honda dealership in the core of the Halifax peninsula. Many residents may feel that the issue is a lost cause now that the...
View ArticleDodging the Centre Plan on Linden Lea?
DARTMOUTH – A contentious development proposal is going before Regional Council on Tuesday. Milestone Properties wants to demolish an old, three-storey, 12 unit apartment building on Linden Lea to...
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Uber and the Automated Car: A Slow Unveiling of our Transportation Future –...
Think for a second on the advances that have been made for personal transportation since the automobile overtook horse drawn carriages and bicycles, at the turn of the 20th century. You will be hard...
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Book Review: Downs House II
Edited by Christopher Macdonald, ORO Editions (2016) “Against the varied and positive nature of the houses depicted in this series, it is important to note the essentially fragile nature of their...
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Uber and the Automated Car: A Slow Unveiling of our Transportation Future –...
In Part One of Uber and the Automated Car we learned a brief overview of Uber’s model, and began to look at the sharing community and how this new and rapidly growing sector is taking over traditional...
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Book Review – Studio Futures: Changing Trajectories in Architectural Education
Editors: Donald Bates, Vivian Mitsogianni, Diego Ramirez-Lovering (ORO Editions, 2015) The design studio is a central part of the design education, particularly in the fields of architecture and urban...
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Complexity and Contradiction: The New TELUS Garden Building
[Editor’s Note: This article written by Spacing Vancouver Editor-in-Chief, Erick Villagomez, was recently published in the August edition of Canadian Architect and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to...
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Book Review: Manual of Section
Authors: Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Drawings and different types of visual representation are an important part of the architectural design...
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Book Review – Michael Graves: Images of a Grand Tour
Author: Brian Ambroziak (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005) Between sitting alongside Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier as a part of the New York Five and pioneering...
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Portrait Sonore Vancouver Launched!
Portrait Sonore is a not-for-profit Montreal-based atelier of architects, artists, and musicians who have for the past decade been creating walking tour apps of major Canadian cities. This new...
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Notes from Holland
As an architect on vacation, one does not travel merely to escape the ennui of change orders and field reviews. Time spent abroad in another city is an opportunity to witness firsthand the delicate...
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Legal Progress on the Right to Housing in Canada
According to the courts, there is no constitutional “right to housing” in Canada –at least not yet. This may be changing, however slowly, due to the direct citizen action and litigation challenging...
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Book Review – State of the World: Can a City Be Sustainable?
Author: Worldwatch Institute (Island Press, 2016) Every year since I started writing for Spacing, I have found myself anxiously awaiting the next State of the World book from the Worldwatch Institute....
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