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Why we must stop the ‘urbicide’— the killing of cities
The 21st century was supposed to be the “century of the city.” As of 2007, 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and the United Nations has estimated that by 2050, that figure will rise to...
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The Overhead: Non-market housing solutions
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Non-market housing...
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Book Review: 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright
Written by Aaron Betsky and Gideon Fink Shapiro, Rizzoli Books, 2021 This book presents the work and imaginings of this iconic architect in an accessible and compelling form, including color...
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NEW ISSUE: Rain
I’ll place a bet that you cursed rain sometime this season. Spring is rainy, but it’s not yet warm enough for the rain to be a relief from drought or heat. Instead, it’s wet and grey and still a bit...
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Book Review: Architecture of Normal – The Colonization of the American Landscape
Written by Daniel Kaven, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2022 In the weeks leading up to my 40th birthday, I took an epic road trip. I drove east from Los Angeles through the desert highways, pueblos, and truck...
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The Overhead: Fixing the housing market
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Fixing the housing...
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The Overhead: Breaking the addiction to high home values
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Breaking the addiction...
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Book Review: Modern Heritage – Reuse, Renovation, Restoration
Edited by Ana Tostões, Docomomo International & Birkhäuser Publishers, 2022 Modernism was the defining architectural expression of the 20th century – a movement that transformed built environments...
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The Future Fix: Is bike culture inclusive?
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. This is a special, French-language edition. Spacing et Evergreen présentent...
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The 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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Book 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,...
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The 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...
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Book 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...
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Book 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...
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