Topics: SALA
Should public golf courses be turfed for affordable housing?
North Shore News | | Media coverage
Patrick Condon, UBC professor chair of urban design in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, says that public courses are ideal soil for discount development.
Douglas Todd: Massive Brentwood towers trigger questions about Burnaby planning
The Province | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an op-ed about housing density in Burnaby.
UBC SALA tops Canadian university rankings; Nursing and Engineering take second
| Announcement
The Faculty of Applied Science's unique disciplines rank among the highest in Canada, according to university rankings tables.
Vancouver Park Board fore-goes using golf course land for housing
Global News | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon advocated for the conversion of some public golf courses into land for housing developments.
Building the Spaces In-Between
| Spotlight
When considering a building, we tend to focus on the spectacular rooms inside or the vibrant façade outside. But architect Bryce Rositch believes the “spaces in-between” truly bring a building to life.He’s referring to overlooked functional areas…
B.C. urban planner swings big, advocates for new housing on public golf courses
Global News | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon advocated for the conversion of some public golf courses into land for housing developments.
In practice: Architects Against Housing Alienation on building an equitable housing system
Architectural Review | | Media coverage
SALA faculty Sara Stevens, Matthew Soules and Tijana Vujosevic write about how to decommodify and decolonize housing in Canada.
How to really change zoning to increase housing affordability
The Province | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an opinion piece about housing affordability in Vancouver.
UBC project looks to bridge the gap between climate worry and action
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Taylor Legere, a sustainability scholar and a master’s student in landscape architecture, has been researching better ways to communicate how climate change is affecting the city of Vancouver.
Vancouver's architecture, by design, was never meant to handle extreme heat
CBC | | Media coverage
Architecture professors Sara Stevens and Patrick Condon said that current construction standards in B.C. are not suitable for extreme heat.