Images by B. Alter
Of all the new architecture built for the Vancouver Olympics, the Richmond Olympic Oval is the jewel in the crown. Its clean soaring lines and 17 graceful arches that make up the wood ceiling give the building grandeur and elegance.
But the really interesting part of its construction is the material used: one million feet of wood infested by mountain pine beetles, a plague which has killed millions of pine trees in the province.
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