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Sadiq Khan unveils new-look designs for London's £1bn East Bank
by Kim Megson | 08 Jun 2018
London mayor Sadiq Khan has set out a £1.1bn vision for East Bank at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – a brand new masterplan for the former ‘Olympicopolis’ cultural scheme. The waterfront site has been redesigned by architects Allies and Morrison, O’Donnell + Tuomey, and Camps Felip Arquitecturia, following detailed public consultation. Envisioned as “a new powerhouse of culture, education, innovation and growth,” the project was first planned to secure the
Week's top news: A rainforest on a tower, Philippe Starck's wellness hub and an auction to remember at the Four Seasons restaurant
by Kim Megson | 30 Jul 2016
Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a hip hop museum to rainforest built on a tower in Dubai. • Studio MMK will design Seoul’s music-led ‘Dream Island’ complex after winning an international architecture competition. Read here. • Dubai’s planned safari park will feature misting machines, cool-water pools and air conditioned rocks to keep the animals cool. Read here. • Designs have
Revealed: Brand new images of London's Olympic cultural legacy project
by Kim Megson | 27 Jul 2016
Images released today (27 July) have given a first proper look at how the cultural attractions planned for London’s Stratford Waterfront are set to look. Architecture studios Allies and Morrison, O’Donnell + Tuomey and Arquitecturia are designing a series of new facilities for the waterfront in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of the Olympicopolis cultural and educational development. The new renderings reveal how the following three venues are
Smithsonian and V&A partner for London Olympicopolis site
by Tom Anstey | 15 Jun 2016
The Smithsonian Institute is teaming up with the V&A Museum to create a collaborative permanent exhibition space at London’s Olympicopolis site. The plans, which date back to January 2015, originally called for a stand-alone Smithsonian to act as an anchor for the site upon its opening in 2020/2021. The amended plans now come at significantly less cost to the Smithsonian, with the V&A partnership giving the institution a permanent presence
Smithsonian stalls on Olympicopolis plans while British Museum considers satellite site
by Tom Anstey | 14 Apr 2016
While the Smithsonian is stalling on plans to move to London’s Olympicopolis site, the British Museum is looking at the possibility of a satellite site at the upcoming cultural hub. For the Washington-based Smithsonian, which has 19 affiliates in the US, uncertainty over costs to open a new 3,750sq m (40,300sq ft) satellite facility within the new cultural quarter on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has delayed a final decision.
New images of London's Olympicopolis revealed
by Kim Megson | 08 Mar 2016
New images have been released of the ambitious Olympicopolis cultural development planned for London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A selection of renderings and models show the scheme’s main leisure institutions located on Stratford Waterfront, including a new V&A museum, a Smithsonian gallery and a 600-capacity theatre and hip hop academy. Olympicopolis – which is a legacy project inspired by the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – has been
Smithsonian in talks to anchor London’s Olympicopolis
by Tom Anstey | 29 Jan 2015
The Smithsonian Institute is in discussions with a view to opening its first location outside the US. The 40,000sq ft (3,700sq m) Smithsonian gallery would be part of the Olympicopolis educational and cultural quarter being developed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. In September 2014, London mayor, Boris Johnson, launched a design competition for the new £400m (US$650m, €503m) educational and cultural quarter and nearly 1,000 design
Haworth Tompkins in the running for ‘Olympicopolis’ project
by Jak Phillips | 12 Dec 2014
A host of leading architecture practices feature on the shortlist – revealed today (12 December) – for the competition to design a culture and education quarter at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. Stirling Prize Winner and recently announced Architect of the Year Haworth Tompkins features in one of the six star-studded teams vying for the project, with David Chipperfield Architects and Alison Brooks also in contention. Billed as the
£400m ‘Olympicopolis’ design competition now open
by Katie Buckley | 12 Sep 2014
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, has opened a major design competition for a new £400m (US$650m, €503m) educational and cultural quarter at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London. Billed as the ‘Olympicopolis’, the project will be situated on the former 2012 Olympics site showcasing London’s ‘exceptional art, dance, history, craft, science, technology and cutting edge design’. Although visitors to the park are already able to enjoy its parklands, waterways,
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