Today the Architect Day is special. It’s about the places that are being used in the Olympics games, in London 2012. Check out the works and the architects responsible for each project.
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Below are some projects where it is being performed the London 2012 Olympics. With large office projects like Zaha Hadid Architects, Hopkins, Magma among others, the gymnasiums and stadiums are highlighted by the imposing structures, but in places such as receiving a large audience, the functionality of the buildings is very important. Besides the projects to the achievement of sports, is also important to show the architecture used for the infrastructure of the event. Check it out!
London Aquatics Centre, London, UK. Zaha Hadid Architects
photo © blokely.com
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
Basketball Arena, London, UK. Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
photo © wilkinsoneyre.com
photo © wilkinsoneyre.com
photo © wilkinsoneyre.com
photo © wilkinsoneyre.com
London Olympic Stadium, London, UK. Populous
photo © Anthony Charlton
photo © Populous
photo © Morley von Sternberg
Velodrome, London, UK. Hopkins Architects
photo © hopkins.co.uk
photo © hopkins.co.uk
photo © hopkins.co.uk
photo © hopkins.co.uk
photo © hopkins.co.uk
Handball Arena, London, UK. Make Architects
photo © makearchitects.com
photo © makearchitects.com
ArcelorMittal Orbit, London, UK. Ushida Findlay
photo © Simon Kennedy
photo © Simon Kennedy
photo © Simon Kennedy
photo © Simon Kennedy
London Shooting Venue, London, UK. Magma Architecture
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
photo © magmaarchitecture.com
Coca Cola Beatbox Pavilion, London, UK. Pernilla & Asif
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
photo © Hufton + Crow
Primary Substation, London, UK. NORD
photo © nordarchitecture.com
photo © nordarchitecture.com
photo © nordarchitecture.com
Olympic Energy Centres, London, UK. John McAslan + Partners
photo © mcaslan.co.uk
photo © mcaslan.co.uk
photo © mcaslan.co.uk
About the author
My name is Marcelo Seferin, I’m an architect from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the chief architect at Seferin Arquitetura, an office that works with architecture, interior design and sustainability projects. You can check our work at http://www.seferin.com.br and you can follow me at twiiter http://www.twitter.com/mseferin.
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