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  • Haptic adds faceted skin of perforated metal to car park in London's Olympic Park

    London studio Haptic has re-clad a utilitarian multi-storey car park in the London 2012 Olympic Park, using triangular metal panels that produce ever-changing patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 11 July 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Richard Rogers "had to fight like hell" for Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre design

    Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: next up in our exclusive video series, Richard Rogers reflects on the battle to select Zaha Hadid's design for the London Aquatics Centre, a building he describes as "a roaring success". More

    Benedict Hobson | 15 June 2016 | 5 comments
  • Dispute over 2012 Olympic cauldron design settled out of court

    News: London 2012 Olympics organisers have agreed an out-of-court settlement with American firm Atopia following a legal dispute over the iconic 2012 cauldron design by Thomas Heatherwick. More

    Anna Winston | 23 July 2014 | 1 comment
  • Stanton Williams converts Olympic training venue into hockey and tennis centre

    London firm Stanton Williams has transformed the training facility it designed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games into a major sporting venue for the UK's hockey and tennis organisations (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 26 June 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre due to open in its completed form

    These photographs show the newly converted aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid Architects for the London 2012 Olympics, which will open to the public next week without the controversial wings that housed additional seating during the Games. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 February 2014 | 7 comments
  • "We never claimed to be designers of the cauldron" says Atopia

    News: New York design studio Atopia has moved to defuse the row over the authorship of the 2012 Olympic cauldron, saying: "we have never accused Thomas Heatherwick of plagiarism". More

    Marcus Fairs | 22 June 2013 | 6 comments
  • Thomas Heatherwick rejects claims that Olympic cauldron is a copy as "spurious nonsense"

    News: Thomas Heatherwick has denied any knowledge of a design presented to the London Olympic committee in 2007 by an American firm, which bears a strong resemblance to his cauldron used at the climax of last summer's Olympic opening ceremony. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 20 June 2013 | 47 comments
  • Wings removed from Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatics Centre

    News: the two temporary wing-like seating stands have been removed from Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Park, meaning the building can be seen for the first time as it was originally designed. More

    Amy Frearson | 23 May 2013 | 9 comments
  • Architects of London 2012 Olympics see gagging order lifted

    News: a gagging order preventing architects, engineers and builders from promoting their involvement in the London 2012 Olympics has been lifted after the UK government paid £2 million to the British Olympic Association. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 28 January 2013 | 1 comment
  • "The Olympic Games is phenomenally religious" - Thomas Heatherwick

    News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. More

    Marcus Fairs | 19 November 2012 | 4 comments
  • Olympic regeneration claims are "bullsh*t" - Rowan Moore

    News: architecture critic Rowan Moore has labelled Renzo Piano's Shard skyscraper as a "serious failure of planning" and described claims that the Olympics will regenerate east London as "bullsh*t". More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 26 September 2012 | 5 comments
  • Making of Thomas Heatherwick's London 2012 Olympic cauldron

    Here's a movie showing the concept animations, construction and testing of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More

    Dan Howarth | 24 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Paralympic design: Flex-Foot Cheetah blades

    To conclude our series on designs at the London 2012 Paralympics we're focussing on the most talked-about equipment used at the games - carbon-fibre prosthetic blades inspired by the hind legs of a cheetah. More

    Dan Howarth | 7 September 2012 | 3 comments
  • Paralympic design: discus throwing frame

    Discus-thrower Derek Derenalagi competes using a custom frame that's specially designed to meet strict rules for Paralympic athletics, which state that any equipment can be used so long as he can get set up and ready to compete within 60 seconds. More

    Dan Howarth | 6 September 2012 | 2 comments
  • Paralympic design: 3D-printed seats for wheelchair basketball

    The first tailor-made 3D printed seats for wheelchair basketball are being used by competitors at the London 2012 Paralympics. More

    Dan Howarth | 5 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Paralympic design: adaptive sailing equipment

    Sailors at the London 2012 Paralympics are using boats fitted out with custom seats, handles and pedal controls. More

    Dan Howarth | 4 September 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Paralympic design: competitive handcycles

    Athletes without the use of their lower body use cycles propelled by hand pedals in the road cycling events at the London 2012 Paralympics. More

    Dan Howarth | 3 September 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby

    Chairs used in the wheelchair rugby event at the London 2012 Paralympics are designed to withstand heavy impacts and be easily manoeuvrable. More

    Dan Howarth | 1 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Paralympic design: adaptive rowing equipment

    Stabilising pontoons and specially designed seats are just some of the modifications that can be made to equipment used by rowers at the London 2012 Paralympics. More

    Dan Howarth | 31 August 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Paralympic design: Draft Mistral racing wheelchairs

    Bespoke racing wheelchairs designed and manufactured by UK firm Draft will be used by a number of medal hopefuls during the London 2012 Paralympics, including Beijing gold medalist David Weir and London Marathon winner Shelly Woods (below). More

    Dan Howarth | 30 August 2012 | Leave a comment
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