Tag Archives: design

Submit your nominations for new City Awards

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Paul Hillsdon

2011 will be the inaugural year for the City Awards, a new program designed to showcase urban excellence in Surrey. With five different awards, the categories will recognize the contributions of citizens, community groups, businesses and developers to the City: NewCity … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Development, Environment, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, Social Services, South Surrey, Whalley | Tagged award, bc, beautification, civic, design, Development, emissions, energy, Environment, surrey | Comments Off

Now is the time for a Downtown development review

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Paul Hillsdon

With the first major wave of development in Downtown Surrey nearly complete, and an apparent lull underway before the next wave begins, now seems to be the perfect opportunity to review the successes and mistakes of these developments. Since the … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley | Tagged architecture, city centre, citypoint, design, Development, downtown, infinity, quality, quattro, review, surrey, tower | 2 Comments

IKEA-style rowhomes proposed Downtown

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

A 3-storey rowhome project, with just 29 units, isn’t big enough to take note of normally. However, the project, planned for 10601 and 138 St, features bold, IKEA-style architecture that should help garner it some attention. Most rowhomes or townhome projects … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley | Tagged architecture, australia, bc, city centre, design, europe, glass, ikea, modern, podium, surrey, tower, vancouver, vancouverism, west coast | 3 Comments

Park Place showcases best of Concord [pics]

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

Now that Concord’s resale efforts for Park Place are well underway, it is moving to complete the final component of Infinity’s second phase: a small commercial building at the heart of the master planned urban village. As part of Concord’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Whalley | Tagged bc, building, city centre, commercial, concord pacific, design, Development, king george, park place, skytrain, surrey, urban | 1 Comment

Just how walkable are Surrey’s town centres?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Continuing our data driven series on sprawl and infrastructure in Surrey, I wanted to examine how walkable the City actually is. Fortunately, doing so is relatively simple thanks to WalkScore.com. Input an address and the site will give the location … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Transport, Whalley | Tagged bc, design, pedestrian, score, sidewalk, streets, surrey, Town Centre, transport, walk | 1 Comment

Lessons on street design from Anaheim

Posted on September 9, 2010 by

I just returned from a family vacation at Disneyland. Although most of the 16 hour days were spent within Disney’s magical berm, there was the occasional walk from the hotel to the resort’s shuttles. During those jaunts down Anaheim’s prettied … Continue reading →

Posted in Transport | Tagged anaheim, beautification, california, car, design, disney drive, disneyland, harbor boulevard, katella avenue, lane, los angeles, pedestrian, resort, southern, speed, street, tourism, tree, vehicle | Comments Off

EXCLUSIVE: City Hall final design revealed!

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

Civic Surrey has obtained images from the new City Centre brochure, to be distributed to the public and media next Tuesday, when the final design for the new City Hall building will be presented. Beyond the previously announced details, City … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley | Tagged city centre, City Hall, civic centre, design, dianne watts, kasian, surrey | 10 Comments