The Creekside Community Recreation Centre sits under a distinctively curved, grass-covered roof that mimics the slope of the nearby park. Architect Nick Milkovich designed this building to bridge the gap between the urban density of Mount…
Olympic Village Green Architecture
This walking tour highlights how Vancouver transformed a former industrial shipyard into one of the greenest neighborhoods on earth. You'll see innovative waste-heat utilities, naturalized wetlands, and pioneering LEED Platinum high-rises along Southeast False Creek.
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1. Creekside Community Recreation Centre
2. Olympic Village Square
The Olympic Village Square features a series of jagged, zinc-clad buildings that sharply contrast with the surrounding seawall greenery. This plaza served as the heart of the twenty-ten Winter Games, housing over two thousand athletes and…
3. Vancouver Salt Co. Ltd.
The Vancouver Salt Company building features a distinctive, rounded corner that meets the street at a sharp angle. During the nineteen thirties, this facility processed sea salt arriving by barge from the coast to supply the local fishing…
4. Hinge Park
Hinge Park features a rugged, concrete-lined water channel that runs through the center of the landscape, mimicking the path of the original, long-buried Tesley Creek. Designers built this park in twenty ten to manage stormwater runoff for…
5. Habitat Island
Habitat Island is a crescent of land separated from the False Creek seawall by a narrow, tidal channel. Created in twenty ten for the Winter Olympics, the island functions as a dedicated wildlife sanctuary. Its shoreline uses large…
6. Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility
The Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility is marked by a tall, slender chimney stack rising above a building clad in jagged, dark metal panels. Built for the twenty ten Winter Olympics, the facility captures waste heat from…