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Upping Tacomas Missing Middle Housing Game Tacoma is looking to expand on the accessory dwelling unit reforms of the Home in Tacoma project by planning for new residential density along the citys transit routes. January 26, 2021, 11am PST | James Brasuell | Rubén Casas reports on renewed efforts in Tacoma, Washington to ease land use regulations and encourage the development of Missing Middle Housing. The citys current efforts would "create more housing for more people along more of the c...

This proposal, like other tower projects in the area, aligns with the municipal government’s revitalization plan of densifying much of its city centre with towers and a mix of uses. If approved, it will complete the fourth quarter of the existing development planned for the Bertram Block. Site of the “2020” tower at 1464-1476 Bertram Street, Kelowna. (Google Maps) Existing condition: Future condition: Artistic rendering of the “2020” tower at 1464-1476 Bertram Street, Kelowna. (New To...

Time to diversify our home choices and styles. Here are some winning examples. Scot Hein is an adjunct professor in the master of urban design program at UBC. He was previously the senior urban designer with the City of Vancouver. SHARES Craft beer tastes better. Apply its lessons to how we build affordable homes and liveable neighbourhoods. Photo: Shutterstock. Forty years ago, Molson, Labatt and Carling O’Keefe collectively owned 96 per cent of Canada’s beer m...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles is the latest initiative spearheaded by Christopher Hawthorne, the Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles. Since leaving his post as architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times in March 2018, Hawthorne has carved out a unique and surprisingly wide ranging role at City Hall. Recently I reached out to him to talk about his two-plus years in government, the latest “ideas” challenge (as he ...

December 15, 2020 at 11:45am This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based realtor and Arlington resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Enjoy! Question: I need more living space and single-family homes are out of my budget, so I’ve been searching for townhouses in Arlington, but finding that the options are limited. Can you provide some guidance on what the townhouse market in Arlington looks like?...

Winners to be announced virtually June 9 at a free online event. The rest? Dominated by houses, houses, houses. As Uytae Lee puts it, “it’s either Super Size or Happy Meal.” Lee is an urban planning grad and video whiz who’s made explainers for the CBC and his own label, About Here. He teamed up with Vancouver non-profit Urbanarium for his latest production The Missing Middle Mystery. Tyee writers, me included, have attempted to answer why the planning ethos here is literally go big or...