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Alucobond NaturAL Meets Unique Design Twist At Sustainable 2010 Winter Olympic Village

Project Name: Southeast False Creek Olympic Village
Project Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alucobond Materials: 77,000 sq ft 4mm Alucobond naturAL Brushed
Year of Installation: 2009
Architect: Nick Milkovich Architects
Fabricator/Installer: Keith Panel Systems Co., Ltd.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
General Contractor: ITC Construction GroupVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Images: Keith Panel Systems, Nick Milkovich Architects, Michael Elkan

Three architectural firms were challenged by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to design Millennium Water:  The Southeast False Creek Olympic Village in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for its first use as a temporary home for many of the 2,600 athletes from 82 nations competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics. (The Olympic Games were held Feb. 12-28, 2010, in venues located throughout Greater Vancouver, as well as in the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, where additional athletes were hosted.)  More permanently, Millennium Water was designed as a sustainable mixed-use residential and commercial community, incorporating not only environmental sustainability but social and economic sustainability goals as well.