“This guide describes the buildings created for the London 2012 Games, including both permanent and temporary structures built for the Olympic Park and venues across the city. Two of Britain's most incisive and entertaining writers on contemporary architecture and design, Tom Dyckhoff and Claire Barrett, examine what's been built, who designed the work and how it is set to transform London itself. Considering the human as well as the architectural stories behind the designs, they also look at how the programme for the 2012 Games has pioneered a new level of sustainability and explore the lasting legacy of London 2012.”
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‘A succinct, whistle–stop architectural tour around the Olympic Park and beyond… a keepsake’. (Blueprint, August 2012)
About the Author
Tom Dyckhoff is a writer, broadcaster and architecture critic. He wrote and presented the recent Channel 4 television series The Secret Life of Buildings , the BBC2 series Saving Britain′s Past and was for nine years architecture critic of The Times . He also writes a weekly column for The Guardian , and is honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects Claire Barrett is an award–winning editor and journalist. She works for housing developer, Hab, is Programme Director of INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors and Associate Editor at Elle Decoration . Previously Editor of Grand Designs Magazine , she has also written for many publications, including The Sunday Times , Dwell and The Architectural Review.
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By Mr. P. A. King
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Visually interesting, architecturally ok, a coffee table book that should have been in hard back though. One of those reminders of a great event that you leave lieing around when guests come and you can say "I was there" or to grandkids etc.
Nice imagery and concise write ups on the area. As others have said though - it is a coffee table book and being softback it won't last long here with the amount of pick-up and flick through viewings or maybe that was the publisher's plan to get people to buy more copies?
Nice imagery and concise write ups on the area. As others have said though - it is a coffee table book and being softback it won't last long here with the amount of pick-up and flick through viewings or maybe that was the publisher's plan to get people to buy more copies?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By thementalmen
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With the eyes of the world on London this summer due to the olympics, this is a great book to discuss and describe the new buildings/stadium that have been built for the event. Seeing how Stratford has been transformed is a fascinating and a worthwhile read - worth reading just to get you up to speed about London 2012 and give you a useful few facts for your pub trivia.
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By T. Russell
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This book is a mess - not helped by the misleading title. As I live in London, I am interested in its buildings, old and new, and had hoped that this book would give me what the title promises - a succinct look at each major building, with interiors and exteriors (including artists' impressions where necessary), with details of architect, concept and construction. Even a glance at the index makes the heart sink - each building has references scattered throughout the book, none of them indicating what information can be found in each location. We do not have maps, so anyone unfamiliar with the area is lost from the start - the photographs don't help, many of them being more promo than anything else, and often given bland (ie useless) captions. It's reasonable, given the nature of the Olympic project, to expect top-and-tailing of overall intentions and 'legacy' (or 'leftovers'), but here these subjects are included in the same disorganised jumble as everything else. So - if you want some nice pictures and souvenir-style text (designed to be skimmed, not read) then you might be prepared to accept this; if you really are interested in architecture, look elsewhere.
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Super
Wonderful book for anyone who is interested in the architecture of 2012 because its well written so it's not a boring book and it's also packed with stunning images and beautiful... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kitty
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, wrong format
This sort of subject really doesn't lend itself to the Kindle format - it's a perfect subject for a giant coffee table glossy hardback, but not so much for an ebook. Read more
Published 2 months ago by StevenM
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great, but needs a hardback
It is isn't always the case that books like this, packed with great photography also include well written commentary, but this succeeds on both scores. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Stephen Newton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Book to cherish
A compact sized book covering the big size british olympic venues. There are fantastic photos of all the main strucutres built for the olympics, what they all look like now, and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by zenadox
4.0 out of 5 stars
Architecture of London 2012
A fascinating collection of photographs of the varied structures erected for the 2012 games around the Stratford Olympic site. Recommended reading to all.
Published 3 months ago by Stuart
4.0 out of 5 stars
A book full of stunning imagery
If you're watching the Olympics, you're no doubt impressed with the range of venues - the aquatic centre has been featured front and centre in the first week and shortly we'll be... Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Baldwin
3.0 out of 5 stars
Potentially very interesting, but falls at the last hurdle
I had great hopes for this book and was delighted when Vine offered me a free copy. However having read it now I feel disappointed in the lack of a few items everyone might expect... Read more
Published 6 months ago by R. F. Stevens
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Architecture of London 2012
This book was a lot smaller than I had imagined, but I found that was much better in the long run - especially when my little boy was so keen on reading it and looking at the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Lucas
3.0 out of 5 stars
Something of a lost opportunity
As I really enjoy the work of Tom Dyckhoff, both his writing and tv presentation, I was very much looking forward to reading this book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Stromata
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good souvenir book
A good book to keep as a souvenir. It is not too large which makes it easy to hold and read and it is full of interesting facts and photographs about the buildings and construction... Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Woods
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