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UPDATE: The People’s Choice Voting Event on Wednesday, June 26 will take place on the seawall immediately north of Olympic Village Plaza Vote for your favourite rain-friendly public space designs! It’s been a few weeks since our last update on... Continue reading »

We’ve gotten lots of individuals and teams registering in the Life Between Umbrellas design competition – all of them working on some creative ideas for making Vancouver’s public spaces more rain-friendly. This is exciting stuff! More recently, we’ve received some... Continue reading »

Our next VPSN monthly meet-up focuses on Parks and Open Spaces. We’re delighted to welcome back UBC Urban Design Professor Scot Hein, who will share work from the first 5 years of UBC’s Masters of Urban Design Program, including the... Continue reading »

Our friends at the Vancouver Design Nerds are hosting a a fun-filled day of activities at 800 Robson, including design jam workshops for the Life Between Umbrellas Design Ideas and Activation Contest. The activities take place inside the Nerds’ giant inflated... Continue reading »

The Life Between Umbrellas competition website is now live, so be sure to head to LifeBetweenUmbrellas.ca to learn more about our exciting design ideas and activation competition. The website contains information on the three competition streams (and the submission requirements and... Continue reading »