Vancouver's year in housing exits in style with a ROAR

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Archiseek / Canada / News / 2007 / January 12

The word “dwelling” has two senses: the active manner in which we inhabit; and those houses and apartments where we chose to live. With this in mind, my roundup of the best of 2006 is in two parts. This week, I will build on this latter sense with a brief review of my “Dwelling of the Year” for 2006 — the best of the new physical places we call home. Next week, I will name some “Dwellers of the Year” — those individuals who are leading the way in showing British Columbians how to improve the residential side of urban life. It will take some time to assimilate the past year's key shifts in how British Columbians build and live in new housing. One fact is crystal clear: by almost any statistical or financial measure, the peak of the housing boom has passed. The countless ways in which this watershed event will shape our lives will be the subject of future columns.

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