The hot favourite for the annual 16th RIBA Stirling Prize, Hopkins Architects' 2012 Olympics Velodrome is a hyperbolic structure with an impressive a double-curved, ultra light roof covered in red cedar wood and inspired by the race tracks. Alongside aesthetic considerations, the Velodrome is constructed with utmost care for eco-sustainability. Crane.tv chats to engineers Andrew Weir at Expedition Engineering and Klaus Bode at BDSP together with architect Mike Taylor at Hopkins Architects to hear about how they created one of the Olympic Park's most complete structures.
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The London Olympic 2012 Velodrome
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