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It is ridiculous that we cannot build infrastructure in this country unless three levels of government are able to remain in agreement across multiple election cycles. This is why Canadian cities have fallen so far behind cities in other countries in terms of infrastructure - particularly...

With respect to geography and Calgary's population, I've always liked this video by Real Life Lore, explaining why so many more people live in the southern Canadian prairies than just across the border in the northern US flyover states. The answer he gives is that Canada really only has two...

It's not being pretentious. This is just how the design process works. There are any number of materials, colours, textures, shapes, you can use. To help guide your decisions, you begin with a concept and then make choices that seem in line with that concept.

I actually think the bigger factor for the next provincial election will not be who's leading the ANDP, but who is Prime Minister. Most likely it will be Poilievre. My sense is that Canadians are more likely to split their vote at the provincial and federal levels. I don't think it's coincidence...

I can't imagine there would be much of a civil war while Smith is still premier. Like Trump, she unites everyone who doesn't like her. As long as Smith keeps hacking away at AHS, banning renewable energy, spouting conspiracy theories, going after trans kids, etc., she'll be a strong unifying...

Such a great video. Jason Markusoff offers a great analysis for some of the fatal design flaws in the property (cutting the mall off from the riverfront with a gated condo complex??? What the hell were they thinking??). The young woman near the end also hits the nail on the head by contrasting...

Calgary's dream of having its own Granville Island finally dies after a decades long terminal illness.

Good architects are able to synthesize diverse sets of views in order to produce an original design that responds to its context in novel, creative ways. When they accomplish this, the community feels like they have had a hand in creating the final product. Community consultation, when done...

Thank god we got this architecture instead of the stuff they're building in Waterloo.

For the life of me, I cannot understand why Country Hills Blvd. and 60 Street NE are so wide. They're only actually 4 lanes, but they're 50m wide! Is this the City or the developer at fault?

I think we're in the middle of a housing affordability crisis that is mostly affecting younger and poorer people. Older, wealthier people who already own homes are the main demographic cohort standing in the way of solutions. I'm sure if we had a plebiscite, rezoning would lose. However, I also...

What? I for one am eager to learn more about what their great aunt's ass thinks about people who don't drive mercedes.

You really see the lag in apartments. What's going on there? IIRC there was more high rise development in this city during the oil crash of the late 2010s.

Only renderporn.

Google maps? Check. MLS? Check. DMAP? Check. SRC? Check. Anti-NIMBY youtube video? Check. Looks like a regulation urbanist desktop to me.

The US Census Bureau definitely defines metro areas at much larger scales than Statistics Canada. Case in point: metro Chicago is 28000 km2 (holding just over 9 million people). Metro Toronto, on the other hand, is only 6000 km2 and holds 6 million people. The "Greater Golden Horseshoe" is...

You could fill libraries with the amount of research that has been done on the root causes of homelessness, as well as the best policy responses to existing homelessness. I'd start with Homelesshub.ca, which is an excellent resource...