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 Group Vancouver, 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. (more…)