The imminent end of the 20-year contract with Astral Media to supply and manage Toronto’s street furniture is a foreseeable follow-up to Spacing’s 20th anniversary. The development of the con...
https://spacing.ca/national/2024/05/03/new-issue-furniture-for-the-people/
Shadow studies often get lost amid the seemingly more pressing issues related to current urban planning and design. However, the relevance of shadow studies has only grown, as cities face increas...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/04/29/s101s-understanding-shadow-studies-why-they-matter/
I walked into a room one day, and for a moment I could literally see the fierce neural blaze of consciousness in the people around me, and the shimmering flux of neuroelectricity radiating from t...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/04/22/seeing-consciousness/
By 2050, an estimated one million new individuals are expected to make their home in the Metro Vancouver area. This projected influx of new residents is in line with the UN’s prediction that 68...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/04/15/noise-the-invisible-pollutant/
The Liberal’s housing, infrastructure and communities minister Sean Fraser is by far the most entertaining politician on the national scene these days, what with his performatively insouciant p...
https://spacing.ca/national/2024/04/05/lorinc-national-politics-vs-local-land-use-planning/
Editors: Martin Søberg and Anna Hougaard (Birkhäuser, 2020) Architectural representations are more than just visual aids—they are the foundational blueprints for the built environment, embody...
Authors: Patrick Condon & Colleen Hardwick Vancouver’s success as a global city has spawned housing prices that rise farther and farther out of reach of city wage earners. Tied to that process ...
THIS EPISODE: Dipping Into Water Data We all know access to clean water is vital. We also know that water quality and access is jeopardized by things like pollution and drought. On the other hand...
https://spacing.ca/national/2024/03/21/the-future-fix-dipping-into-water-data/
Spacing et Evergreen présentent ensemble une nouvelle série de podcast, Face au futur : des solutions pour les communautés du Canada, d’une côte à l’autre. CET ÉPISODE: Vivre en Ville...
https://spacing.ca/national/2024/03/19/the-future-fix-vivre-en-ville-a-victoriaville/
Do landowners own the air space above their properties? “In the 1920s, property lawyers were puzzling over the aeronauts because air travel was just invented,” said Cameron Murray, an Austral...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/03/11/upzoning-shouldnt-be-given-for-free-says-economist/
We are currently experiencing a noetic turn, from a speech-based to a data-based civilization. In the historical analogue world, the relationship between things, words, and images were irreversib...
https://spacing.ca/national/2024/03/05/book-review-hey-computer-icons-of-architecture-rebuilt-by-ai/
Municipalities routinely make land-use decisions that can impact a community’s long-term livability and sustainability. These decisions can also have implications on local government costs and ...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/02/12/municipal-infrastructure-costs-for-housing-highs-and-lows/
Popular culture offers a glimpse into the context of its creator. In the film, repeat viewings reveal that one of the most important elements is the setting, without which the story might not hav...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/02/05/movie-reviews-from-an-urban-planning-perspective-cars-2006/
Dense /dens/ (adjective) 1 marked by compactness or crowding together of parts 2 slow to understand: thickheaded Affordability is so damn complex. In my experience, those who say otherwise are ei...
The UBC SALA James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments is hosting a series of events to explore the challenges and opportunities for local democracy both here in our region and be...
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/01/18/sala-spring-event-series-2024/