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Jun 11, 16 •
7311 Views •
Skyscraper, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
3,708 Comments
Architect: Kengo Kuma Status: Proposal...
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Jun 7, 16 •
7418 Views •
Skyscraper, Sustainability, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
3,828 Comments
Architect: Henriquez Partners Architects Completion: ...
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Feb 2, 16 •
2257 Views •
Articles, Lighting, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
130 Comments
Lighting designer Matthew McCormick on how the illumination of interior spaces has improved over the past year, what the global marketplace is looking for now and the perfect marriage that every designer yearns for. . .1. How did the ability to design...
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Dec 28, 15 •
1898 Views •
Affordable Housing, VANCOUVER, Video •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
1 Comment
Earlier this year the Vancouver Design Nerds Society (VDNS), a collaborative group of young designers who facilitate, promote and support positive social, environmental and urban transformation, held an event called re:THINK HOUSING Ideas Jam. Young...
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Dec 16, 15 •
1723 Views •
Architects, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
4 Comments
. By Phil Roberts… . In the production of culture, architecture is simultaneously a producer and a product. This is a belief held by Mark Ritchie, principal and co-founder at Architecture Building Culture (ABC), a firm whose name promotes that belief. ....
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Oct 15, 15 •
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Articles, Best of 2015, Métacité, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
2 Comments
Matt Grant, Creative Director at LNG Studios, on virtual reality, drones, 3D scans, and how immersive experiences can bridge the gap between pre-built perceptions and post-construction reality. Phil Roberts: Virtual Reality has been a part of popular culture...
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Aug 27, 15 •
1465 Views •
Métacité, Sustainability, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
66 Comments
Green building consultancy firm, Recollective on what it means to be a B-corporation and sustainable projects in Metro Vancouver. Responses provided by Eleanor Kroeger . 1. How has your status as a certified B-Corporation influenced your work? It’s hard...
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Jul 21, 15 •
2149 Views •
Architects, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
Comments Off on What Happens When You Love Your Job
By Phil Roberts… . Even with all the innovation that surrounds us meant to facilitate our lives and save time, there are still not enough hours in a day. In many professions, faster computers gave people more time, which allowed them to do more work,...
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Apr 11, 15 •
2605 Views •
Architects, Best of 2015, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
Comments Off on How Architecture Creates New Human Patterns
GBL Architects on emergent architecture, projects that create social-interaction, communal well-being and the advantages of planting trees on rooftops. . 1. Why do you believe that your work is emergent? Our design philosophy has always been based around...
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Apr 8, 15 •
2686 Views •
Best of 2015, Landscape Architecture, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
Comments Off on How Landscape Architecture Deals With Climate Change
By Phil Roberts… . It’s a wonderful feeling when you’ve been encouraged to join an initiative that’s a natural extension of your values. For Ken Larsson and David Stoyko, principals at Vancouver-based Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture...
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Mar 28, 15 •
3042 Views •
Best of 2015, Landscape Architecture, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
2 Comments
By Phil Roberts… . Architecture is more than buildings. As the global conversation about cities continues, it is obvious that we see our cities not as a collection of buildings, but as an interconnected set of landscapes. For Greg Smallenberg, one of...
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Jan 2, 15 •
3977 Views •
Q+A, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
1 Comment
An executive producer and an urban planner give answers to our question of the week. David Bouck is the Executive Producer of Means of Production, a company that produces TV commercials, feature films, music videos and promos: Over the last 25 years Vancouver...
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Nov 29, 14 •
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Architects, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
No Comments
By Phil Roberts… Piers Cunnington knows the value of transferable skills. The former IT business analyst turned architect is finding joy creating tangible solutions. Piers, along with Clinton Cuddington, are partners of Measured Architecture, a...
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Nov 28, 14 •
2324 Views •
VANCOUVER, Video •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
No Comments
French architect Dominque Alba believes that Vancouver and Paris share a few things in common. In a recently release video interview from Vis-à-vis Architecture 2012 produced by Naza Productions, the Director of the Paris Urban Planning Agency (APUR) says...
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Oct 28, 14 •
3400 Views •
Architects, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
97 Comments
Architect D’arcy Jones on daily life from the perspective of small projects, prefabricated cabins and the picturesque site of 24 Sussex Drive. 1. Describe how ‘lil’ projects enhance the landscape and the interesting moments they create. A...
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Oct 20, 14 •
2753 Views •
Architects, Retail, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
142 Comments
We asked architect Marianne Amodio about the inherent importance of uselessness and about the way we live and shop. 1. Why does your practice propose “weirdness” as a concept and believe that uselessness has an “inherent...
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Aug 30, 14 •
3482 Views •
Architects, Renovation, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
Comments Off on 564 Beatty Street: A Downtown Vancouver development done right
By James Bligh… The partnership of developers and city planners has left cities stung on frequent occasion. Developers are perceived by some to be driven solely by the fiscal opportunities inherent within land, while city planners seem to be...
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Jun 10, 14 •
3926 Views •
Architects, International, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
101 Comments
We asked Michael Leckie, one of the principals of Vancouver-based Campos Leckie Studio, about the importance of discovery in design and the textural differences between projects. Your website states that your firm is committed to a rigorous process...
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Apr 29, 14 •
3968 Views •
Articles, Museum, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
344 Comments
One graduate student’s proposal for what the new Vancouver Art Gallery could look like if it was designed by the great Finnish architect and designer, Alvar Aalto By James Bligh… The Vancouver Art Gallery is moving. Due to size and...
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May 24, 13 •
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Articles, VANCOUVER •
sixty7 Architecture Road •
279 Comments
By…Riley Syjuco Vancouver Special is a term that is used to refer to houses that were built with a particularly bland architectural style, roughly between the 1960’s to the 1980’s. These homes were...
