Deviate Design Inc.

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[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

BREAKING: #Calgary city council has just voted 9-6 in favour of significant rezoning to allow strategic new housing choices and #GentleDensity city-wide!

A major turning point that’s been a long time coming, & is worth celebrating.

Congrats Council & Staff including @JWhiteYVR.

[NACTO @NACTO]

Let's talk curb extensions!

Curb extensions visually and physically narrow a road, creating safer, shorter crossings for pedestrians. They align pedestrians with the parking lane, instead of placing them behind parked cars. And they add space for street furniture and plants.

[Jyoti Gondek @JyotiGondek]

City Council made an important move tonight in making housing more affordable for Calgarians. We have passed the Housing Strategy in a 12-3 vote. #yyccc

More info👇🏼

[Calgary Alliance for the Common Good @CommonGoodYYC]

Interesting R-CG zooming also creates a sustainable tax base. So it is odd fiscal conservatives oppose this. #yyccc

[LRTontheGreen @LRTontheGreen]

In response to a certain #yycplan editorial from yesterday that stated there was no evidence that ending exclusionary zoning impacted prices. Hopefully #yyccc decides to follow the evidence instead of listening to the noise generated by a vocal minority & approves RC-G rezoning.

[Jyoti Gondek @JyotiGondek]

As we start deliberations on how we best address Calgary’s housing crisis, #yyccc has just received this letter of support from the federal minister of housing @SeanFraserMP - we will jeopardize or lose federal funding if we do not approve the full strategy. We must act now.

[Christopher Doyle @chrisdoyle78]

Ending exclusionary zoning is no different than cycletracks, secondary suites etc that came to #yyccc before. The rest of the world is doing it. It's going to happen. You can do it now, or kick it down the road, but it's inevitable at this point.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Most car trips in America are under 6 miles, and they’re for things like groceries, appointments, shopping, and dining.

Our built environment requires people to spend thousands of dollars a year on vehicles just to drive a few minutes away.

[LRTontheGreen @LRTontheGreen]

Our press release from today. By changing the #yycplan base district to RC-G, #yyccc can avoid a giant $16 BILLION infrastructure bill that will come with a sprawling city. That’s the difference between building all the transit projects on the RouteAhead wish list or none at all.

[Deviate Design Inc. @DV8dzn]

This #TrowbackThursday we’re looking back at a #townhouse #development in Sage Meadows in #yyc with 164 units across 30 buildings, 2 children’s playgrounds, and a community garden!
Learn more: https://t.co/GDc1oi8uR2

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

"As reported by The Globe and Mail, residents spent a total of $181 million at curbside patios within 13 weeks of summer in 2021. If those spaces had remained dedicated to parking, only $3.7 million would have been reaped during the same time period."

[Deviate Design Inc. @DV8dzn]

@drobertsderlc @Cobylefko Light reflects off surfaces giving plenty of indirect light, which is more pleasant more often. The “canyon” allows for a less windy yard with higher temps (radiating from neighbours); these actually make for incredibly cozy spaces with longer usable/growing seasons.

[Coby @Cobylefko]

This lovely building replaced a single family home (that looked like the ones to either side of it) with 9 new apartments.

When we embrace gentle density, we can make our cities better places & allow more people the opportunity to live in them! The best of both worlds!

[About Here @aboutherevideos]

NEW VIDEO! "The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis", a deep dive into the subject of non-market housing: https://t.co/Qmgm3sUhG4. A HUGE thank you to @Vancity for sponsoring this video.

[Coby @Cobylefko]

This is one of the most photographed restaurants online. It’s charming, but what’s going on here?

A few good things! There’s a sense of scale, enclosure, warm materials, greenery, ornamentation, a mix of uses, & an organic fabric. These are the foundations of attractive places!

[Deviate Design Inc. @DV8dzn]

Learn more about the project here: https://t.co/vmqhjuAwnc

[Deviate Design Inc. @DV8dzn]

Site signage is up for the #NorthGlenmorePark #semi on 50 AV SW!

#infill #Semidetached #realestate #architecture #design #homedesign #residential #residentialdesign #residentialdesigner #housegoals #DV8dzn #YYC #yycdesign #yycdesigner #yycdesigns #development #yycdevelopment

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Protecting single detached home-owners from unwanted change to their current context is fundamentally incompatible with the action we badly need in cities to address the climate crisis, housing crisis, public cost crisis, equity/racism/classism crisis, etc.

That’s the tweet.

[Peter Oliver @peterloliver]

Every community in Calgary deserves safe cycling infrastructure. #yyccc should follow #yegcc’s lead. #yycbike

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived."
— @grescoe