WWW: Alternative housing options not just for the Dutch and hippies

Mutually beneficial housing relationships between students and seniors A Dutch hosing development provides free housing for students... Read More

EVENT: Inclusive Cities—Lessons Learned from Habitat III, December 14th

Date: Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30-8:30pm Location: Dudoc Vancouver #100-1445 W Georgia St Unceded Musqueam, Squamish and... Read More

Housing Central 2016 – Inspiring Talks on Affordable Housing

On Nov 21 to 23, the Housing Central Conference—the biggest affordable housing conference in western Canada—took place at the Sheraton... Read More

Book Review: The City That Never Was

Author: Christopher Marcinkoski (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) The world captured within The City That Never Was by Christopher... Read More

Shaping Vancouver 2016 – What Is The Vision For Chinatown?

Vancouver’s Chinatown is Canada’s largest and encompasses an ethnic mix of different demographics along with many... Read More

Case Study: Harmonizing Character with a Modern Laneway House

Laneway housing can be a positive tool in heritage preservation. When built behind an existing residence as a method of adding density... Read More

Book Review – State of the World: Can a City Be Sustainable?

Author: Worldwatch Institute (Island Press, 2016) Every year since I started writing for Spacing, I have found myself anxiously... Read More

Gil Kelley: The Next Leap Forward

Presented by Urbanarium on September 28th, new City of Vancouver Director of Planning Gil Kelley spoke to a full house of architects... Read More

LORINC: Let’s actually talk about investing in housing

On and off since the early 1990s, when Paul Martin and Joe Fontana concocted an impossibly progressive policy agenda that became Jean... Read More

Legal Progress on the Right to Housing in Canada

According to the courts, there is no constitutional “right to housing” in Canada –at least not yet. This may be changing... Read More