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The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
John C. Hopkins
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Description for The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Hardback. This is the story of the making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Situated in East London, the Olympic Park is recognized as one of the very first sustainable public parks of the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1516.
This is the story of the making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Situated in East London, the Olympic Park is recognized as one of the very first sustainable public parks of the 21st century. Exploring how Olympic Park was conceived as a new piece of city that shifted the entire center of gravity of London eastwards, this book reveals the philosophical context and technical insights that went into the creation of this sustainable, contemporary urban park of international significance.
This is the story of the making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Situated in East London, the Olympic Park is recognized as one of the very first sustainable public parks of the 21st century. Exploring how Olympic Park was conceived as a new piece of city that shifted the entire center of gravity of London eastwards, this book reveals the philosophical context and technical insights that went into the creation of this sustainable, contemporary urban park of international significance.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1516g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119940692
SKU
V9781119940692
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99-1
About John C. Hopkins
John Hopkins DipLA MLA FLI ASLA is a landscape architect, environmental planner and urban designer. He was project sponsor for the parklands and public realm at the Olympic Delivery Authority from 2007 to 2011 and is currently visiting professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Greenwich. Peter Neal BA (Hons), ... Read more
Reviews for The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
provides the only authoritative and true account of how planners and designers built, landscaped and planted the greenest Games in history. (Pro Landscaper, January 2013) This is a coffee table book with a difference-once picked up there is no desire to flick through and put it down more to leave the room and ask people not to disturb you all ... Read more