The DVBIA asked 11,000 people who live, work, and visit downtown to share their dreams for the future of downtown Vancouver. This is what they said.
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Video: Tilt City — Engaging the Streets
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…
Video: No Fun City
This video has been making the rounds this week. Is Vancouver a No Fun City?
Democracy is a Design Problem [Video]
Dana Chisnell discusses how democracy can be improved by designing user experience for government and public in mind at CreativeMornings Vancouver on August 7, 2015.
On the retirement of my father, Dr. Alan Artibise
My father, Alan Artibise, officially retired today after a 44 year career in academia.
Re-Imagining Urban Space in Vancouver [Video]
Ali Butcher knows the built forms of our cities expose something about our values and priorities. In his TEDxJacksonville talk, Redefining Space: Creativity and Sustainability in the City, Butcher first examines the shared historical narratives of Jacksonville and Vancouver, BC, and then charts where the cities’ values and growth patterns have diverged. Butcher challenges us to pursue a new urban…
You Hold the (Co-op Housing) Key [Video]
Members of housing co-ops in BC tell the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia (CHF BC) why it’s so important to find a rent supplement solution for low-income co-op members when federal subsidies end.
Short Film: IN A CITY [Video]
“In a City” takes an intimate look at the cities we live in by the simple and solitary act of walking through them.
The Place they call Cascadia [Video]
Here’s an interesting segment on Cascadia that was recent featured on CBC’s ‘The National’ news program. It looks at regional identity, sports and the move for its own country.
Another TEDx Talk—The suburbs are dying: Leigh Gallagher
Leigh Gallagher is an Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune magazine. Her first book, ‘The End of the Suburbs’, was published in August 2013.