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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleLORINC: 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleTHE 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 :...
View ArticleBook 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....
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBook Review: The Ecologies of The Building Envelope – A Material History and...
Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Jeffrey S. Anderson (Actar Publishers, 2021) Given the number of books I read and review every year, it is rare to be surprised by a book. Like all cultural...
View ArticleBook Review: Ron Thom Architect – The Life of a Creative Modernist
Author: Adele Weder (Greystone Publishing, 2022) Drawing on extensive archival research and over one hundred interviews, this definitive biography – filled throughout with historical photos – sheds...
View ArticleThe Future Fix: Digital Placemaking
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Digital Placemaking Data and technology allow placemakers to...
View ArticleBook Review – When Eero Met His Match: Aline Loucheim Saarinen and the Making...
Author: Eva Hagberg (Princeton University Press, 2022) Today, I think about Aline’s contributions to the field, and to the practice and publicity of architecture. I see traces of her work everywhere,...
View ArticleThe Future Fix: Experiments in Mobility
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Experiments in Mobility It can be hard to convince governments at...
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