"So it's a stone person standing on a hill and that is the official symbol of these Olympic Games in Vancouver and up in Whistler.
VOA: standard.2010.02.19
Last year, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando designed the StoneHill Center, a 32, 000-square-foot cement-and-glass space that is the area's first modern architectural icon -- and a seamless addition to the serene grounds.
Following my small walking group, I strode across the hilltop, away from this ancient site of pilgrimage and across the stone-pitted flank of the hill.