An American stepmother feels like an outsider in the British family she joined. Driving the car pool in her bathrobe doesn’t help.
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Precise Golf unveils its new Ladies M5 High Performance complete set of golf clubs
HAYWARD, CA) – Precise Golf, a global player in high-performance golf clubs, equipment and accessories, located in northern California, unveiled its new Ladies M5 set of golf clubs recently.
The M5 Ladies High Performance Complete Set of clubs w/ Bag includes:
An oversized 460cc High MOI Driver which promotes increased forgiveness on off-center hits for Longer, Straighter Drives.
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Premium multi-compound grips are comfortable and also provide firm, all-weather control
A deluxe stand bag with a molded handle for easy lifting, graphite friendly divider top and spacious pockets for plenty of storage.
Available in Purple or Pink in Regular, Tall and Petite length.
“At just $299.00, our new M5 Ladies Complete is an incredible value,” said Julie Wang, CEO of Precise Golf. “I’d put this set up against any of our competitor’s sets that retail for hundreds of dollars more. Don’t be fooled by the affordable price. These are high quality golf clubs and women of all skill levels can benefit from how well they perform!”
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About Precise Golf
In 1987 Precise Golf (formerly known as Tartan Sports) was founded on the principle of continuing to promote the great sport of golf with “World Class Quality & Service.” Thru the continuous support of its customers and hard work of its staff, Precise Golf has grown from a Golf Cart Distributor to now providing a Full Line of Golf Equipment including Men’s, Women’s and Teen/Junior Sets, as well as Cart & Stand Bags and accessories.
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Book Review: 100 Buildings
100 Buildings by Thom Mayne and Eui-Sung Yi, produced by The Now Institute
Rizzoli, 2017
Flexicover, 262 pages
When visiting the page for 100 Buildings on Amazon today, the "What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?" section lists one book: mine. This isn't surprising, given that both have "100 Buildings" in their title and have been published in the last couple years. But like many architecture books that share some similarities, the differences are also interesting. 100 Years, 100 Buildings features one building per year for the last 100 years (1916-2015), while 100 Buildings limits itself to the 20th century. My book is a fairly subjective sampling of visitable buildings spanning a whole century, given the year-by-year format, while the "must know" buildings in the book by Thom Mayne and Eui-Sung Yi are free from such constraints, as long as they were designed and/or completed somewhere between 1900 and 2000.
In fact, dates are played down in the book relative to the who, what and where of the 100 buildings, so it's hard to get a comparative sense of when the buildings were completed. Nevertheless, I'd wager there are more buildings from the 1930s than 1940s, for instance and very few from the 1980s. This stems from the fact Mayne solicited more than 50 "internationally renowned architects" to create a list of important 20th-century buildings — selective crowdsourcing, if you will. The book then takes the top 100 selections and orders them from most to least mentions. A matrix at the back of the book (also on the cover) lists the 50 contributors (vertical axis) and the 100 buildings from the book (horizontal axis). As can be seen, everybody but Craig Hodgetts, MVRDV, Dominique Perrault and Richard Meier (really?!) selected Villa Savoye, number 1 on the list of 100.
Each building is given one spread with a fairly consistent format, as the Villa Savoye spread below illustrates. There's one black-and-white (typically exterior) photograph, an axonometric, a floor plan, an elevation or section, a paragraph of text, and project data: name, architect, location, dates, and coordinates (N/S at the top edge, E/W at the right or left edge). In terms of the last item, coordinates, these come in handy for those knowledgable in entering them into Google Maps, but their location on the page is a missed opportunity. If they were switched (N/S on the right, E/W on the top) and located on the spread relative to a map, they would give a direct sense of where each building is located on the earth. Otherwise, a global map is found between the table of contents and first entry, but it only lists projects by country.
Of course, with only a spread per building, 100 Buildings cannot address everything such as this. It is a starting point, the book version of Wikipedia entries, compete with a list of references in the back of the book for further exploration. These references, though only 12 pages versus 200 pages for the main entries, are extremely important, considering that the book is aimed at students, at overcoming "a declining awareness of historical precedent," according to Mayne in his foreword. Some of this declining awareness will be overcome by the photos, drawings and paragraph of text about Villa Savoye, for instance, but Tim Benton's The Villas of Le Corbusier, the architect's own Towards a New Architecture, and Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture 1920-1945 will be more valuable in the long run. With this in mind, it's imperative that students using this book have ready access to a library well stocked with architecture books.
