Audio Recordings


Artland Versus Sculpture Park: Choices facing Public Art
October 1, 2009
Charles Jencks

 

 

PlanTalk — Issues and Implications of
six-storey wood frame construction

September 24, 2009
Guido Wimmers, Equilibrium Consulting Inc.; Dave Ramslie, Cascadia Region Green Building Council; Murray Frank, Constructive Home Solutions Inc.

 

 

The Life and Death of Cities: Accounting for Environmental and Social Sustainability
April 30, 2009
Paul James, Global Cities Institute (RMIT) and UN Global Compact—Cities Programme

 

 

Paradise Makers' Series
Greg Halsey-Brandt, David Driscoll, Darlene Marzari
October 3, 2008

 

 

Paradise Makers' Series
May Brown, Marguerite Ford, Jack Volrich
September 5, 2008

 

 

VIA Architecture Urban Design Lecture Series
Toronto Reflections: How Toronto Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Vancouver Christopher Hume, Architectural and Urban Critic
June 5, 2008

 

 

Paradise Makers' Series
The Backroom Boys — Michael Francis, George Taylor, and Frank Kennedy
May 9, 2008

 

 

Paradise Makers' Series
The Developer: Stanley Kwok, architect and developer, has been a key influence in the shaping of Vancouver
April 4, 2008
Paradise Makers' Series
The Activists: No history of Vancouver could be written without acknowledging the neighbourhood activists - hear from Jacques Khouri and Margaret Mitchell.
March 7, 2008
Paradise Makers' Series
Paradise Building: The Challenges of Today's Vancouver
with Brent Toderian, Trevor Boddy, Hadani Ditmars, and Bing Thom

February 1, 2008

Paradise Makers' Series
Ray Spaxman
November 2, 2007

Paradise Makers' Series
Bob Williams
October 5, 2007
City Making in Paradise
June 14, 2007
Mike Harcourt and Ken Cameron talk about what’s in their new book

 

Building Complete Communities: The Noisette New American
May 31, 2007
with Noisette Company principal, John Knott
Solving Homelessness: Lessons from the American Approach
May 8, 2007
with Philip F. Mangano, Judy Graves, Mark Smith
Buying Happiness
May 3, 2007
A philosophers' café with Richard Lipsey and Gordon Price.
Bad Manners
April 12, 2007
How does a tolerant society tolerate the intolerable? A philosophers' café with Douglas Todd and Gordon Price.
Preparing for the Third Wave of Cyclists- Cycling facilities designed for the future cyclists
March 28, 2007
with Gordon Price, Hans Groen and Jack Becker
Shaping the Region's Future: Connecting Land Use and Transportation
March 8, 2007
with Anthony Downs, Brookings Institution
Bing Thom: The Making of Central City and Beyond
March 1, 2007
The Challenge of Sustainability for Heritage Conservation
February 16, 2007. Presentations included:

Heritage Conservation from Historic Sites to Sustainable Development
Alastair Kerr, Heritage Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts

Environmental Sustainability and Heritage Conservation
Susan Ross, Conservation Architect with Heritage Conservation Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada

The Institutional Obstacles to Sustainable Urbanization
Marc Denhez, Author and Lawyer

Case-Study of Mole Hill, Vancouver
Don Luxton, Donald Luxton and Associates and Sean McEwen, S.R. McEwen Architect

Landmarks, Not Landfills: Keeping Canadian Cities Out of the Dumpster
Februray 15, 2007
Marc Denhez, Author and Lawyer
The Role of Rail Transit in Making Cities Sustainable
Februray 12, 2007
Dr. Vukan Vuchic, University of Pennsylvania
UniverCity: The First Seven Years
November 16, 2006
Michael Geller, President, SFU Community Trust, reflects on lessons learned from the building of UniverCity.
Fuels Rush In
November 22, 2006
What's the future of cheap gas in an age of terrorism, peak oil, climate change, fat kids and SUVs? A philosophers' café with Marc Jaccard and Gordon Price
Excerpt: Why are fossil fuels sustainable?
Full Discussion: Fuels Rush In
A Talk With Brent Toderian-the City of Vancouver's new Director of Planning
November 2, 2006
Vancouver's EcoDensity Strategy
Mayor Sam Sullivan
October 20, 2006, Affordability by Design workshop
Affordability by Design - New Possibilities, Old Barriers
Larry Beasley, former Co-Director of Planning, City of Vancouver
October 20, 2006, Affordability by Design workshop
Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Affordable Housing Strategies (legal, financial, supply, regulatory, etc).
Panel discussion with Bill Buholzer, Bruce Haden, Bob Ransford, Jay Wollenberg. Moderator: Gordon Price.
October 20, 2006, Affordability by Design workshop
The Perfect $100,000 House: The Search for Great Affordable Housing
October 19, 2006, public lecture
with New York author and journalist, Karrie Jacobs.
Perpetual Motion
October 11, 2006
What chances are there for media to serve the public good? A philosophers' café with Martin Laba and Gordon Price.