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Iconic roof dives into action
With its unique sweeping and curving roof the Aquatics Centre will form the main gateway to the Games and is the second largest venue in the Olympic Park. …
Centrepiece stadium up and ready
The London 2012 Olympic stadium has been completed on time and under budget, emerging as a shining example of how the city is primed to host the greatest …
50 Years Ago: Steel for Ecclesiastical Buildings
From Building with Steel, May 1961 Temples and, later, churches were probably the world’s first architect designed buildings. Art flourishes best when …
Landmark Olympic Stadium completed on time
The London 2012 Olympic Stadium has been completed on time and under budget. Marking the end of the construction programme, the final piece of turf for the …
50 Years Ago: Outstanding Buildings in Steel
Recently completed buildings from Building with Steel, February 1961
Off-site solution made to measure
The advantages of offsite construction have come to the fore in south London where a residential project is making use of a bespoke prefabricated light steel …
New London rail interchange takes shape
Work is progressing on the redevelopment of Farringdon Station in London, part of the Thameslink Programme, which will deliver more trains and better journeys …
Sustainability centre for London’s Docklands
Work is now underway on the £30M Siemens Pavilion in east London, a structure which will kick-start a planned Green Enterprise District centred around the …
Record breaker reaches skyward
The construction of the Shard, Europe’s tallest, and first major mixed-use building has been dominating the London skyline for some months. Martin Cooper …
February 2011 – Most sustainable stadium
The Olympic Park Legacy Company was meeting to decide on which of two competing bids to accept for the future of the centrepiece London Olympic stadium as NSC …