Thread: Vancouver Olympic Village - August 2009 Update

The plaza at the centre of the Olympic Village is starting to take shape. To the left is the Community Centre and seawall. Ahead are the mass of buildings on the east side of the Village. At the ground level of these buildings will be a medium-sized grocery store (Urban Fare), a medium-format pharmacy/department store (London Drugs), and almost surely a Starbucks. The historic Salt ...

Looking back again at the bridge, naturalized shoreline at the entrance of the bay, and the heart of the Olympic Village. All buildings in the Olympic Village have green roofs and it was a requirement of their design that each building lot must have a minimum of 50% of its area be planted or permeable. Of course requirements for density, massing, set-backs, public realm treatment, etc.,...

The Olympic Village as seen from the deck of the Cambie Street Bridge. In the foreground a large grass playing field with a baseball diamond at each end will eventually be built as part of evolution of the larger Southeast False Creek precinct. Privately developed residential projects will fill out the rest of the space per the Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan. The ...

This unique building has a cladding system that utilizes fritted glass panels instead of metal paneling over top of the normal weatherproof insulated wall assembly. The building will be home to families that receive income assistance and have had their living arrangements made for them, likely by the Provincial Ministry of Children and Families or possibly the City. This is the site of ...

The east “bookend” buildings of the Olympic Village.

This might put London's village in second place in terms of buildings and their design etc.

after viewing all the pics, its so awesome its just silly.