Returning to a comparison between Mayne's book and my own (something I never imagined I'd be doing, to be honest), there is plenty of overlap in the selections, even though my year-by-year, open-to-the-public format eliminated many buildings from appearing. Of the top ten 100 Buildings (in order: Villa Savoye, Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Barcelona Pavilion, Centre Pompidou, S.C. Johnson & Son Headquarters, Farnsworth House, Salk Institute, La Maison de Verre, Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, and TWA Flight Center), seven of them are in my book – the top seven actually, with the others missing because they are not open to the public, are too similar to another design, and were in a state of limbo when I wrote my book, respectively.
So for somebody like me, there is little revealing in this book. But of course, this book was not made for somebody like me. It was written for who I was 25 years ago, when I was in architecture school but did not know what or who a Corbu or Mies was, much less how a plan and elevation corresponded to a building or photograph. So I would have loved a book like this to be around back then, a drafting table companion that would spark discussions with my professors and give me jumping-off points for learning about all the buildings that are worth learning about.
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Rizzoli, 2017
Flexicover, 262 pages
When visiting the page for 100 Buildings on Amazon today, the "What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?" section lists one book: mine. This isn't surprising, given that both have "100 Buildings" in their title and have been published in the last couple years. But like many architecture books that share some similarities, the differences are also interesting. 100 Years, 100 Buildings features one building per year for the last 100 years (1916-2015), while 100 Buildings limits itself to the 20th century. My book is a fairly subjective sampling of visitable buildings spanning a whole century, given the year-by-year format, while the "must know" buildings in the book by Thom Mayne and Eui-Sung Yi are free from such constraints, as long as they were designed and/or completed somewhere between 1900 and 2000.
In fact, dates are played down in the book relative to the who, what and where of the 100 buildings, so it's hard to get a comparative sense of when the buildings were completed. Nevertheless, I'd wager there are more buildings from the 1930s than 1940s, for instance and very few from the 1980s. This stems from the fact Mayne solicited more than 50 "internationally renowned architects" to create a list of important 20th-century buildings — selective crowdsourcing, if you will. The book then takes the top 100 selections and orders them from most to least mentions. A matrix at the back of the book (also on the cover) lists the 50 contributors (vertical axis) and the 100 buildings from the book (horizontal axis). As can be seen, everybody but Craig Hodgetts, MVRDV, Dominique Perrault and Richard Meier (really?!) selected Villa Savoye, number 1 on the list of 100.
Each building is given one spread with a fairly consistent format, as the Villa Savoye spread below illustrates. There's one black-and-white (typically exterior) photograph, an axonometric, a floor plan, an elevation or section, a paragraph of text, and project data: name, architect, location, dates, and coordinates (N/S at the top edge, E/W at the right or left edge). In terms of the last item, coordinates, these come in handy for those knowledgable in entering them into Google Maps, but their location on the page is a missed opportunity. If they were switched (N/S on the right, E/W on the top) and located on the spread relative to a map, they would give a direct sense of where each building is located on the earth. Otherwise, a global map is found between the table of contents and first entry, but it only lists projects by country.
Of course, with only a spread per building, 100 Buildings cannot address everything such as this. It is a starting point, the book version of Wikipedia entries, compete with a list of references in the back of the book for further exploration. These references, though only 12 pages versus 200 pages for the main entries, are extremely important, considering that the book is aimed at students, at overcoming "a declining awareness of historical precedent," according to Mayne in his foreword. Some of this declining awareness will be overcome by the photos, drawings and paragraph of text about Villa Savoye, for instance, but Tim Benton's The Villas of Le Corbusier, the architect's own Towards a New Architecture, and Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture 1920-1945 will be more valuable in the long run. With this in mind, it's imperative that students using this book have ready access to a library well stocked with architecture books.
