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Paris 2024 Olympics diary, week two: ‘The reuse story is obvious everywhere’
With only two new permanent venues created for Paris 2024, its organisers will hope these Games are proof the Olympics can be sustainable
Tag: Olympics
Maccreanor Lavington submits application for 12ha Olympic Park masterplan
Maccreanor Lavington has put forward a planning application to transform a 12ha site once used as the main construction hub for the 2012 London Olympic Games
Maccreanor Lavington to lead team on 12ha Olympic Park masterplan
Maccreanor Lavington has been appointed by Network Rail to lead the masterplanning team for a major site once used as the main construction hub for the 2012 London Olympics
McAslan and PLP shortlisted for Milan Olympic village
John McAslan + Partners and PLP Architecture are among six teams shortlisted in an open international competition to masterplan an Olympic Village at Milan’s Porta Romana railway yard for the 2026 Winter Olympics
Where it all went wrong for the Olympic Stadium
NEWS ANALYSIS: Lack of clarity at the outset about legacy uses of the 2012 stadium is at the root of its present troubles, writes Colin Marrs
Head of Legacy Corp quits as 2012 Stadium problems escalate
The chief of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has quit following the launch of an inquiry into the spiralling cost of converting Populous’s 2012 Olympic Stadium into the new home for West Ham Football Club
AECOM’s Bill Hanway: ‘The Olympic Park reflects the new economic reality in Brazil’
AECOM chief Bill Hanway talks about masterplanning the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, what he learned from London 2012 and how this year’s venues will be turned into new schools