Interview Opportunities & B-Roll Available - Richmond Olympic Oval Architects

VANCOUVER, Feb. 19 /CNW/ - Cannon Design was presented with an enormous challenge - create an elite sport facility that would be environmentally sustainable, meet demanding athletic requirements, remain within fiscal constraints and immovable deadlines and serve as an aesthetic landmark reflective of the City of Richmond and an inspiration for future development. With society's demand for green solutions, prudent fiscal management, and the increasing necessity to avoid post-games obsolescence - venue developers and investors, whether public or private, are searching for new solutions. The iconic Richmond Olympic Oval responds to all of those demands and represents a new approach to building design. It is a prototype for sports venues of the future.

Learn more from the following experts available throughout the Games:

    
    Ken Wiseman, MAIBC, MRAIC, AIA - Design Principal
    President, Professional Services

    Bob Johnston, MRAIC, MAIBC, AAA, OAA, AIA - Principal-in-Charge
    Principal and National Sport Leader

    Marion LaRue, LEED(R) AP - Senior Project Manager
    Principal

    Topic Areas:

    1) The Design & Vision behind the Richmond Olympic Oval - key challenges
       & solutions
    2) Technical Aspects of the Building - Ice, Location Topography, Building
       Materials
    3) Sustainability - green design, pine beetle kill wood, materials, LEED
       certification
    4) Legacy and the Community - what will happen to the Oval after the
       Games
    5) Native Art as part of the Oval Design

    Electronic media kit available at:

    http://www.cannondesign.com/Richmond_Olympic_Oval/mediakit.html

    B-Roll available at:

    http://www.barbershopfilms.ca/cannon/
    

For further information: To arrange an interview contact Dorothy Sitek, [email protected], Cell: [phone]; Veronica Rivas, [email protected], Cell: [phone]; Nicole Grima, [email protected], Cell: [phone] or Tel: [phone] ext: 202