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Book Review – New Museums in China
Museums in China are booming. Their unique forms and innovative structures stand out among the more mundane buildings of China’s explosive urban growth, announcing that the country’s new money is...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 8 – 14
TRANSPORT City eyes further retail expansion, transit-oriented development for Edmonton Transit [Metro News] Poor transit options leave many Edmonton region seniors who are unable to drive isolated:...
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Book Review – Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable...
Author: Jared Green (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015) Sometimes the strongest way to get a message across is through simplicity. When dealing with a topic as broad as a “sustainable world” it...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 15 – 21
TRANSPORT Oliver community seeking opinions on Jasper Avenue renewal [CTV News] New ETS scheduling software module saves $27 million in capital costs [City of Edmonton] City councillor takes Uber...
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Reimagine YEG: Blatchford Control Tower
Image rendering created by Michael Zabinski. The image is fictional and does not serve as official material for the Blatchford redevelopment. For more Spacing articles on Blatchford: Celebrating...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 22 – 28
TRANSPORTATION City of Edmonton promising to take “local experience” into account for crosswalk decisions [Metro Edmonton] Edmonton councillors move to act on traffic calming [Metro Edmonton] Edmonton...
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Brutalism’s Renaissance?
Brutalism took centre stage a few days ago in Edmonton with a visit by professor Robert Bruegmann from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A noted architectural critic, he argues that brutalism may...
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SPACING: Celebrate release of summer issue & Jane Jacobs Prize winners
WHAT: Summer 2015 issue release party & Jane Jacobs Prize ceremony WHEN: Wed., July 15th, 7-11:30pm (Prize ceremony runs from 8-8:30pm) WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 344) / 1395 Lake Shore...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 29 – July 5
TRANSPORT Why trucks keep getting stuck under the High Level Bridge [Edmonton Journal] Why some of Edmonton’s taxi drivers welcome Uber [Metro News] City says it’s improving crosswalk safety, but some...
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Book Review From The Stacks: Cotton Worldwide
Authors: Hans Peter Jost, Christina Kleineidam (Lars Müller Publishers, 2009) Cotton Worldwide is an eye-opening portrait of the international cotton industry. Through writing and photography,...
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Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 1)
For a short time, about a century ago, Edmonton was the home to the only French language newspaper in western Canada. The paper, a weekly called Le courrier de l’ouest, ran from 1905 to January, 1916....
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 6 – 19 highlights edition
(hey, we were on a patio, okay?) TRANSPORTATION Safety issue that has kept Edmonton’s new LRT line from opening a mystery [Edmonton Journal] Mouallem: Too many dirty details could derail Edmonton LRT...
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Porch Parade
Summer is the time to get outdoors, and similar to the opening of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park early last month, the City of Vancouver has once again closed Robson between...
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Book Review From The Stacks: Reservoir
Photos by Bas Princen, edited by Moritz Kung (Hatje Cantz, 2011) There is no unexplored territory left on this earth. Our species, and has touched, developed, flown over, or altered nearly every...
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Visual Thoughts #57
Last VT image: Jericho Beach on a sunny summer day, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator, independent researcher and designer...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 20 – 26
TRANSPORT Edmonton city staff hand back national award as bike lanes removed [Edmonton Journal] Why don’t more women cycle to work? It’s less about helmet hair, more about danger and sexual harassment...
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Cost Effective Improvements for Better Transit Today
Canadian municipalities are confronted with an interesting predicament – our cities are growing at unprecedented rates. For municipalities, this population growth means greater strains on our...
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Book Review – The West Coast Modern House
The West Coast Modern House chronicles the development of mid-century modern Vancouver residential architecture and its continued influence on contemporary practice. The post-war era in Vancouver...
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Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 2)
The period of 1905 to 1915 was an eventful time for Edmonton and, up until the 1912 annexation, Strathcona. The French language newspaper of the time, Le courrier de l’ouest, captured much of the...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 27 – Aug 3
TRANSPORTATION Metro LRT line may open with reduced service [CBC Edmonton] Edmonton deserves more federal cash for LRT, too: city councillors [Edmonton Journal] Staples: Conservatives’ new-found love...
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