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Water City Design: Vancouver
Since arriving in Vancouver, I've realized that we are part of a peer group of international water cities. Through waterfront design conferences where the same cities seem to get invited time and time again, or through deeper and more interactive c...
17 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 6 days ago
topics: design, planning
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Laneway Housing moves forward in Vancouver
When Vancouver City Council approved the new EcoDensity Charter and Initial Actions earlier this year, among these was a prioritized action to further develop the idea of laneway housing. The issues and options report relating to this work program ...
15 views | aggregated: 3 weeks 2 days ago
topics: ecodensity
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Malls needn't wait for failure, to Re-Urbanize
One of Vancouver's most recent significant planning exercises is noteworthy not simply because of the merits of its process or its resulting planning and design vision, but perhaps more so because of the new model it may represent to North American m...
23 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 10 hours ago
topics: design, planning
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Testing Vancouver's Urbanism by Pedal and Foot
I occasionally get accused locally of being too much of a booster for Vancouver's success and reputation in city-building and urban design. Although I usually tend to mix in a healthy dose of constructive candour on how we need to improve, if t...
18 views | aggregated: 9 weeks 2 days ago
topics: design, urban-design
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Vancouver's New Policies for Greener Buildings and Large Sites
In my recent post outlining Council's approval of the EcoDensity Charter and Initial Actions I referenced that two new rezoning policies approved by Council (Actions A-1 and A-2) may give Vancouver the highest green requirements for private-sector bu...
34 views | aggregated: 19 weeks 3 days ago
topics: design, ecodensity
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EcoDensity Approved in Vancouver
After two years of intensive dialogue and debate, education (in all directions) and idea-development, Vancouver's concept of EcoDensity has been translated into Council-approved policy and actions. In past posts I've outlined aspects and steps of thi...
28 views | aggregated: 22 weeks 3 days ago
topics: density, ecodensity, sustainability
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Public Input by Blog (Or, care to comment on the new EcoDensity Charter? )
I believe it's very likely that within a few years, planning departments will be using blogs, and perhaps other social networking site options, as approaches to public input on planning policy or development applications. Perhaps some are doing it al...
48 views | aggregated: 27 weeks 10 hours ago
topics: ecodensity, planning
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Public Input by Blog (Or, 'Care to Comment on the New EcoDensity Charter?')
I believe it's very likely that within a few years, planning departments will be using blogs, and perhaps other social networking site options, as approaches to public input on planning policy or development applications. Perhaps some are doing it al...
42 views | aggregated: 27 weeks 10 hours ago
topics: ecodensity, planning
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The Case for Density in Sustainable Cities
One of the many signs that green development and design is reaching a tipping point toward becoming business-as-usual, is the quantity of articles and writings on the subject in what might be considered mainstream land development publications. Cas...
29 views | aggregated: 29 weeks 3 days ago
topics: density, design
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The Link between Density and Affordability
Since its launch, one of the three primary goals of Vancouver's EcoDensity Initiative has been to use density, design and land use to strategically assist with the City's growing challenges around affordability. Over the course of the long public d...
44 views | aggregated: 30 weeks 2 days ago
topics: density, design, ecodensity
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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