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[[Image:Concord Pacific Master Plan Area.jpg|thumb|Vancouver city skyline view]]
[[Image:Concord Pacific Master Plan Area.jpg|thumb|Vancouver city skyline view]]
[[File:Vancouver_podium_building_1.JPG|thumb|upright|Vancouver high-rises often sit on top of a commercial or residential podium.]]
[[File:Vancouver_podium_building_1.JPG|thumb|upright|Vancouver high-rises often sit on top of a commercial or residential podium.]]
'''Vancouverism''' is an [[urban planning]]{{cite book |last1=Beasley |first1=Larry |title=Vancouverism |url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/vancouverism |date=2019 |publisher=On Point Press |location=Vancouver |isbn=9780774890311}} and [[architecture|architectural]] philosophy characterized by a large [[Residential area|residential population]] living in the [[city centre]] in [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] [[Real estate development|developments]], typically narrow, [[Tower block|high-rise residential towers]] atop a wide, medium-height [[Commercial property|commercial]] base.{{cite web |last1=Boddy |first1=Trevor |title=INSIGHT: Vancouverism vs. Lower Manhattanism: Shaping the High Density City |url=http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature177.htm |website=ArchNewsNow.com |publisher=ArchNewsNow |access-date=August 25, 2014 |date=September 20, 2005}} It focuses on the reliance of [[Public transport|mass public transit]], the creation and maintenance of [[Park|green spaces]],{{Cite web |url=http://designobserver.com/media/pdf/New_Urbanism:__647.pdf |title=Boddy, Trevor 16.2, 2004, U.C. Berkeley journal "Places." |access-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531212208/http://designobserver.com/media/pdf/New_Urbanism:__647.pdf |url-status=dead }} and the preservation of view corridors.{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Jim |title=Vancouver's View Corridors: Should San Francisco adopt similar guidelines? |url=http://www.spur.org/publications/article/2003-11-01/vancouvers-view-corridors |publisher=SPUR |access-date=August 25, 2014 |date=November 1, 2003}} Vancouverism originates in its namesake city [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]],{{Cite web |url=https://www.planningreport.com/2017/08/14/learning-vancouver-housing-affordability-myth-supply-side-densification |title=Learning from Vancouver: Housing Affordability & the Myth of Supply-Side Densification |last=Condon |first=Patrick |date=August 14, 2017 |website=The Planning Report}} and began as a means of addressing the city's [[Housing crisis|expensive housing market]]{{Cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-housing-second-least-affordable-in-world-report |title=Vancouver housing second least affordable in world: report |last=Crawford |first=Tiffany |date=January 22, 2019 |website=Vancouver Sun}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/vancouver-now-ranked-second-least-affordable-global-housing-market-1.23606899 |title=Vancouver now ranked 'second-least affordable' global housing market |last=Connolly |first=Joannah |date=January 21, 2019 |website=Vancouver Courier}} while also decreasing the city's [[car dependency]] and improving city [[livability]] in and around the centre.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/28/vancouver-most-livable-city-economist_n_3830039.html |title=Vancouver The Most Livable City In North America: Economist |work=The Huffington Post |date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2014 |quote=Vancouver may be the best place to live in North America, but it has yet to recover from a Vancouver Island highway closure that dropped it to third in the world in 2011.}}
'''Vancouverism''' is an [[urban planning]]{{cite book |last1=Beasley |first1=Larry |title=Vancouverism |url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/vancouverism |date=2019 |publisher=On Point Press |location=Vancouver |isbn=9780774890311}} and [[architecture|architectural]] philosophy characterized by a large [[Residential area|residential population]] living in the [[city centre]] in [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] [[Real estate development|developments]], typically narrow, [[Tower block|high-rise residential towers]] atop a wide, medium-height [[Commercial property|commercial]] base.