Work by Tom Barratt Ltd. on the Whistler Olympic Park events course and stadium layout is noted in a news article featuring the software used.
http://planet.vectorworks.net/
The mapping database and layouts will continue to be useful in the future operation of the Whistler Olympic Park.
The new Whistler Transit Centre was created to maintain and fuel a fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses marking the beginning of a new era in zero-emission public transit. The hydrogen fuel cell technology will be showcased during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The site landscape features a bio-filtration pond, recreation of wetland drainage and series of open water channels, bioswales and marsh areas with native planting.
This book sets out to document landscape architecture projects that are either unbuilt, under construction, or purely experimental with an intention to bring to readers the current thinking, ideas and concepts in Landscape Architecture.
'Ideas and Concepts - Landscape Architecture' presents 55 designs from 41 design practices and individuals. These designs, if carried out, would spread over 13 countries; and provide readers a glimpse to the current trend, from East to West and from North to South.
The 'Whistler Mountain Square' project is featured - with collaborating artists Robert Studer and Jill Anholt
Published by Pace publications, Hong Kong.
A preview of the book is available at:
Tom Barratt Ltd. has been featured in three articles in a new publication 'Landscape Design@Canada'. Published by PACE publications based in Hong Kong, the book is published in both Chinese and English and will receive widespread international distribution.
A preview of the book is available at:
WHISTLER, BC, MARCH 16, 2005: Tom Barratt Ltd. has won the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) Regional Citation Award by the CSLA Professional Awards Program. In partnership with the City of North Vancouver, Tom Barratt Ltd. was recently recognized for the Green Necklace Communications and 3D Modeling project.