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Building higher dikes may be a losing battle, experts warn

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Kees Lokman, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC’s faculty of applied science, gave comments about the need for holistic flood planning.  

Book review: Little book brimming with big ideas on affordable housing

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Postmedia featured a book by Patrick Condon, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture in UBC's faculty of applied science, that reflects on the lessons about inequality that we learned at great expense during the…

Getting passenger rail on track poses steep challenges

Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage

Patrick Condon, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture in UBC's faculty of applied science, spoke about restoring passenger travel to some of B.C. rail lines.  

Vancouver’s dramatic new plan for broadway: Five questions

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Patrick Condon, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture in UBC’s faculty of applied science, wrote an article about the City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan and five key questions it leaves unanswered.  

B.C. has a new flood strategy in the works

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Kees Lokman, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC’s faculty of applied science, discussed the need for B.C. municipalities to create a holistic plan to help coordinate climate change adaptation and protect…

Environmental concerns raised as ‘iceberg homes’ become more popular

CBC The National (1:25 mark) | | Media coverage

Matthew Soules, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC's faculty of applied science, discussed iceberg homes being a cause of environmental concern.  

Parts of B.C., Quebec could be underwater if the planet keeps warming

Weather Network | | Media coverage

Kees Lokman, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture in UBC's faculty of applied science, gave comments about the sea level rise projections in B.C.  

Vancouver’s upzoning push lacks one guarantee. Affordability

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Patrick Condon, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture in UBC’s faculty of applied science, wrote an article on the proposal to open up the far reaches of the city for rental housing.  

Iceberg homes

CBC The World at Six (23:30 mark) | | Media coverage

Matthew Soules, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC’s faculty of applied science, gave comments about how "iceberg homes" can pose risks to nearby foundations.  

False Creek South plan accelerates development debate

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

Patrick Condon, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC's faculty of applied science, commented on the False Creek South development plan.  

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