Returning to a comparison between Mayne's book and my own (something I never imagined I'd be doing, to be honest), there is plenty of overlap in the selections, even though my year-by-year, open-to-the-public format eliminated many buildings from appearing. Of the top ten 100 Buildings (in order: Villa Savoye, Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Barcelona Pavilion, Centre Pompidou, S.C. Johnson & Son Headquarters, Farnsworth House, Salk Institute, La Maison de Verre, Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, and TWA Flight Center), seven of them are in my book – the top seven actually, with the others missing because they are not open to the public, are too similar to another design, and were in a state of limbo when I wrote my book, respectively.
So for somebody like me, there is little revealing in this book. But of course, this book was not made for somebody like me. It was written for who I was 25 years ago, when I was in architecture school but did not know what or who a Corbu or Mies was, much less how a plan and elevation corresponded to a building or photograph. So I would have loved a book like this to be around back then, a drafting table companion that would spark discussions with my professors and give me jumping-off points for learning about all the buildings that are worth learning about.
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Ban on Teflon Chemical Tied to Fewer Low-Weight Babies
Researchers estimate that 118,009 low-weight births were prevented from 2003 to 2014, resulting in $13.7 billion in savings.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Air Pollution May Weaken the Bones
People living in polluted areas had higher rates of osteoporosis and bone fractures.
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Trauma May Have Fallout Over Generations
The daughters of women exposed to childhood trauma are at increased risk for serious psychiatric disorders, a new study concludes.
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Today's archidose #986
Here are some photos of Bishan–Ang Mo Kio Park (2012) in Singapore by Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl. (Photos: Trevor Patt, who has more shots of the park in this Flickr set.)
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Clearing the Air on Climate Education: A Reporter Returns to the Scene of Her Story
“There may be emotional safety in talking about your story at a physical remove from where it unfolded. But it is far more enlightening — and personally rewarding — to be there.”
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Adoption and the Single Guy
The child welfare system is shifting its view on a long-overlooked pool of potential adoptive parents: single men.
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A New Kind of Fitness Retreat for New Year’s Fitness Goals
These new fitness retreats exchange pain and suffering for patience and pleasure to help you achieve your New Year’s fitness goals.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
How Running May or May Not Help the Heart
Running marathons may not make up for some of the bad choices we make in our diet and lifestyles.
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Saving the Drama for the Courtroom
Dana and Keith Cutler are trial lawyers and TV judges on a show about cheating couples. At home, their stability allows for grace and understanding.
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Disappointment in Berlin
One of the buildings I went out of my way to visit on a recent trip to Berlin was Dominique Perrault's Velodrome and Swimming Pool, a project I wrote about way back in 2000, one year after the project was completed and seventeen years before I'd see it in person. Each of the main elements is given a regular shape – pool is a rectangle and velodrome is a circle – that is set into the landscape.
[Aerial view nabbed from Perrault's website]
In the text on Perrault's website, written by Sebastian Redecke, "[the] sports buildings are unique in the city if for no other reason than that they are largely underground." This impression held true as I approached the buildings from the east, from the bottom corner in the aerial above – what turned out, unknowlingly, to be a backdoor. Basically I was approaching via the automobile access, which is logically located alongside the railroad tracks.
From there I went left and walked up some stairs to the eastern edge of the project, the bottom-left edge in the aerial above.
Finally I was confronted with the view I was expecting: low, mesh-covered buildings tucked into the landscape. A rectangular one:
And a circular one:
My disappointment with Perrault's project firsthand stemmed from a few things: the landscape, access to the buildings, and the project's edges. All are related, but I'll discuss them one by one. First, in terms of the landscape, one does not need to visit to see how people have created their own paths across the lawns to connect the buildings and perimeter spots or just make their way across the raised landscape. Compare the aerial at top with the one below, where those new paths are visible (amazingly, both aerials are from Perrault's website, one from the project page linked above and one from the urban design page).
[Another aerial view nabbed from Perrault's website]
Normally I don't have a problem with people creating their own paths – while they serve to illustrate design defects they also show how a landscape has been made more democratic, less delegated – but here those paths are combined with other flaws: a notable lack of maintenance across much of the landscape and a thinning out of the 450 apple trees planted as part of "the orchard." The only other people I saw there (about ten of them on a chilly, gray weekday) were cutting across the elevated landscape, most via the new paths.
