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Book Review – Michael Graves: Images of a Grand Tour
Author: Brian Ambroziak (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005) Between sitting alongside Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier as a part of the New York Five and pioneering...
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Portrait Sonore Vancouver Launched!
Portrait Sonore is a not-for-profit Montreal-based atelier of architects, artists, and musicians who have for the past decade been creating walking tour apps of major Canadian cities. This new...
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Notes from Holland
As an architect on vacation, one does not travel merely to escape the ennui of change orders and field reviews. Time spent abroad in another city is an opportunity to witness firsthand the delicate...
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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, however slowly, due to the direct citizen action and litigation challenging...
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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 awaiting the next State of the World book from the Worldwatch Institute....
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Book Reviews From The Stacks – Snøhetta Works
Editors: Snøhetta (Lars Müller Publishing – 2009) These projects and descriptions together have been selected to show the wide range, at times informal directions, and sheer energy of some of...
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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 Marcinkoski reminds me very much of a JG Ballard novel titled...
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WWW: Transportation strategies to accommodate new technology
Sao Paulo’s innovative plan for regulating Uber Regulating alternative transportation services such as Uber has proved to be a controversial topic within urban public policy. Sao Paulo’s unique plan...
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Book Review—Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Author: Robert Kanigel (Knopf , 2016) Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs is the first significant biography of the woman who changed the way many of us view and live in cities. And just like...
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WWW: How global cities are adopting new technologies to improve their livability
From highline to lowline: New York City approves the world’s first underground park Faced with the success of the Manhattan Highline project, New York has approved the redevelopment of an unused...
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Book Review—Local Code: 3659 Proposals About Data, Design, and the Nature of...
Author: Nicholas de Monchaux (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Sometimes, you don’t know where you are going until you get there. And perhaps no better statement can be used to describe Nicholas...
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WWW: Improving the viability of bike sharing infrastructure
The high cost of bike shares vs. public transit How can we readjust the pricing of bike shares to be more accessible and economical for public transit customers, particularly for single-ride users?...
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LORINC: Be very wary of Canada’s Trump-lite politicians
What kinds of thoughts, I wonder, were skittering through the minds of Conservative leadership hopefuls Kellie Leitch and Kevin O’Leary when they tuned in to the astonishing scenes of protest from...
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Book Review: Where Are the Women Architects?
Author: Despina Stratigakos (Princeton University Press, 2016) The title says it all. In this poignant, frank, and succinct volume, University at Buffalo State University of New York associate...
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WWW: Rethinking affordable housing
Floating shipping containers as affordable housing A Copenhagen design firm has created new affordable housing units out of refurbished shipping containers that float, tethered to a dock in the inner...
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Parks as natural places for engagement across difference
Ahead of Park People’s first national city parks conference in Calgary this coming March 2017, Park People’s Jake Tobin Garrett caught up with keynote speaker Jay Pitter, an author, placemaker, senior...
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Book Review – People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl
Written by Annie Matan & Peter Newman, (Island Press, 2016) Over the last 50 years, Jan Gehl has changed the way we think about architecture and city planning, helping cities reclaim their public...
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WWW: Rethinking and redesigning every day consumerist objects
France to ban disposable cutlery by 2020 In an effort to reduce the production and consumption of unnecessary disposable goods, France is enacting a ban on disposable plastic cutlery, angering the...
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WWW: Cycling and the city — the bold, the bad, and the beautiful
Innovative new ideas for bicycle parking As cycling becomes an increasingly popular mode of urban transportation cities are experiencing a serious shortage of bicycle parking spaces. To combat this...
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WWW: Designing the just and accessible city
Examining the gendered nature of public transit Recognizing the tremendous impact that traditional gender roles have on how individuals use transit, cities are taking steps to redesign public spaces...
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