That’ll Knock Your Tent Down!

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Jeremy

BC Place Roof Collapses

I received an email from a friend at 1:30pm today (thanks Scott) that the roof on BC Place had collapsed. This is not something I’d ever imagined would happen. I was amazed to read that the roof was only supported by air and the fabric is two layers that are less than 1cm thick each.

For full coverage of the event visit:

Blogs reporting the event include:

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  • http://www.miss604.com/2007/01/apparently-its-winter-in-vancouver.html Miss604’s Canuck Life :: A Vancouver Blog » Blog Archive » Apparently It’s Winter in Vancouver

    [...] Apparently It’s Winter in Vancouver Update: We drove by BC Place about 10 minutes after a tear in the roof caused it to collapse. This explains why I haven’t blogged about it til now, we were on the road. Reports at first were frantic and panicked, after a press conference about an hour later it was revealed that due to the tear, management decided to pull down the roof. Regardless, what a mess – and yet another change to the Vancouver skyline [Canada.com] Everyone and their dog has already blogged about it (say what? breaking news stories on blogs?) but Jeremy’s got some pretty cool footage on his post of the original tear in the roof, flapping in the wind [JeremyLatham] [...]

  • http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/01/06/the-roof-is-exploding/ john bollwitt blog » The roof is exploding!

    [...] The various blogs from the area didn’t fail to amaze me though. I figured someone would, at the very least, have pictures on Flickr or YouTube when we got home late this afternoon, but this was nuts. The Vancouverite[1, 2, 3], Darren Barefoot, Breebop, Derrek Miller, Jeremy Latham, Metroblogging Vancouver, Beyond Robson[1, 2], and my good pals Dave Olsen and Alanah even weighed in. You all lived up to your expectations, and it was a rush to have your stuff up there as soon as you could. That’s what amazes me the most. [...]

  • Charlotte Carvalho

    Very pretty design! Keep working. Go on!