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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: April 12 – 19
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Council allows skinny homes and garage suites across Edmonton [Edmonton Journal] Staples: Skinny homes part of Edmonton’s housing solution [Edmonton Journal] New residents’ group aims...
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Debunking Edmonton’s “War on Cars”
A recent opinion piece in the Calgary Herald claiming that the City of Calgary is “ignoring the plight of drivers” reiterated the common distaste for money being spent on active transportation...
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Book Review: Local Architecture – Building Place, Craft, and Community
Sited at the LaHave River estuary on Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast, where Samuel de Champlain made his first landfall in the new world in 1604, the Ghost Architectural Laboratory was started in 1994 by...
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EVENT: Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum—May 13-15, Vancouver, BC
Do you work in urban energy? You’re invited to participate in the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. The pressure on cities and city staff to provide affordable energy services to citizens while...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: April 20 – 26
DEVELOPMENT Lamphier: It’s Pedwaytropolis! City’s pedway network to undergo big expansion [Edmonton Journal] Historic Ortona Armouries targeted for $3.2 million makeover [CBC] Edmonton office building...
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Lessons From Copenhagen: Key Ingredients For A Successful Public Space
Copenhagen is often praised for its commitment to cycling and infrastructure. With 41% of all trips citywide done by cycling it is the Golden Standard Cycling City that many municipalities aspire to....
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What will Alberta’s provincial election mean for its cities?
With just one week left in the 2015 race for the Legislature, Alberta’s provincial election has shaped up to be an exciting contest. Budget questions were the excuse for dropping the writ, but the...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: Apr 27 – May 3
ALBERTA ELECTION Alberta election: Where do the parties stand on cash for transit? [Metro Edmonton] Staples: Parties agree it’s time to build Alberta’s cities [Edmonton Journal] Alberta developers and...
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BOOK REVIEW – Beautiful Users: Designing for People
Beautiful Users: Designing for People is the latest work by writer, curator, and designer Ellen Lupton, which explores the evolving relationship between designer and user through a discussion on...
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Finding our way by bike
This post by Natalie Corbo is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. Google...
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Reclaiming Spaces/Places: Revealing a forgotten Indigenous visual narrative...
Reclaiming Spaces/Places is an ongoing series written by Lacey McRae Williams that shares stories of Indigenous resurgence through public art and planning across Canada, Turtle Island (North America)....
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Alberta’s urban vote breaches the Conservative fortress
In Alberta’s recent dynasty ending election, a 44 year old Tory dynasty went down in defeat to Rachel Notley’s New Democrats. While the NDP had support throughout the province, it was particularly...
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Lessons on rekindling a regional romance: a visit to Hamilton reveals a...
A peculiar day-trip took citizens of Ontario’s capital on an exploration the history and revitalisation of Southern Ontario’s other major urban centre. It’s Hamiltime and Emily Glazer has filed this...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: May 4 – 10
POLITICS Laura Lynn Johnston turns Peter MacKay’s ‘Albertastan’ comment into T-shirt [CBC] Staples: Edmonton expects better deal under Notley [Edmonton Journal] Omar Mouallem: READY OR NOTLEY [Now...
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Use Modular Design To Foster Flexible and Incremental City Building
At Slow Streets we embrace a philosophy of quicker, lighter and cost effective infrastructure. We believe that this approach can yield the same results and quality. Practically speaking, this can be...
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Architorture: The Glass Box
Drawing by David Holdsworth. The post Architorture: The Glass Box appeared first on Spacing Edmonton.
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Accidental Parkland: Toronto Ravine & waterfront documentary + 100in1day...
Hot drone action! White water torrents! Underground rivers! An urban region of six million people and more coming! We need your help to tell an exciting story. I’ve been walking the GTA’s ravines and...
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Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market should see opportunity in park proposal
Proposals for a park along Gateway Boulevard from Whyte Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive were not warmly received by some businesses, the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market organization in particular....
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 1 – 7
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION Read the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada here [TRC] Canada’s big city mayors commit to a new equal partnership with...
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Cartographically Speaking: Canada by Land Cover Type
The series of maps below are a Canadian version of a project called “Minimal Maps” by Michael Pecirno. The original project took a simple view of land cover in the United States and displayed it so...
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