All 2012 Aquatics centre articles
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NewsZHA salutes Aquatics Centre milestone
Starchitect’s Olympics venue notches up 2.5m visitors in three years of public use
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Building StudyLondon 2012 Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
The smoothly undulating surface of Zaha Hadid’s stingray-like Aquatics Centre belies its structural complexity. But does the last Olympic Venue to arrive at the party live up to its promise? BD’s then architecture critic Oliver Wainwright went along to have a look.
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OpinionHadid has the technology
Eli Abt (Letters August 10) suggests Zaha Hadid might have avoided his discomfort had she drawn a few sections through her Aquatic Centre to check that all attending had a full and uninterrupted view of all that was going on in the pool.
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NewsAquatics Centre wins approval of Olympics spectators
Research at three Games venues finds high approval ratings among visitors
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Building StudyLondon 2012 Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
The smoothly undulating surface of Zaha Hadid’s stingray-like Aquatics Centre belies its structural complexity. But does the last Olympic Venue to arrive at the party live up to its promise?
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Opinion
More with less
It would be interesting to know the cost comparison per sq m covered area between Zaha Hadid’s heavy, over-designed Aquatics Centre, and the elegant cable net structure for Hopkins’ Velodrome (Buildings February 18).
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TechnicalSteel structure of Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre
With its clear span of 120m and tricky geometry, the roof of Zaha Hadid Architects’ Aquatics Centre is one of the most complex structures in the London 2012 Olympic Park.
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NewsOlympic construction races towards next year's finish
The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new images of construction progress on the Olympic site in east London including the stadium and aquatics centre.
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NewsRoof complete on Hadid’s Olympic Aquatics Centre
Work has been completed on the 160m-long wave-shaped roof frame of Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre for the London Olympics.
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NewsWork starts on installing Hadid’s Aquatics centre roof
Work to lift Zaha Hadid’s wave shaped roof for the London 2012 aquatics centre into place began this week.
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NewsJury had doubts over Hadid design
The jury that selected Zaha Hadid’s design for the London Olympics Aquatics Centre raised serious doubts over its cost and design before it was selected in 2005.
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NewsWork to start on Aquatics Centre
Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre will go on site a month ahead of schedule, with work starting this month, the Olympic Delivery Authority claimed this week.
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NewsODA in row over Aquatics Centre legacy provision
A row has broken out between the Olympic Delivery Authority and Newham Council over leisure water facilities as part of the legacy provisions associated with Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre.
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News
Roof chosen for Aquatics Centre
Zaha Hadid’s £303 million Aquatics Centre, approved by planners this week, will feature an aluminium standing-seam roof, the Olympic Delivery Authority has revealed.
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NewsAquatics budget comes in at £303m
The Olympic Delivery Authority has revealed a final budget of £303 million for Zaha Hadid’s 2012 Aquatics Centre.
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Opinion
...or worse
Oh dear! What on earth has happened to the Aquatics Centre? In 2006, it became a giant panty liner.