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“Complex” Hadid Aquatics Centre build to commence ahead of schedule
The Olympic Delivery Authority has hit back at “inaccurate and scathing” reports by the BBC that the Zaha Hadid designed Aquatics Centre will be too complex to build in time for the 2012 Olympics by announcing the early commencement of its construction.
The building touted as the “Gateway to the Games” is situated at the South East corner of the Olympic Park in London and construction will now commence by the end of this month, ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC report stated there were questions over the choice of wood for the roof, which was, in fact, chosen for the ceiling of the pool space.
During the games the Aquatics Centre will offer a capacity of 17,500 seats for the main competition pool and diving, and 5,000 seats for the water polo venue. After the games, 2,500 temporary seats will be removed and a ‘leisure water’ facility added turning the Centre into a permanent fixture in the Stratford community.
Hadid’s Aquatics centre was submitted to the design competition in 2005 and images were released the following year. In 2007 work began to clear the site of existing buildings and clean up the land in preparation for construction. Planning was sought in January of this year and in April Balfour Beatty were awarded the contract to build the Centre. With construction commencing by the end of the month it is expected the Centre will be complete in 2010.
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BC Wood GBM 2008
 We are glad to announce you that BC Wood’s Global Buyers’ Mission’s fifth edition will take place between September 11th and September 13th, 2008 in Whistler, British Columbia. In the last edition BC Wood organized for the first time an Architects’ Program with great success so we are repeating the Program this year and inviting European architects for the first time. If you want to learn more about this event, you can have a look at our website where you also will find info about last year’s edition.
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