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I'm bookmarking this Richard Florida/ Creative Class blog post since it's one I left a long(ish) comment on, this time around the need for buildings to be adaptable.

Tags: retrofit, adaptability, housing, built_environment, comments on 2009-01-15 -All Annotations (0) -About

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In Vancouver, Wendy Waters (see http://allaboutcities.ca/stackable-affordable-fast-and-green-housing/) just posted something about using shipping containers for housing (not unknown here in Victoria, with Zigloo -- see http://www.zigloo.ca/index, right in the Fernwood neighbourhood), and presto-bingo, here's a post about using containers to create (one presumes and one hopes affordable) artists' workspaces! Yes, that would be welcome: someplace for the low-cash-flow creatives to live & work...

Tags: adaptability, container_housing, creative_spaces, o'reilly, shipyard on 2008-02-26 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Essay reflecting natural light usage in Victorian architecture by Spacing Wire's Dylan Reid. "Perhaps, in their appreciation for and management of natural light, our Victorian predecessors can remind us of an important consideration in city-building." I added a comment to his entry.

Tags: adaptability, architecture, lighting, spacing.ca, toronto on 2008-02-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

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