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Graveyard for New York’s vanishing telephone booths
Superman certainly has been having a harder time finding somewhere to change lately: the usual street closet / phone booth is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Before the advent of the...
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Cyling Think & Do Tank: Parisian Cycling through the eyes of North American...
This post by Mikey Bennington is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. Riding...
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Long live the monorail: Sydney says goodbye to its monorail
After 25 years Sydney’s monorail is set to close. The 3.6 km loop includes seven stations, located inside buildings, at hotels and near most of the major tourist attractions the city has to offer. The...
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“self-made”: finding cultural identity in Chinatown
How do we design for identity? Two weekends ago, I have had the pleasure of attending a small conference within the Chinese community to discuss topics and raise issues that have been both a struggle...
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Which Canadian Cities Are the Greenest and Why?
By: Julia Taylor Mirror, mirror on the wall, which city is the greenest of them all? More than 80% of Canadians are living in cities – and this number is expected to increase in the coming years. In...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 17 – 23
ALBERTA FLOODS Spacing wishes fellow Albertans impacted by the floods the best. Donate to Alberta Floods [Red Cross] History: When the North Saskatchewan floods [EDM Real Estate Weekly] Alberta flood...
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EVENT: Canada Day Heritage Chinatown Night Market
Celebrate Canada Day this year at the inaugural night market in the oldest part of Edmonton’s Chinatown! Enjoy food, performances, trinket sales, and an artists’ corner, and learn about the heritage of...
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Book Review – From the Stacks: The BLDG BLOG Book
Author: Geoff Manaugh (Chronicle Books, 2009) “What is architecture?” is one of those often joked about yet fundamental questions in architecture and design schools around the world. Over the...
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Michigan town opens a world of imagination with miniature doors
Tucked away in the tiniest corners of Ann Arbor, Michigan secret miniature doors having been popping up since 2005. Children’s book author, Jonathan B. Wright is believed to be behind the tiny portals...
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Edmonton’s Inner-Ring Suburbs
Touring Edmonton with an outsider is the easiest way to get a handle on the authentic architectural identity that the city displays, beyond pointy pyramidal institutions and a swoopy art gallery. Just...
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Come to the Spacing Edmonton Party Zombie Wall edition!
WHAT: Summer kick-off Party for Spacing Edmonton (It’s also our 3-Month Anniversary!) WHEN: Tuesday, July 2nd, 6PM WHERE: The Common, 9910 109 St by Grandin LRT COST: FREE! RSVP: Feel free to RSVP on...
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Cycling Think & Do Tank: perceptions of space and gridlock
This post by Daniel Arancibia is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. Years...
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Copenhagen’s amazing new flip-book mural
If you have ever doodled on each page of a notepad to create an elaborate do-it-yourself animation, then you will love this mural in Copenhagen. The mural is being dubbed as the longest piece of...
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Forget fashion: try this helmet made out of old newspapers
Chances are if you are wearing a bike helmet it’s already more about safety, and far less about fashion, which is why you might just want to try out this crazy looking brain protector. The Paper Pulp...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 24 – 29
ALBERTA FLOODS Spacing wishes fellow Albertans impacted by the floods the best. Donate to Alberta Floods [Red Cross] National Post creates controversy and inadvertently spawns Edmonton hilariousness...
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Mass transportation system boosts transit for the future
This transit system looks like it is straight out of a science fiction film. Part plane, part train, the Horizon System is an entirely electric transportation system. A maglev-style mechanism allows...
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Book Review – Courtyards: Aesthetic, Social, and Thermal Delight
Author: John S. Reynolds (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001) Courtyards: Aesthetic, Social, and Thermal Delight was a different book for me, and I say that with a vastly eclectic collection of books...
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Hug a tree, it might just be saving your life
A new study from the U.S. Forest Service says that “urban forests” could save your life. The study shows “large-scale” correlation between human health and tree coverage in the city and that these...
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Edmonton’s Lost Heritage: a troubling decade
Recently, Heritage Canada listed the Rossdale Power Plant, one of the most significant heritage resources in Edmonton and Alberta, in the top ten endangered heritage sites in Canada for 2013. The...
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Sitting by the fire: artists redesign campsites
This group of artists might just make the old tuna can camper cool again. UrbanCampsite Amsterdam provides a fun redesign of classic concepts, built to make art and design interactive around the...
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