Vancouver – The Solar Ready City
Bordered by the Coast Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver is not only recognizable as one of the world’s most scenic cities but is renowned for its innovative programs in the area of sustainability.
Tagged: Metro Vancouver
BookCamp Vancouver 2010
BookCamp Vancouver 2010 is a user-generated unconference that brings readers, writers, publishers, educators, community builders and the tech community together – for free!
Housing market factors indicate stability in recent months
September home sales in Greater Vancouver were consistent with activity experienced in the preceding two months across most categories.
Vancouver records sharp increase in housing starts
Vancouver is one of five metropolitan areas in Canada that recorded sharp year-over-year increases in housing starts in August, according to figures released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada.
Regional construction job numbers slip in August
Construction employment in the Lower Mainland-Southwest region decreased in August, according to Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s (VRCA) analysis of today’s Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada.
Victory Square Block Party – Sunday, September 5th 2010
If Music Waste welcomes the start of summer in Vancouver, then the Victory Square Block Party is the ultimate way to say good-bye.
There are two million reasons for high prices in Vancouver
What drives Vancouver’s house prices so relentlessly to levels four times higher than Winnipeg’s, and more than half again what Torontonians pay?
It’s simple, says Tsur Somerville of UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate.
“If you want Winnipeg-level house prices here, all you have to do is tear down the mountains and fill in the ocean.â€
SFU hits sour note in quest for world bagpipe title
Simon Fraser University’s pipe band has hit a sour note in its hopes for a three-peat world bagpipe title.
B.C. posts dramatic drop in July real estate sales
A year ago, British Columbia’s real estate markets were rising to a peak in sales. In July, they dramatically fell off it.
Sharp drops in sales in B.C.’s biggest markets led the province to a 42-per-cent decline in July sales through the Multiple Listing Service compared with the same month a year ago, the B.C. Real Estate Association reported Thursday.
TWENTY + CHANGE: Emerging Canadian Design Practices
Twenty + Change: Emerging Canadian Design Practices features twenty-one emerging firms from across Canada working in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. These projects rethink urban infrastructure, propose new models for public space and housing, and examine the unique relationship between the single-family house and landscape.