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.
2 Comments
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...
Block this user
Are you sure you want to block this user and hide all related comments throughout the site?
Archinect
This is your first comment on Archinect. Your comment will be visible once approved.