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The Seattle branch of the Architectural Institute of America just held a competition on how to craft a better Seattle. Titled Future Shack (great name), the winners were just announced, including Danielson Grove below, a 16-unit complex in Kirkl...

topics: density, housing

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Diane Archibald sends along this announcement of a conference in Rome at the British School that brings together a rather fascinating mix of architecture, planning and archeology. Cultural Preservation Through Architecture, Urban Planning, and Arc...

topics: architecture, planning, urban-planning

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Andrew Pask of the Vancouver Public Space Network writes:I'm currently working on a story for the Vancouver Public Space Network's bi-monthly publication. The subject is Vancouverism a key term from the city's urban design lexicon. Alth...

topics: architecture, density, design, planning, real-estate

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Andrew Pask of the Vancouver Public Space Network writes:I m currently working on a story for the Vancouver Public Space Network s bi-monthly publication. The subject is Vancouverism a key term from the city s urban design lexicon. Although t...

topics: architecture, density, design, planning, real-estate

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Well, it s my favourite. And it s a hundred years old.Forest Hills Gardens bought the garden city movement to America. Designed by Grosvenor Attenbury in 1909 for the Russell Sage Foundation, it was intended to be a demonstration project for the ...

topics: design, housing, planning, transit

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Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. Sam and I went to the Island to catch the Throne Speech, look in on Dockside Green, and see what was happening in Victoria.Dockside Green is coming along beautifully. Five of the buildings are now up, and it's a...

topics: abbotsford, architecture, councillor, emissions, environment

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You may have seen, heard or read about the Great Vancouver Versus Seattle Debate, held by the SFU City Program and VIA Architecture. Well, here s a variation in print: the Portland Versus Vancouver Smackdown.It faces off Vancouver s Tyee, which ...

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God is goods, says the architecture that enfolds retail worship. ...

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ARTLAND VERSUS SCULPTURE PARKChoices facing Public Art 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2009Fletcher Challenge Room, SFU Harbour Centre Charles Jencks will be giving his first public lecture in Vancouver Art Land Versus Sculpture Park - as part o...

topics: architecture, design, richmond, transit, translink

aggregated from: Brent Toderian's blog

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...