Dog Star Selects London Aquatics Center for Olympic Games

DOG STAR is excited to see this remarkable architecture project completed so early (this past summer) before the London 2012 Olympic Games. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the London Aquatics Center features a wave-like roof and no less than 17,500 seats. Here are more details from the architects: “Construction started on the Zaha Hadid-designed Aquatics Centre just over three years ago in June 2008 and has been completed on time and with an exemplary safety record. Over 3630 people have worked on the construction of the venue and over 370 UK businesses have won contracts including the steel for the roof from Wales, pool lights from Scotland, pumps from Bedfordshire, under-floor heating by a company from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and water testing done by a Flintshire-based business“.  What we like so much is what we usually see in a Zaha Hadid building: a fresh way to see a building in an original shape that is wildly strange for the landscape and still beautiful!  Photography by Anthony Charlton / Getty