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London 2012 Olympic Update

All images sourced by woodgnome at SSC (unless otherwise stated); taken by www.london2012.com. I hope you aren't using dial-up to access this thread!


Olympic Stadium

This is now pretty much complete; and for a bonus it came in ahead of budget and three months ahead of schedule. The only remaining activities concerning the stadium are the 'wrap' (a portion is visible in the first photo) and the track which will be laid after all the rigging for the opening ceremony is complete.









Some futher interior photos sourced by Parisian Girl at SSC.








Media Centre






Olympic Village










Handball Arena

The western Energy Centre consists of the buildings to the right of the arena.




Aquatics Centre










Velopark






Basketball Arena

Random fact - this is apparently the world's largest temporary venue






Eton Manor

Site for the aquatic training centre, and wheelchair tennis. Random: rare shot as well of a Shikansen nestled between two Eurostars.






Olympic Park










Olympic Cauldron

On another matter, Thomas Heatherwick has been appointed as designer for the Olympic Caulderon. For those not aware of the name, he was the individual behind the Seed Cathedral at the Shanghai Expo held last year, the Scorpion Bridge at Paddington and the new bus for London (aka New Routemaster). So it will be interesting to see what the result will be. Images sourced from www.heatherwick.com