The second bit of disappointment had to do with access to the pool and velodrome. I walked down the steps (above) to get inside the pool, where I could see an event was taking place, but the doors were locked. This was the case on both sides of the pool building and at the velodrome. Instead of accessing the buildings via the elevated landscape, as seems to be the intention, entrances to the facilities are found in bulkhead structures along the northern railroad edge. (Sorry, I didn't take pictures of them.) So visitors either drive to gain access, or they walk across the elevated park to these access points; they do not descend directly to the individual buildings. This plan illustrates one such access point:
Not only did I not take photos of the bulkheads aligned along the project's northern edge, I didn't take photos of the other edges, which are basically huge expanses of steps connecting the raised landscape to the neighborhood. Here are a few views taken from Google Street View, showing the southeast corner:
The southern edge, which echoes the northern edge in terms of supplying bulkheads to the facilities, but in this case they are closed, most likely emergency exits:
And the wheelchair access in the middle of the long southern expanse:
These Street Views make it pretty clear that the project, though "largely underground," is for most people a – literally, not figuratively – elevated experience. While it's obvious that the raised landscape turns the two main components into nearly invisible volumes surrounded by lawn, it does this with unrelenting steps across most of the perimeter. And this makes me wonder if a flush edge and landscape, instead of raised ones, would have made the outdoor spaces between the main volumes more inviting and usable instead of, based on my brief visit, little used or merely conduits for getting from point A to point B.
This site section reveals that dropping the level of the landscape between the buildings could happen (at least in some places – not necessarily along the railroad edge, based on the plan above), but without allowing direct access to the velodrome and pool it would be for nought. Views into these buildings from the landscape are appealing, but without access the plan doesn't make sense – the only reason to ascend to the landscape is to circumvent it. Without the planning, use, and maintenance of the project's buildings and landscape in sync, what should have been full of potential only exhibits disappointment.
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[Aerial view nabbed from Perrault's website]
In the text on Perrault's website, written by Sebastian Redecke, "[the] sports buildings are unique in the city if for no other reason than that they are largely underground." This impression held true as I approached the buildings from the east, from the bottom corner in the aerial above – what turned out, unknowlingly, to be a backdoor. Basically I was approaching via the automobile access, which is logically located alongside the railroad tracks.
From there I went left and walked up some stairs to the eastern edge of the project, the bottom-left edge in the aerial above.
Finally I was confronted with the view I was expecting: low, mesh-covered buildings tucked into the landscape. A rectangular one:
And a circular one:
My disappointment with Perrault's project firsthand stemmed from a few things: the landscape, access to the buildings, and the project's edges. All are related, but I'll discuss them one by one. First, in terms of the landscape, one does not need to visit to see how people have created their own paths across the lawns to connect the buildings and perimeter spots or just make their way across the raised landscape. Compare the aerial at top with the one below, where those new paths are visible (amazingly, both aerials are from Perrault's website, one from the project page linked above and one from the urban design page).
[Another aerial view nabbed from Perrault's website]
Normally I don't have a problem with people creating their own paths – while they serve to illustrate design defects they also show how a landscape has been made more democratic, less delegated – but here those paths are combined with other flaws: a notable lack of maintenance across much of the landscape and a thinning out of the 450 apple trees planted as part of "the orchard." The only other people I saw there (about ten of them on a chilly, gray weekday) were cutting across the elevated landscape, most via the new paths.
The second bit of disappointment had to do with access to the pool and velodrome. I walked down the steps (above) to get inside the pool, where I could see an event was taking place, but the doors were locked. This was the case on both sides of the pool building and at the velodrome. Instead of accessing the buildings via the elevated landscape, as seems to be the intention, entrances to the facilities are found in bulkhead structures along the northern railroad edge. (Sorry, I didn't take pictures of them.) So visitors either drive to gain access, or they walk across the elevated park to these access points; they do not descend directly to the individual buildings. This plan illustrates one such access point:
Not only did I not take photos of the bulkheads aligned along the project's northern edge, I didn't take photos of the other edges, which are basically huge expanses of steps connecting the raised landscape to the neighborhood. Here are a few views taken from Google Street View, showing the southeast corner:
The southern edge, which echoes the northern edge in terms of supplying bulkheads to the facilities, but in this case they are closed, most likely emergency exits:
And the wheelchair access in the middle of the long southern expanse:
These Street Views make it pretty clear that the project, though "largely underground," is for most people a – literally, not figuratively – elevated experience. While it's obvious that the raised landscape turns the two main components into nearly invisible volumes surrounded by lawn, it does this with unrelenting steps across most of the perimeter. And this makes me wonder if a flush edge and landscape, instead of raised ones, would have made the outdoor spaces between the main volumes more inviting and usable instead of, based on my brief visit, little used or merely conduits for getting from point A to point B.
