num_pages: 276
description: Vancouver, located at the edge of a continent and the edge of national consciousness, has become the model for post-industrial urbanism. Does it deserve the attention? This provocative new book explores the links between the city’s seductive natural setting, turbulent political history, planning and design culture, and the local and global forces that are reshaping Vancouver’s urban environment at a ferocious pace. Filled with historical and contemporary photographs and maps, Dream City offers compelling insight into how buildings, public spaces, extraordinary landscapes, and civic values have merged to form a uniquely 21st-century city.
language: English
title: Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
titlecomplete: Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
genres: Architecture, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 39
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
publisher: Douglas & McIntyre