Olympic bosses knew the 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre was going to blow the budget of £73m, over 3 years ago, according to front page news in The Guardian.
With the cost of Hadid's building now estimated at £242m, officials always knew the original bid book cost of £73m was unachievable, argues another Guardian article, Anatomy of an Olympic-sized overspend.
Most of the original proposals for the Aquatics Centre came in at over 90% over budget, with Hadid's proposal originally 20% over budget.
The article describes the London Development Agency as being 'mesmerised' by Hadid.
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so unnecessary. an olympic-size pool is, what, a few million at best. the rest is window-dressing and structural pyrotechnics.
hadid can bring a project in on a budget for certain. what is it about this one that's making it 300% of what it really should be?
yeah, seems a little excessive when all that is required is a scheap box. clowns...
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