This site section reveals that dropping the level of the landscape between the buildings could happen (at least in some places – not necessarily along the railroad edge, based on the plan above), but without allowing direct access to the velodrome and pool it would be for nought. Views into these buildings from the landscape are appealing, but without access the plan doesn't make sense – the only reason to ascend to the landscape is to circumvent it. Without the planning, use, and maintenance of the project's buildings and landscape in sync, what should have been full of potential only exhibits disappointment.
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Millennials See Paternity Leave as a Priority
In certain fields, it’s like an arms race for companies to provide the best parental leave benefits for fathers as well as mothers.
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Finally Putting Some Fun in Erectile Dysfunction
Shove over, silver foxes! Cloud pharmacies will save millennial men from shame, sending trendy boxes of Viagra and hair-loss cures direct to home.
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Monday, November 27, 2017
SOMA on Cambie by SDAE Development Co. Plans, Prices, Availability
At A Glance:
- Soma On Cambie, 505 West 62nd Avenue (7765 Cambie Street)
- 1 – 3 bedroom condo on Vancouver Cambie Street
- 6 storeys
- Concrete structure with high-end brick veneer
- Central Location connect to the airport, downtown, UBC and more
- Surrounded by beautiful parks, trails, and minutes away from shopping and entertainment.
- 32 residential units;
- a maximum building height of 21.3 m (70 ft.);
- a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.72; and
- 31 underground parking spaces and 40 bicycle parking spaces.
Soma’s striking contemporary architecture has been designed to complement its natural surroundings. Abundant landscaping around the exterior provides privacy at ground level, while Soma’s rooftop gardens bring the natural beauty of the surrounding area to your home.
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With kitchens featuring leading-edge European appliances and sleek Quartz countertops, every detail of a Soma interior has been carefully selected to add a level of sophistication and comfort to your living space.
Prices and Plans
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Choose from 7 floorplans ranging from studio to 3 bedroom residences
Development Team
As a respected developer of residential, mixed-use and commercial properties in the Vancouver marketplace, SDAE Development’s commitment to quality, value, innovation, and sustainability is the foundation of every project we undertake.
Through a uniquely collaborative development process that combines key insights and market-leading innovations from architects, engineers, contractors, interior designers and realtors, we ensure that every home we build creates an environment, and a standard of living that is second to none. We have a collaborative team that comprises of Vancouver-based award-winning firms, including GBL Architects, i3 Interior Design, Glotman Simpson Structural Engineers, Nemetz Electrical Engineers, Jensen Hughes Consultants, etc.
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This Giving Tuesday, Here’s How to Give
It’s that joyous season when everywhere you look, people are smiling, laughing and — asking you for money. In this guide, my goal is to help you set a plan for giving that works for you.
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New Recognition for Chronic Fatigue
A major shift is underway as far as how to approach treatment of a condition once met with skepticism.
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A Healthy Dose of Guilt
Moral guilt is not the same as shame. When it’s constructive, guilt can make a child feel determined to do things differently, experts say.
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Friday, November 24, 2017
The Windsor 2425 Kingsway – Availability, Prices, Plans
At a Glance
- located at 2425 Kingsway
- 4-storey, mixed-use building with 12-storey tower
- 120 condominiums, 6 townhomes
- 9,000 sq ft of retail space
- large shared amenity roof deck & garden
- near Nanaimo Skytrain station
- walking distance to Kingsway restaurants & shopping
Elevated Vision
The Windsor is a new 12-storey, mixed-use development coming to Norquay Village, along Kingsway, in the heart of Vancouver. Located on one of the highest points in the city, The Windsor is designed to take advantage of the stunning, unobstructed and endless views of the downtown skyline, North Shore mountains, and beyond.
