Browsing by Subject "British Columbia"
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Child Labour and Training Wages: Are British Columbia’s New Employment Standards Fair to Youth?
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Dark Honey: A Geo-Architectural Fiction of Extraction and Extinction
(2023-07-13)What does it mean to be human? As a species, we are defined by the contaminations that compose us and that are imposed by us. Spellbound by progress, our techno-hubris leaves no surface on Earth unaffected by perpetual ... -
Living in the Liminal: Finding Resilience in Rural British Columbia
(2022-04-13)Off the coast of Vancouver Island, the first Redwood Cedar was felled for industry only a few kilometres from Tahsis, British Columbia. Since then, forestry remains a cornerstone to British Columbia’s economy and its ... -
Nourished by Design: Public Architecture as Social Infrastructure
(2021-04-09)This thesis reimagines the role of public buildings in urban society arguing that their contemporary value comes not only from providing public services but also from being accessible places for socialization in the public ... -
Seven case studies in sustainable agriculture
(Science Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1991-05-24)Seven case studies of SA (sustainable agriculture) in Canada were conducted in the late fall/early winter of 1990/91. The primary objective was to provide examples of innovative SA practices that have been implemented by ... -
Site Specific Regionalism
(2015)As architecture continues towards a globalized practice, the increasingly standardized approach to building has resulted in an inflation of architecture with minimal sense of place. These designs often impose upon their ... -
Type Nouveau: A Typological Approach to Modern Suburbia
(2016-04-08)Developed in the early part of the 20th century, prevalent in North America in the 1950s - 80s, the suburb as we know it is no longer relevant — particularly within the mid-urban condition. Rising housing costs, lack of ...