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The Five Cs of Neighborhood Planning
I live in a city that is currently updating its Community Plans. This is an historically difficult planning job because Community Plans transcend both broad policy statements (such as the amorphous… more →
PlaceShakers and NewsMakers
The Importance of Health & Safety on a Construction Site
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Importance of Health & Safety on a Construction Site Health and Safety is often regarded as … more →
What Planning Permission is required for a Home Extension?
wrote 1 month ago: What Planning Permission is required for a Home Extension? The government are currently undergoing c … more →
time lapse 4 - cabins have walls
wrote 1 month ago: At this point in the process things have become design build, design build, design build…. The … more →
time-lapse 2 - unveiling the loaf
wrote 1 month ago: This video becomes a continuation of learning how to deal with time-lapse photography in order to do … more →
A Pipe Routing Puzzle
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wrote 4 months ago: Sample Hydronic Floor Piping (PEX tube) Prior to the Concrete Being Poured Puzzles are fun. I had on … more →
Servery Bar / Pass-through Window
wrote 4 months ago: Design Idea 1: Large Hinges One of the things we really wanted to do was to link the outdoor room to … more →
What are we doing? (The Plan)
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wrote 5 months ago: Existing Floor Plan This project has been two years in the making and we are finally getting started … more →
City-Life
wrote 5 months ago: Urban-villages that help you to forget the 2 hour traffic jam. Navigating through buildings and spac … more →
The Sketch
wrote 7 months ago: “Doodle on a Napkin” Any building or remodeling project will start out with “sketc … more →
Project Delivery – Customer Feedback Statistics
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The Five Cs of Neighborhood Planning
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wrote 8 months ago: I live in a city that is currently updating its Community Plans. This is an historically difficult p … more →
Ottawa: Lessons from great Canadian urbanism
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wrote 9 months ago: Ottawa celebrates Canada’s cultural mosaic, its urbanism full of delight and engagement. As wi … more →
Fronts, Backs, and Everything In Between
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wrote 9 months ago: I am fortunate to sit as a non-voting member on a SoCal city’s Design Review Board, which is a … more →
Mont-Tremblant: Cottage Living in the Canadian Shield
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wrote 9 months ago: As the second in a three part pictorial series finding inspiration in Canadian urbanism, I’ve been i … more →
Office Extension - Part 2
wrote 9 months ago: House Extension by Focus Building Solutions Office Extension Office Extension Office Extension Offic … more →
Get Your Offices into a Walkable Town Center!
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wrote 9 months ago: Leveraging your Town Center for Economic Development So far, this series has taken on three of the e … more →
Montreal: Lessons from great Canadian urbanism
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wrote 9 months ago: Ever had a teacher who was so amazing at storytelling that difficult subjects become clear – and riv … more →
Collaborative Placemaking Maps
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wrote 10 months ago: The other day on an urbanism listserv, someone asked for parameters to qualify a new development as … more →
Façade-ectomy: Preserving the Skin of the Past
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wrote 10 months ago: Experiencing the most recent façade-ectomy in Winnipeg has left me asking again the much-debated que … more →
