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The Overhead: Women and Children Fleeing Violence

THIS EPISODE: Women and Children Fleeing Violence Women and children experiencing violence need housing options to be able to start a new life free of abuse, survive, and support themselves. But...

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Notes from Britain

For the past two decades, Spacing contributor Sean Ruthen has written several architectural travelogues on places near and far – here in Canada from Calgary to Charlottetown, and in Europe visiting...

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Book Review: Surviving Vancouver

“There’s a tranquil spot at Georgina Point on Mayne Island where I sat in 2021 and looked back across the Salish Sea to the mainland. It was a clear day, the north shore mountains and the towers of...

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The Future Fix: Fighting wildfires with drones and video games

THIS EPISODE: Fighting wildfires with drones and video games Wildfire season has already begun in Canada. Due to climate change, we are seeing more frequent and devastating fires. They choke the air,...

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LORINC: National politics vs. local land use planning

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 policy...

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Book Review – The Artful Plan: Architectural Drawing Reconfigured

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, embodying the...

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The Future Fix: Dipping into water data

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, the...

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THE FUTURE FIX: Vivre en Ville à Victoriaville

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 à Victoriaville :...

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Book Review: Hey Computer! Icons of Architecture Rebuilt by AI

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 irreversible....

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Book Review: The Painter Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray’s Villa E1027, and Le Cabanon

“From the end of the 1930s onwards, Le Corbusier tested the possibilities of mural painting to enliven architectural space. Following a first project in Vézelay in 1936, the walls of the Villa E1027...

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The Future Fix: Preventing Extreme Heat Disaster

THIS EPISODE: Preventing Extreme Heat Disaster With climate change leading to more frequent and more extreme climate events, predicting the next disaster and planning for it is essential. In many areas...

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The Future Fix: Ending Energy Poverty

THIS EPISODE: Ending Energy Poverty Many people across the country struggle to make ends meet. In many cases, that means they experience energy poverty: they can’t afford to use energy when they need...

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The Overhead: Women and Children Fleeing Violence

THIS EPISODE: Women and Children Fleeing Violence Women and children experiencing violence need housing options to be able to start a new life free of abuse, survive, and support themselves. But...

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Book Review: About Architecture – An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings

Written by Hugh Pearman, Yale University Press, 2023 “This guide aims for simplicity. There are short introductory essays to each of the 11 building types, followed by a quintet of individual case...

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The Future Fix: Lac-Mégantic: a model of resilience

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: Lac-Mégantic, un modèle de...

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The Overhead: Community Land Trusts

THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Last season, we talked to a group of people from the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) in Toronto as part of a range of options for non-market housing....

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Book Review: Exploring Vancouver – Ten Tours of the City and its Buildings

Written by Harold Kalman & Robin Ward, Fifth Edition (Harbour Publishing, 2023) This fifth edition of Exploring Vancouver brings the city’s architectural and social story entirely up to date. Ten...

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The Overhead: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis

THIS EPISODE: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis The days of the “mom-and-pop” landlord are largely behind us. Now, housing units are being snapped up or developed by large corporate entities and...

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The Overhead: Evictions

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Evictions Evictions can...

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News from Calgary and Banff

This past month in Calgary, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada held its first in-person conference since 2019, showcasing the recent opening of several new buildings in and around the...

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