Housing
WWW: Alternative housing options not just for the Dutch and hippies
By Sarah YellinMutually 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
By SpacingDate: 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
By ulduzmaschaykhOn 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
By Jeremy SenkoAuthor: 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?
By ulduzmaschaykhVancouver’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
By Vancouver Heritage FoundationLaneway 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?
By Jeremy SenkoAuthor: 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
By Sean RuthenPresented 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
By John LorincOn 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
By Scott McAlpineAccording to the courts, there is no constitutional “right to housing” in Canada –at least not yet. This may be changing... Read More