{{cite web |last1=Boddy |first1=Trevor |title=INSIGHT: Vancouverism vs. Lower Manhattanism: Shaping the High Density City |url=http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature177.htm |website=ArchNewsNow.com |publisher=ArchNewsNow |access-date=August 25, 2014 |date=September 20, 2005}} It focuses on the reliance of [[Public transport|mass public transit]], the creation and maintenance of [[Park|green spaces]],{{Cite web |url=http://designobserver.com/media/pdf/New_Urbanism:__647.pdf |title=Boddy, Trevor 16.2, 2004, U.C. Berkeley journal "Places." |access-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531212208/http://designobserver.com/media/pdf/New_Urbanism:__647.pdf |url-status=dead }} and the preservation of view corridors.{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Jim |title=Vancouver's View Corridors: Should San Francisco adopt similar guidelines? |url=http://www.spur.org/publications/article/2003-11-01/vancouvers-view-corridors |publisher=SPUR |access-date=August 25, 2014 |date=November 1, 2003}} Vancouverism originates in its namesake city [[Vancouver]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]],{{Cite web |url=https://www.planningreport.com/2017/08/14/learning-vancouver-housing-affordability-myth-supply-side-densification |title=Learning from Vancouver: Housing Affordability & the Myth of Supply-Side Densification |last=Condon |first=Patrick |date=August 14, 2017 |website=The Planning Report}} and began as a means of addressing the city's [[Housing crisis|expensive housing market]]{{Cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-housing-second-least-affordable-in-world-report |title=Vancouver housing second least affordable in world: report |last=Crawford |first=Tiffany |date=January 22, 2019 |website=Vancouver Sun}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/vancouver-now-ranked-second-least-affordable-global-housing-market-1.23606899 |title=Vancouver now ranked 'second-least affordable' global housing market |last=Connolly |first=Joannah |date=January 21, 2019 |website=Vancouver Courier}} while also decreasing the city's [[car dependency]] and improving city [[livability]] in and around the centre.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/28/vancouver-most-livable-city-economist_n_3830039.html |title=Vancouver The Most Livable City In North America: Economist |work=The Huffington Post |date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2014 |quote=Vancouver may be the best place to live in North America, but it has yet to recover from a Vancouver Island highway closure that dropped it to third in the world in 2011.}}


Vancouverism consists of rapid and expansive residential and commercial developments,{{cite book |last1=Short |first1=Michael J. |title=Planning for Tall Buildings |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-415-58107-3 |page=169}} often with direct or close access to mass public transit, typically [[Rapid transit|metro]].{{cite book |last1=Hiller |first1=Harry H. |title=Host Cities and the Olympics: An interactionist approach |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-415-52241-0 |page=157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lvd7Nr2CfcC |access-date=August 25, 2014 |ref=hiller}} Generally, the first few floors contain commercial space for [[business]] and [[Office|offices]] that completely fill the [[Property|plot]], with some single-family townhouses constructed above. A high-rise, or in lower-density areas a [[Low-rise building|mid-rise]] tower is built above the initial structure, set back from the [[street]]; the set-back allows for private spaces such as a [[Swimming pool|pool]] or green space for residents, and prevents shadows completely blocking the streets.
Vancouverism consists of rapid and expansive residential and commercial developments,{{cite book |last1=Short |first1=Michael J. |title=Planning for Tall Buildings |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-415-58107-3 |page=169}} often with direct or close access to mass public transit, typically [[Rapid transit|metro]].{{cite book |last1=Hiller |first1=Harry H. |title=Host Cities and the Olympics: An interactionist approach |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-415-52241-0 |page=157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lvd7Nr2CfcC |access-date=August 25, 2014 |ref=hiller}} Generally, the first few floors contain commercial space for [[business]] and [[Office|offices]] that completely fill the [[Property|plot]], with some single-family townhouses constructed above. A high-rise, or in lower-density areas a [[Low-rise building|mid-rise]] tower is built above the initial structure, set back from the [[street]]; the set-back allows for private spaces such as a [[Swimming pool|pool]] or green space for residents, and prevents shadows completely blocking the streets.
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