Feb 16th 2010 5:53PM
In Vancouver, as in other Pacific Northwest cities like Seattle and Portland, sustainability is an overriding principal for architecture and urban planning. So it was with pride that the city's Olympic organizing officials crafted a public-private partnership in which an inner-city, former industrial zone became not only... Continue Reading »
Jan 15th 2010 9:30AM
With scores of Vancouver residents counting on gold-lined pockets come February, it's becoming apparent that the expected private-rental land rush around the 2010 Winter Olympics just isn't going to happen. And like the storied Russian hockey team bested by an unlikely American squad in the 1980 Winter Games, Vancouver... Continue Reading »
Dec 9th 2009 3:00PM
Never thought you could afford a cool, architect-designed modern house? Well, if you don't mind it sitting on your table, now you can.Vancouver design collective, Creative Room, challenged 11 architects and designers to reinvent the traditional holiday gingerbread house and the results are pretty great. The rules were... Continue Reading »
