All 2012 Olympic Stadium articles – Page 3

  • London 2012 Olympic stadium
    News

    Assembly attacks 2012 legacy plans

    2009-07-02T09:02:00Z

    The London Assembly has attacked legacy plans for the 2012 Olympic park in Stratford, warning that the main stadium risks becoming a “white elephant” without a credible post-games tenant.

  • News

    London Olympics stadium design could change again

    2009-06-29T08:30:00Z

    Designs for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium could be altered at the last minute amid a major change of plan for the venue in legacy mode.

  • HOK's latest design for the Olympic stadium
    News

    New 2012 Olympic stadium images

    2008-09-04T09:36:00Z

    HOK Sport's design for the 2012 Olympic stadium has passed a fresh hurdle after being granted second stage reserved matters planning permission last week.

  • Construction is underway on the stadium site
    News

    HOK Sport has not tackled Olympic stadium problems, says Cabe

    2008-08-26T13:24:00Z

    Cabe has strongly criticised HOK Sport for failing to address concerns about the London 2012 main stadium design.

  • News

    ODA defends changes to 2012 stadium

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The Olympic Delivery Authority has defended HOK’s scheme for the 2012 main stadium after BD revealed images last week of a more complex roof structure and a redesigned “wrap” elevation.

  • View of the Olympic stadium
    News

    Olympic Stadium’s latest design unveiled

    2008-05-29T18:08:00Z

    See the latest designs for the London 2012 Olympic stadium and join in the debate about its design qualities.

  • News

    2012 Olympic stadium gets thumbs down

    2007-11-09T12:24:00Z

    Readers response to HOK's Olympic stadium have been overwhelmingly negative, likening the design to a gasometer, a cheap whisky glass and a giant bottle cap

  • News

    Stadium stresses flexibility over flair

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport’s long-awaited designs for the London 2012 Olympic stadium were unveiled this week, with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Stadium disappoints all round

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Far from being innovative and ground-breaking as claimed, the Olympic stadium is unsustainable and bad value for money

  • Multimedia

    Slideshows: 2012 Olympic stadium

    2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport and Peter Cook's long-awaited designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium place a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.View the design as two slideshows created by Team Macarie.

  • News

    2012 Olympic stadium design disappoints on all fronts

    2007-11-07T16:16:00Z

    Rather than being innovative and ground breaking, as claimed by the ODA, HOK's newly-unveiled 2012 Olympic stadium is unsustainable and poor value for money

  • News

    HOK's 2012 Olympic stadium design revealed - images and slideshow

    2007-11-07T11:26:00Z

    HOK Sport and Peter Cook’s long-awaited designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium were finally unveiled today with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.

  • News

    Sunken Olympic stadium will be "engineering first"

    2007-10-01T17:28:00Z

    The designers of the 2012 Olympic stadium are proposing sinking parts of the structure up to 20ft into the ground, as the Olympic Delivery Authority promises an “engineering first”. The ODA says it is in the process of finalising designs for the flagship structure and claims that “work is going ...

  • News

    ...while ODA calls in experts to vet stadium

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium by Peter Cook and HOK Sport are to be reviewed by a rival practice appointed by the ODA, raising fears the organisation is pursuing an ultra-cautious approach based on minimising risk.

  • News

    Olympic stadium ‘will be no white elephant’

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The main Olympic stadium will not turn into an “expensive white elephant,” Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins promised MPs this week.

  • News

    Olympic planners are set to bid for stadium

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport and other members of the Edaw-led consortium which masterplanned the Olympic Park are also in the running for the greatest prize of all: the Olympic Stadium.