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Emily Campbell

Emily Campbell

Emily Campbell is the founder of the Wandering Pavilion, sits on the Public Awareness Committee of the Newfoundland and Labrador Architects Association, and works at Fougere Menchenton Architecture.

    News December 14, 2017 December 13, 2017

    Urban Form: You Can Directly Help Protect Our Dwindling Built Heritage

    Many folks who love heritage still aren’t designating because they don’t understand what it means, it seems too tough, or it may decrease their property value.

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    News September 12, 2017 September 15, 2017

    Urban Form: The Path of Least Resistance

    Over the past number of years, a dozen professional planners have been eliminated from governments.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News August 8, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Urban Form: Townsizing in Newfoundland

    “In 1891 the Bonavista Peninsula and St. John’s were close in population (roughly 20,000 and 25,738 respectively). These communities were roughly 1/5 the size of Toronto then …”

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News July 5, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Urban Form: Post Fire Panic Spawns Minimalist Housing

    “Most of the city’s homes were rebuilt as quickly and economically as possible, which took the form of simple, undecorated boxes.”

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    Latest Posts:, Miscellany June 7, 2017 August 10, 2017

    Urban Form: A Garden Breaks Barriers and Connects the Community

    For the first time since they started recording this data in Canada, seniors outnumber youth.  At almost 3% above the national average, Newfoundland and…

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News May 10, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Urban Form: World Class Architecture Quickly Eroding

    This province is chock full of stunning modern buildings like the Beth El Synagogue, which was suggested for the Massey Medal in the 1950s.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News April 3, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Are Prefab Buildings like the Alt Hotel an Opportunity for NL?

    Our volatile weather, short construction season, and desire for sustainable methods certainly make this “lego block style” of building alluring.

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    Latest Posts:, News March 7, 2017 March 6, 2017

    Urban Form: Universal Design Matters for All of Us

    Our physical environment should embrace each person’s unique traits. We should design for a wide variety of people, not the statistical and non-existent common man.

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    Latest Posts:, News February 6, 2017 February 7, 2017

    Public Tenders Going to the Lowest Bid is Bad for Province

    Community centres, hospitals, schools, and other public facilities in this province depend on this Act.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, People January 3, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Urban Form: Hygge Keeps You Happy

    In 2016, the Collins English Dictionary named Brexit the word of the year. The runner up is hygge …

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News November 29, 2016 February 16, 2018

    Urban Form: Why Narrow Streets Make Better Places

    I didn’t need to look far to find a story where people were affected because of those driving too fast or carelessly.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News October 24, 2016 February 17, 2018

    Urban Form: Pedestrian Priority Could Make St. John’s a More Liveable City

    There are lots of places in St. John’s where cars share the road with cyclists and walkers and we’d all benefit from better design.

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    The Overcast is a multi-award-winning media body in St. John’s, NL.

    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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