With only hours to go before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games (the actual events start tomorrow), what better way to get even more pumped up about the Olympics than by the extraordinary architecture of the six main permanent Olympic Park venues?
The architecture has certainly turned out as great as was expected. However, the architecture of the Beijing Olympics was by far outstanding, Remember the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube? I thought they were by far the best the Olympics has seen. However, if your taste is for more elegant buildings then the Velodrome by Hopkins Architects is a real success!
There really is so much to say about all the buildings, I could go on and on about it! I did find this short, five minute video from BBC News, talking about the architecture. It's really worth watching in my opinion!
Here are images of all the Olympic architecture.
Enjoy!
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| Olympic Stadium, Architects: Populous |
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| Olympic Aquatics Centre, Architects: Zaha Hadid |
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| Olympic Velodrome, Hopkins Architects |
Then there are another three buildings: The Basketball Arena, Handball Arena and the International Broadcast Centre.
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| Olympic Basketball Arena Building, Wilkinson Eyre & KSS Design Group |
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| Olympic Handball Arena Architects PTW and Ove Arup |
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| London 2012 Media Centre, aka IBC/MPCAllies and Morrison |
Also, there is the Olympic Village of course, and also a new school building:
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| Olympic Village, various architects Click For More Images |
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| Chobham Academy |
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| And then there is the unusual viewing tower / sculptural landmark :ArcelorMittal OrbitAnish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond/Arup |
Some new smaller venues:
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| Royal Artillery Barracks Shooting Venue |
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| Lee Valley White Water Centre Architects: FaulknerBrown |
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| Water Polo Arena, David Morley Architects |
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| London Olympics Pumping Station, John Lyall Architects |
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| Olympic Park Energy CentreJohn McAslan & Partners |
Some other existing venues not related to track and field events:
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| Weightlifting and Wrestling |
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| Rowing |
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| Cricket |
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| Football |
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| Other off site venues |
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| Tennis There's so much architecture to take in all at once! I am loving every bit of it... |
PS. Have a great weekend, and GO TEAM USA!
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