All 2012 Aquatics centre articles – Page 2

Opinion

It’s a belly flop...

2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

From the way the ODA organised the Aquatics Centre project, there was a terrible inevitability about the dire final design (News February 1).

News

Contractors pull out of Aquatics bid

2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Olympic Delivery Authority has insisted it is unconcerned that only one contractor is now bidding to build Zaha Hadid’s landmark Aquatics Centre.

News

Zaha fights back over pool costs

2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

Olympic project to cost £41m extra

Opinion

Plunging to new depths

2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

In your edition of February 4, I read, and not without despair, that: Hadid’s aquatics centre has “a roof inspired by the flow of water”; Sauerbruch Hutton’s Frankfurt office was “inspired by the natural world”; and Chris Wilkinson’s King’s Dock project was based on “my mobile phone”.Is this the ...

News

Zahas competition wins keep on flowing

2005-02-04T00:00:00Z

Zaha Hadid has continued her spectacular series of competition wins by clinching the commission for the Aquatics Centre for London’s 2012 Olympics bid. Hadid, who won the competition for the Architecture Foundation’s new headquarters last month, has come up with a sinuous S-shaped roof inspired by the flow of water.The ...