On Site is hosting a contest to design a new resource town in northern Alberta. The contest rules and guidelines can be found here: http://www.onsitereview.ca/oil My friend and I decided to craft a response to the contest’s initial call for proposals. I know that our proposal is probably a rather unconventional response to a request for… Read More
What I love about Edmonton…
I’ve been trying to write this post for months. Back in January I posted a question on Twitter asking my friends “what is your favourite thing about living inEdmonton?”. Well, I may have used #yeg in place ofEdmontonto save space. Nonetheless, I was overwhelmed by everyone’s enthusiastic response. I asked if it would be okay… Read More
Kirkwall, Orkney
reflections on our obsession with building
“There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and that meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and be served.” (Jacobs 1961: 15) Aberdeen has a bad rap. Students talk of fleeing as soon as possible, and… Read More