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Norquay Village, a new master-planned community in Vancouver, is a vibrant, diverse district with deep roots and a clear vision for the future. It’s an energetic, walkable neighbourhood with a rich mix of shops, services and community amenities. The Windsor is led by Imani, a Vancouver-based developer with a track record of projects that complement their communities. They share the vision for the community, and believe The Windsor presents a bold opportunity to be part of something special, something historic.
Pricing for The Windsor
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Floor Plans for The Windsor
The Windsor will offer a mix of 67 x 1-bedroom, 38 x 2-bedroom, and 21 x 3-bedroom homes, of which six are laneway townhouses. Contact me to discuss availability and plans according to your needs.
strong>Amenities at The Windsor
Residents will have use of a rooftop amenity area that includes a lawn, lawn chairs & patio umbrellas, childrens play area, covered dining area with barbecue and sinks, a play hut, and gardening beds. Many units are provided with either a balcony, solarium, or private roof deck.
Parking and Storage
The Windsor will provide 34 commercial and 132 residential vehicle spaces in two levels of underground parking, as well as six bicycle stalls for commercial tenants and 164 stalls for residents. There will also be one commercial and one residential loading bay.
Maintenance Fees at The Windsor
TBD.
Developer Team for The Windsor
With more than thirty years of construction and development experience in Vancouver, Imani Development has been involved in some of the most iconic buildings in the Lower Mainland – big, complex, city-defining projects. Today, we are applying that understanding to new collections of homes across Metro Vancouver – design-focused homes built for the people who will invest in, and live in, our city for the long term.
Ankenman Marchand Architects is experienced in a broad spectrum of architectural, urban design, and community planning projects, including multi-residential developments, commercial projects, heritage restoration, and resort planning. At AMA, fresh ideas are paired with technical skill to produce award-winning results. Their multi-disciplinary team finds thoughtful solutions to clients’ needs, using sustainable building practices and building information modelling. AMA’s strengths are in quality of service and the form and function of the resulting architecture.
i3 is a multi-disciplinary design firm offering a full range of services to both single- and multi-family home builders. Their areas of expertise cover the complete range of project needs from the most preliminary design stages to final completion.
Expected Completion for The Windsor
Sales begin this fall. The completion date has yet to be announced.
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Cascade City 7100 Elmbridge – Plans, Prices, Availability
At a Glance
- located at Elmbrige Way & Gilbert Road
- 15-storey, mixed-use twin towers
- 257 market condominiums
- over 30,000 sq ft of amenity space
- close to Oval Community Centre
- near Fraser River trails
- goal of LEED Silver certification
West Coast Modernism
Coming this fall to Richmond, Landa Global is proud to introduce Cascade City. Comprised of two 15-storey towers rising above an expansive podium, Cascade City’s architectural contours are inspired by the principles of West Coast Modernism and the movement of the neighbouring Fraser River. This focus on the surrounding environment extends into the interiors of the building. Featuring floor-to-ceiling glazing and the largest balconies in the city, every home has been designed to maximize exposure to natural light and access to the outdoors.
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Bordering on the majestic Fraser River, the Richmond Oval Community is quickly becoming one of Greater Vancouver’s most sought-after places to live. With incredible civic amenities like the Oval Community Centre and a vast number of verdant parks, this centrally and convenient location has everything you could ask for. The stunning natural setting includes dozens of walking and biking trails along the riverfront and to the ocean. With close proximity to the airport, highways, SkyTrain, and Vancouver, getting around is easy. Everyday necessities are also at your doorstep at Cascade City. Many shops and services are within walking distance.
Pricing for Cascade City
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Floor Plans for Cascade City
Cascade City will offer a mix of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom homes. Those with a serious interest to purchase should contact me to discuss availability and plans according to your needs.
