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The Best of Urban Design in Calgary

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Our city is looking good and it is partly because of these 11 winners of the 2013 Mayor's Urban Design Awards.

Banff's Frank Lloyd Wright pavilion could be rebuilt

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An historic building in the Town of Banff is still sparking debate decades after it was torn down, as a new projects aims to rebuild Frank Lloyd Wright's Banff pavilion.

The building is one of only two Lloyd Wright designs built in Canada but it was destroyed after suffering extensive flood and frost damage over the course of two and a half decades. The pavilion sat directly on a Banff floodplain but now, three people are hoping to see it reconstructed.

Researching effects of Mountain Pine Beetles in a lodgepole pine forest

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When you think about water use in Calgary, you generally think about the two rivers that run through the city — especially after the floods — but in fact, most of the water we use is from ground water, and Pablo Pina Poujol is studying this water in the soil to help with land use planning.

Design Matters lecture series hosts NO.MAD founder Eduardo Arroyo

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Eduardo Arroyo is the founder of NO.MAD, an architectural practice based in Madrid, Spain whose work combines precision, chance and necessity in search of the unknown.

Established in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1989, NO.MAD relocated to Madrid, Spain in 1996 where the firm continues to thrive, garnering international attention for their thought provoking designs and structures.

Alumni movers and shakers share a little of their post-university lives

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Avenue magazine’s annual Top 40 Under 40 awards were recently handed out to seven University of Calgary graduates. We asked each of them a few questions about life, time on campus, their vices and habits. Their candid answers give us a glimpse into their post-university lives — lives that remain studded with university memories.

MUDA honours condo concept

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When it came to the tallest skyscraper in Calgary and an innovative condo project, the competition was so fierce that the Mayor’s Urban Design Awards had to give an extra prize.

The City of Calgary commissioned an extra bronze statue in the Urban Architecture category from Canmore artist Tony Bloom so it could honour The Bow — a building that has redefined Calgary’s skyline — as well as Olive, a townhome complex by Avi Urban in The Bridges that is helping to redefine how people can live and work in one space.

EVDS alumni worked together to create Calgary's Poppy Plaza

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Whether you’re running along the river, walking from Kensington downtown or driving on Memorial Drive, Calgary’s award-winning Poppy Plaza gives you pause, which is exactly what it was designed to do.

The challenges of controlling urban sprawl

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Three years ago, on October 18, 2010, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi swept up 40 per cent of the electorate vote by giving charismatic speeches and proving himself to be a forward-thinking politician. His platform appealed to both those in the academic world and to those in business. His use of Facebook, Twitter and other media tools shaped his first campaign and made him appeal to younger voters unlike any previous mayor.

Calgary’s urban sprawl - the pros and cons of living large

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Perhaps you are a fan of the suburbs. You appreciate living close to nature with a large private backyard for your kids to play in and a huge patio for barbecues. And perhaps you realize that not many nations outside of Canada and the United States can offer so much living space for such an affordable cost. As many move to Canada to pursue such opportunities, not only are they realizing that the suburbs can be a lonely place, but that the lifestyle is neither environmentally nor economically sustainable as populations continue to soar and energy resources decline.

Water a commodity? That can be debated

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Athabasca area water resources are at risk of being taken and sold out of country, according to Arlene Kwasniak, a professor at the University of Calgary Faculties of Law and Environmental Design.

Crooked Creek Conservancy Society of Athabasca (CCCSA) sponsored Water Rights, Water Wrongs, a two-speaker talk on water at Athabasca University last Wednesday that included Kwasniak.

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