Richmond Olympic Oval, 2008

A Vancouver icon - Richmond Olympic Oval, 2008. Designed by Cannon Design the long-span timber roof was an ambitious experiment at the time. Built for the 2010 Winter Olympics, it helped demonstrate what engineered wood could do at a civic scale and played a key role in accelerating the mass timber movement that followed. Engineering by Fast & Epp Architecture by Cannon Design Construction by Dominion Fairmile Construction Ltd. Owner: City of Richmond Design-Build by Structurecraft This is part of our series on mass timber in British Columbia, in collaboration with Naturally Wood. Find more about this project at www.naturallywood.com . #MassTimber #BCArchitecture #CanadianArchitecture #NaturallyWood #Partnership