4 key points to consider — Today, I want to focus on professionals who, after their first or second job, want to bring their career one step higher. …

An informal review of the new developments hitting the city — January 2021 Edition Hello hello hello Vancouveeeeer! A new year has started and the development and architecture community has started the year very strong! Architects and developers have been busy touching up the project they could not submit to…

and what it means for cities — As an architect I want it all when it comes to urban planning. I want cities to be vibrant, pedestrian friendly, dense, flexible, affordable, sustainable and with lots of green open spaces. The standard real estate narrative says that housing prices go up because the offer can’t cope with the…

We are living a disruptive period that has affected mostly how we live, how we work and how we socialize. When this happens, not by human will, but due to external factors, it triggers a need to re-adapt as fast as possible for survival. However, once society has re-established and…

Exploring new housing alternatives that bring a better work-life balance for a new economy model — If something has changed more than anything during this pandemic, it’s the way we work. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis more than 5 million Canadians have been working from home, and recent polls show that this new trend could become permanent to some extend. Based on a poll…

New life for existing underground parking structures Technology has revolutionized our daily life at a human scale from our pockets with the smartphones to our wrist with the wearable. However the revolution has already started at an urban scale. Smart cities and transportation will experience drastic changes in the years to come. A Toyota Prius with modified…

A new exhibition in the lobby of the Vancouver Art Gallery showcases the final design for the proposed building Following the initial design presented to public back in 2015, Herzog & De Meuron and the Vancouver Art Gallery have been busy gathering feedback. …

1 over 4 people in Vancouver report feeling lonely more often that what they would like to. People between 24–34 years report feeling alone 3 times more than other age groups. And 34% of people report not having close friends around them. This feeling of loneliness, contrary to what one…

People can’t wait to go back to “normal”. Governments have started to implement plans for re-opening business and letting people go back to work. However, after adapting ourselves and breaking myths about productivity while working remotely, the question is inevitable: Do we really want to go back to normal? Here…