Brent Toderian on Tackling Vancouver’s BIG Shared Challenges

December 19th, 2011 in Vancouver

On November 28, 2011, City of Vancouver Planning Director, Brent Toderian, spoke to the members of  the Urban Development Institute on issues relating to affordability, city planning, CACs, architecture and housing supply.

 

You can follow along with the slides below (or download them for future reference):

http://www.udi.bc.ca/sites/default/files/events/udi/presentations/Brent%20Toderian%27s%20Presentation%20UDI%20Final.pdf

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Avi Friedman talks about Affordable Housing

October 3rd, 2011 in Video

On September 21st, the SFU Centre for Dialogue—in collaboration with the Urban Development Institute, the City of Vancouver and other partners—hosted a public lecture on affordable housing featuring internationally recognized affordable housing expert Avi Friedman, Professor of Architecture at McGill University.

From the event site:

Metro Vancouver’s many attributes make it a highly desirable place to live and invest. Unfortunately, that makes housing, whether rental or ownership, unaffordable for many of the region’s citizens. The need to think outside the box about lower-cost residential options has become an urgent priority. Renowned international housing expert Dr. Avi Friedman will look at what’s making housing unaffordable in Metro Vancouver—as well as the direct and indirect contributions that affordable housing makes to communities. He will describe potential housing strategies, including examples of local and international projects, that offer innovative affordable housing solutions for this region.

 

Thinking Outside the Box about Affordable Housing

Running time: 1h 42 minutes

For a written analysis of the event, check out this article in The Tyee.

Avi Friedman, Professor, McGill University School of Architecture

Friedman Avi Friedman talks about Affordable HousingDr. Avi Friedman received his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Town Planning from the Israel Institute of Technology, his Master’s Degree from McGill University, and his Doctorate from the University of Montréal. In 1988, he founded the Affordable Homes Program at the McGill School of Architecture where he teaches.

He is known nationally and internationally for his housing innovation and in particular for the Grow Home and Next Home designs. He is the author of ten books and was a syndicated columnist for the CanWest Chain of daily newspapers. He is a practicing architect and the recipient of numerous awards including the Manning Innovation Award and the United Nations World Habitat Award.

In the year 2000 he was selected by Wallpaper magazine as 1 of 10 people from around the world “most likely to change the way we live”.
A similar article was cross-posted on Yurbanism.

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