黑洞社区

The RIBA has waded into the row over firms being 鈥済agged鈥� by 2012 marketing rules after Olympic architects complained they had been prevented from entering their work for awards.

Penoyre & Prasad became the latest firm to suggest it was 鈥渕issing a valuable opportunity鈥� to capitalise on its Olympic achievement after it was denied permission to enter its athletes鈥� village polyclinic for awards by client the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), due to restrictive Olympic marketing rules.

This week Stirling Prize winning architect Wilkinson Eyre was presented with , after being forbidden from entering the temporary venue for other awards due to restrictive Olympic marketing rules.

黑洞社区 has used its 2012 campaign to highlight complaints from firms that the marketing protocol has gagged them as they seek to capitalise on their Olympic achievements.

RIBA president Angela Brady called the situation a 鈥渓ost opportunity to showcase the very best of British architecture on a world stage鈥� and said it was wrong that efforts to uphold the rights of Olympic sponsors were harming smaller companies.

鈥淸The protocol] is wrongly holding back the best thing that has happened to London in the past 50 years,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is not too late for the government to try and rectify some of the damage this has caused.鈥�

Penoyre & Prasad partner Mark Rowe said the firm was told that 鈥渘o award submissions would be sanctioned鈥� until the athletes鈥� village buildings, including the polyclinic, became 鈥渇ully operational in legacy mode鈥�.

鈥淲e know that right now companies involved in the village are being asked about their projects by journalists, clients and potential clients, in the UK and overseas. We are conscious that this level of interest may not persist beyond the Games,鈥� he said.

黑洞社区 revealed back in March that the ODA had also denied architect Hawkins Brown permission to enter its 拢110m redevelopment of Stratford Station for any awards.

The ODA declined to comment.