Amenities at Cascade City
Cascade City will provide residents with 6,845 sq ft of indoor and 25,305 sq ft of outdoor common amenity space. Indoor amenities include a large gym with change rooms on the ground level. A lounge is provided on the third level. A larger amenity space with a combination of entertainment and media rooms is on the fourth level. It has access to a large, multi-purpose outdoor amenity space on the top of the parking podium.
Additional south- and west-facing amenity spaces are located on the podium roof. These feature hot tubs, landscaped hills, a communal fire pit, a badminton lawn, strolling paths, and outdoor adventure play. All common outdoor areas are provided with automatic irrigation and gas hookups.
All homes are provided with small or large balconies or small or large roof patios. The top suites also have rooftop decks accessed by a stair hatch.
Parking and Storage
Parking is located in a four-storey podium with 377 vehicle spaces, of which 55 are for visitors, and three loading spaces. Bicycle storage is located in secure rooms on the ground level that are accessible from the street and the interior of the parkade. Public bike racks are provided on the ground level at the corner of Elmbridge Way and Gilbert Road.
Maintenance Fees at Cascade City
TBD.
Developer Team for Cascade City
With a history extending almost 30 years, and business operations stretching from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland to the North American market, Landa has built its success on its unique vision, rich experience, genuine quality and positive enterprising spirit.
Arno Matis Architecture believes that contemporary forces of globalization and fragmented specialization demand new responses to the shaping of human environments. AMA’s interest in design integration engages projects in the typically unexplored hybrid space between architecture, urban planning, and landscape; working within the disciplines and blurring the lines between them. Each AMA project is an archetype of the unique characteristics of site, its social, cultural, economic and ecological context, and the unique skills and personalities of its stakeholders. AMA strives for responsive and balanced design solutions beyond the utopian that serve the present and point to an unimaginably exciting future.
Established in 1983, Rafii Architects is a Vancouver architectural firm offering comprehensive services in architecture, urban design, planning, and interior design. Rafii Architects provides client-focused consultation with a collaborative approach to each project. Their reputation is characterized by a proven ability to work with public officials and challenging client programs, while maintaining a timeless and refined design philosophy. Rafii’s extensive portfolio includes many well-received projects throughout the Greater Vancouver area, Vancouver Island, Alberta, and the US with particular recognition for high-rise residential and mixed-use projects.
Expected Completion for Cascade City
Phase 1 sales start November 2017. Completion TBA.
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Campbell Residences Cambie Village Plans, Prices, Availability
Campbell Residences at 2850 Yukon St, Vancouver
At A Glance
- Eight spacious boutique Townhomes
- Located in the heart of Cambie Village
- Unique heritage charm and modern luxury
- The charm of heritage preservation
- Unparalleled level of comfort and luxury
- walking distance to all local amenities, shopping, restaurants, and parks
- Set along a serene tree-lined street in Cambie Village
Located in the heart of Cambie Village. This unique development seamlessly integrates the charm of heritage preservation with the modern luxury of new construction to create a true one-of-a-kind home ownership experience. The collection of eight spacious townhomes have been meticulously thought-out and planned in order to provide homeowners with an unparalleled level of comfort.
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Campbell Residences is set along a serene tree-lined street in Cambie Village, with convenient access to all urban amenities
Parking
To be announced
Development Team for Campbell Residences
The team at South Street Development Group is guided by an unwavering pursuit of excellence and a commitment to provide an unparalleled sense of responsibility for the projects we design and the homes we build. Here at South Street, we understand the impact that our projects have on the community and we pride ourselves on our ability, to be honest in our actions and to follow through on our commitments. We make good decisions based on long-term goals rather than short-term gain and we strive to design and build our projects in a sustainable, environmentally sensitive way.
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Winning the College Contest Means Everything Is Rosy, Right?
Some of the youngest Modern Love contributors weigh in on the impact of writing and publishing their essays.
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Kiran Gandhi, Former M.I.A. Drummer, Releases Feminist Music Project
The outspoken activist made headlines when she ran the London Marathon while “free-bleeding.”
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An Optimist’s Guide to Divorce
She fell in love with a married man. He told his wife he wanted to split up. How did they all end up as close friends?
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The Weekly Health Quiz: Sex, Salt and Dogs
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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A Foster Child of the Opioid Epidemic
Addiction, prison and homeless shelters damaged our family but did not destroy us.
