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I'm sure much will be written on the observations and learning's from the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Winter Olympics and Paralympics process - at least once all those working tirelessly on it have had some time to catch our breath after next year's monu...
aggregated: 31 weeks 4 days ago | 70 views
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I've been hoping for some time to share some observations about the tremendous planning work underway, to prepare Vancouver-Whistler for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. Alas, the work itself has made such writing a challenge, as we prepare to host...
aggregated: 35 weeks 4 days ago | 49 views
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Over various blog posts through the last few years, I've shared some of the key steps and stages leading to the eventual unanimous Council approval of Vancouver's EcoDensity Initiative. Since then the EcoDensity Charter and new policies have been cha...
aggregated: 35 weeks 5 days ago | 41 views
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Can a city's design culture be deliberately grown and fostered? If so, can City Hall be part of such a fostering, or must it come from the grass roots, from the cultural or design communities themselves? Readers know I've been musing on these quest...
aggregated: 44 weeks 4 days ago | 59 views
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If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be community-building places, attractive for all people then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city. Allan Jacobs ...
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In a past post, I wrote on the plan to urbanize Vancouver's Oakridge Centre, our first car-oriented suburban shopping centre (see past post here for information, report-links and images). Some have asked how the downturn has affected the plans to p...
aggregated: 50 weeks 6 days ago | 36 views
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A new design competition thinks it can. In a recent post, I discussed the value of open design competitions in strengthening a city's culture of design . I explained how Vancouver, often described as a city by design but in past years perhaps lacki...
aggregated: 1 year 2 weeks ago | 53 views
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Perhaps the biggest difference between the design processes in Europe and North America, at the building scale and increasingly at the neighbourhood scale, is in the use of design competitions. I've been fascinated by this difference for some time, a...
aggregated: 1 year 7 weeks ago | 39 views
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In 2008 I took a wonderful trip to Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Malmo, Sweden. Although the occasion involved invitations to speak on Vancouver's waterfront achievements and challenges, it was really an opportunity for me to learn from these ...
aggregated: 1 year 10 weeks ago | 76 views
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As we move into a 2009 full of staggering urban challenges - economic, environmental, social, and leadership challenges - do our planning departments have the passion, creativity and leadership to be what our cities need them to be? read more...
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