Rather than a book you sit down and read, Soft City is a book that invites you to explore what it has to offer. It is highly visual, filled with primary colours, useful case studies, original ideas, inspiring photographs, and helpful graphics. As such, it is highly recommended that you forgo the e-book version and get yourself a physical copy.
On November 4, 2015, I helped organize a unique day of public engagement and placemaking as part of the SFU Public Square 2015 Community Summit: We The City. Together with HCMA Architecture + Design and Tilt Curiosity Labs, we hosted over 100 designers, architects, students and community members who took to the street of downtown Vancouver as…
Rob Adams, the Director of City Design for Melbourne, offers some ideas about how Melbourne’s lessons could be applied in Metro Vancouver .
This week’s news and views for urbanists… (and a few from last week too!)
This week’s news and views for urbanists.
A Place in Mind is the result of Dr. Avi Friedman’s worldwide search for places where people congregate and feel comfortable.
David Engwicht (author, place maker & resilient city capacity builder) discusses the role of placemaking in contemporary society.
My weekly wrap up of news and views on various aspects of urbanism.
Five of my most popular posts on placemaking.
This week’s list looks at how small scale and informal changes can have large and lasting effects in our cities.