Vancouverism: hybridisation and spread of an urban model

Nicolas Douay & translated by Oliver Waine — 2015-06-12T04:50:00Z

The transformation that downtown Vancouver has undergone – which has since become a reference, known as “Vancouverism” – has involved building residential towers and creating public spaces that pay visual attention to their surroundings. Nicolas Douay looks into the origins of these transformations and the ways in which this new urban model has been disseminated.
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Vancouverism: hybridisation and spread of an urban model