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Why Tobacco Companies Are Paying to Tell You Smoking Kills
Court-ordered ads, which will start appearing on Sunday, are “corrective statements” about the health risks and addictive nature of smoking.
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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Correcting a Co-Worker’s Grammar: Helpful or Hurtful?
And: a sister’s boyfriend using apps on the down-low; a bothersome noisy garden tool; and a dissatisfied vegan at the dinner table.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Thanks a Lot! New Reasons Not to Eat Cookie Dough
A new study confirms that uncooked flour can make people dangerously ill. Turns out E. coli bacteria can thrive in the dry, powdery host.
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2017 Holiday Gift Books
This year I'm highlighting 33 books by the same number of publishers, arranged alphabetically by publisher – from A+A to Zone. Titles and covers link to Amazon for easy gift-buying.
A+A Books
Álvaro Siza Architectural Guide: Built Projects
Edited by Maria Melo, Michel Toussaint
Black Dog & Leventhal
Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans
By Judith Dupré
Hatje Cantz
Álvaro Siza: Neighbourhood: Where Alvaro Meets Aldo
Edited by Roberto Cremascoli, Nuno Grande
Lars Müller
OfficeUS Manual
Edited by Eva Franch, Ana Miljački, Carlos Minguez Carrasco, Jacob Reidel, Ashley Schafer
The MIT Press
Learning from Las Vegas (facsimile edition)
By Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour
Park Books
SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey
Edited by Oliver Elser, Philip Kurz, Peter Cachola Schmal
Quart
Zurich Housing Development 1995–2015
Edited by Heinz Wirz, Christoph Wieser
Spector Books
Frei Otto: Thinking by Modeling
Edited by Georg Vrachliotis, Joachim Kleinmanns, Martin Kunz, Philip Kunz
Zone Books
Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability
By Eyal Weizman
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A+A Books
Álvaro Siza Architectural Guide: Built Projects
Edited by Maria Melo, Michel Toussaint
Actar
By Interboro Partners
a+t
Caruso St. John Architects, Javier Mozas, Aurora Fernández Per
Birkhäuser
By Edgar Stach
Black Dog & Leventhal
Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans
By Judith Dupré
CCA/Sternberg
Edited by Andrew Goodhouse
Frame Publishers
By Julien De Smedt, Julien Lanoo
Harvard University Press
By Reinier de Graaf
Hatje Cantz
Álvaro Siza: Neighbourhood: Where Alvaro Meets Aldo
Edited by Roberto Cremascoli, Nuno Grande
Images Publishing
By Krueck + Sexton Architects
Island Press
By John Cary
Jovis
Edited by Eduard Kögel
Lars Müller
OfficeUS Manual
Edited by Eva Franch, Ana Miljački, Carlos Minguez Carrasco, Jacob Reidel, Ashley Schafer
Laurence King
By Colin Davies
Lund Humphries
By Mark Swenarton
McClelland & Stewart
By Patricia McHugh and Alex Bozikovic
The MIT Press
Learning from Las Vegas (facsimile edition)
By Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour
The Monacelli Press
By Amale Andraos, Dan Wood
The Museum of Modern Art
Edited by Barry Bergdoll, Jennifer Gray
ORO Editions
By Ken Yeang
Park Books
SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey
Edited by Oliver Elser, Philip Kurz, Peter Cachola Schmal
Phaidon
By Phaidon Editors
Prestel
By John Hill (yes, me)
Princeton Architectural Press
By Ian Volner
Quart
Zurich Housing Development 1995–2015
Edited by Heinz Wirz, Christoph Wieser
RIBA Publishing
By Terry Farrell, Adam Nathaniel Furman
Rizzoli
By Thom Mayne and the Now Institute
RotoVision
By John Hill (yes, me again)
Spector Books
Frei Otto: Thinking by Modeling
Edited by Georg Vrachliotis, Joachim Kleinmanns, Martin Kunz, Philip Kunz
University of Minnesota Press
By Victor Gruen, edited and translated by Anette Baldauf
W. W. Norton
By Kenneth Breisch
Yale University Press
By Dale Allen Gyure
Zone Books
Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability
By Eyal Weizman
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