All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø 2012 articles – Page 4
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NewsBam Nuttall bags £76m Olympic park rebuild job
Appointment comes as legacy company prepares to procure £95m stadium rebuild
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NewsOlympic media centre re-fit to cost £100m
Legacy company real estate boss flags huge redevelopment job post-Games
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NewsOlympic construction workers recreate masterpiece
‘Bathers’ pose for photographic recreation of 19th century painting
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CommentºÚ¶´ÉçÇø memories: British school design in 1948
As Willmott Dixon starts work on ‘off the shelf’ schools, we go back in time to see how ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reported on standardised school design in 1948
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FeaturesThe London 1948 Olympics: Running on empty
If the preparations for London 2012 have sometimes felt like an uphill struggle, at least we haven’t had to ask the world to bring its own food. Launching our ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Memories series from the magazine archive, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks back to the Austerity Olympics of 1948 - the last time the ...
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NewsOlympic Wetlands Bridge receives highest ever CEEQUAL rating
Nearly half of the content of the bridge by value is recycled
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FeaturesThe Olympic village: architectural review
The Olympic village is the last main 2012 venue to be completed and as a symbol of regeneration its success is crucial to legacy plans. But have its designers played it too safe? ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reports
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CommentºÚ¶´ÉçÇø memories: The Radio Times reports the 1948 Olympics
Our ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Memories campaign continues with a look at how the Radio Times reported the start of the Olympics in 1948
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CommentºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Memories: 1948 Olympics and beyond
Campaign will include features and images of projects from the last century from ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s archive
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NewsThree shortlisted to refit Olympic press centre
Olympic Legacy Company announced shortlist and will make selection this summer
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NewsOlympic village is completed
The £1.1bn Olympic village is the last major building to be completed
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NewsCameron intervenes over Olympic marketing rights
Olympic minister asked to examine complaints that 2012 firms prevented from taking ‘due credit’
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CommentOlympic venue spotlight: Balfour Beatty's Olympic feat
The chief operating officer of the main contractor on the aquatics centre talks legacy and LOCOG
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NewsRock star-inspired artwork installed on Olympic park
RUN by Monica Bonvicini weighs 30 tonnes and is adjacent to the handball arena
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CommentThe Games are just for starters
Once the Olympics are over, all eyes will be on the Games’ legacy. Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive Andrew Altman says it will be this that will change the face of London
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FeaturesThe Olympic legacy: Passing the finish line
Legacy promises were at the heart of London’s bid to host the Olympics. But whereas the construction of the sites has been a triumph, the Games’ legacy still hangs in the balance. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks at what’s still to do in a hectic schedule
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CommentOlympic construction firms: Credit where it's due
Being involved in the Olympics is a great privilege for a small firm – and it’s a great shame that we can’t shout about it
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FeaturesStanton Williams: The Attraction of Opposites
Architect Stanton Williams is a company that likes to be different - so when its profit plunged by 90% at the start of the financial crisis it didn’t do what so many other architects are doing and look abroad for work. It decided to stick with what it knows best: ...
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NewsBritish firms to travel to Rio in 2016 Olympic trade mission
Mission will cover skills such as construction project management and legacy planning
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CommentOlympic venue spotlight: Eton Manor
With three 50m pools and 13 tennis courts, this venue will be used in different ways throughout the Games, Paralympic Games and beyond