Velodrome by Hopkins Architects
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Velodrome by Hopkins Architects
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Velodrome by Hopkins Architects
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Velodrome by Hopkins Architects
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Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid
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Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid
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Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid
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Olympic Stadium by Populous
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Olympic Stadium by Populous
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Olympic Stadium by Populous
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Olympic Stadium by Populous
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Basketball Arena by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS
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Basketball Arena by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS
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Basketball Arena by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS
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Basketball Arena by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS
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Handball Arena by Make
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Handball Arena by Make
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Handball Arena by Make
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Olympic Village
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Olympic Village
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Olympic Village
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Energy Centre by John McAslan + Partners
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Pudding Mill Lane pumping station by John Lyall Architects
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Pudding Mill Lane pumping station by John Lyall Architects
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Pudding Mill Lane pumping station by John Lyall Architects
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Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics opening on Friday, here's a slideshow of images from photographer Edmund Sumner documenting architecture created for the games.
Sumner captured buildings including the Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid and Velodrome by Hopkins Architects plus infrastructure and the athletes' village for two books published by Wiley : The Architecture of London 2012 by Tom Dyckhoff and Claire Barrett , and London 2012 Sustainable Design by Hattie Hartman .
See all our stories about Sumner's photographs here .