Ideas to make northern communities more livable and sustainable.
Urban planners and designers, entrepreneurs and business people, artists, cultural and community organizers, and people who live in winter cities and want to take advantage of all winter has to offer. Save the date...
Looking forward to presenting a workshop at the Capital Urbanism Lab event in Ottawa for the National Capital Commission on February 12, 2015. Topic: the Livable Winter City! http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places-to-visit/rideau-canal-skateway/news/2015-01-14/entire-length-of-rideau-canal-skateway-awaits
There is more realization now than before that people want and need social interaction, to be outdoors, given the opportunity. I found this Jan Gehl article in the attached magazine from the Winter Cities...
Have you registered for the Winter Cities Shake-Up Conference yet? Don’t miss out on special Early Bird rates available until December 19! Great non-profit and student rates are also available until January...
The Winter Cycling Congress will be held in Leeuwarden, NL, 10-12 February 2015. This will be an international gathering where all different types of professionals – from planners to public health officials to bloggers –...
We are very pleased to unveil our new look and website. This new format will allow us to add more resource materials and information regarding winter cities! Look for continual updates and blog posts....
Over the years, we have noted that interest in winter cities climbs in the late fall and early winter. Perhaps we only want to think about winter when its “that time of year”? And...
January 28 – 30, 2015 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada An international conference that will shake-up preconceptions about how we plan, design, live, work and play in winter cities. http://www.wintercitiesconference.com/program/ Urbanism Lab...
Northern communities or “winter cities” have great opportunities to mitigate negative effects of the winter season while reinforcing the many positive aspects to create a vibrant, sustainable and livable environment for a prosperous future....
Ralph Erskine, Architect, Sweden “Here houses and towns should open up like flowers to the sun of spring and summer, but also, like flowers, turn their backs on the shadows and the cold northern...
