Olympian Heights – FT Weekend Magazine
Day by day, London’s Olympic site is slowly moulding the urban future of east London.
Photographer Giles Price has taken to the air to make sense of this vast new ‘city’ under construction.
Words by Liz Jobey. Link here.
An aerial view of the Olympic site showing the Olympic Village (left), Stratford International Station (centre) and the new Westfield Stratford City shopping mall (right of centre).
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One of the many bridges that span the River Lea, linking the Olympic Stadium site with the surrounding area.
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Construction has now been completed on the Games’ principal cycling venue, which will seat 6,000 spectators
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The 400-metre track is due to be completed this summer. Price’s images “reduce the construction workers and their machinery to Tonka-toy proportions.
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The ArcelorMittal Orbit (above), designed by the sculptor Anish Kapoor, will be Britain’s largest piece of public art. The Olympic Village (below right) will provide apartments for 17,000 athletes and officials.
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Still under construction, 45 hectares of wildlife habitats will feature regenerated waterways along with bird and bat boxes installed throughout the Olympic site.
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Construction is complete on the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium.
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The Olympic Village will provide apartments for 17,000 athletes and officials.
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Still under construction, 45 hectares of wildlife habitats will feature regenerated waterways along with bird and bat boxes installed throughout the Olympic site.
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