Populous Strikes 2012 Design Deal
Populous, the architecture and design firm formerly known as HOK Sport, has been named as an official Tier Three commercial provider for the London 2012 Olympics by LOCOG, the Games organising committee.
Populous has been appointed as the Official Architectural and Overlay Design Services Provider and is leading the team comprising Allies & Morrison and Lifshutz Davidson Sandilands to deliver the project.
The consortium will work with LOCOG’s Venue and Infrastructure team, which is responsible for installing overlay to existing and newly built venues to ensure that they are fit for purpose for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The consortium will also provide design and drawing production services to support the development of these overlay designs for London 2012 venues.
The scope of this work includes 36 competition venues located both inside and outside the Olympic Park as well as a large number of non-competition venues including the Olympic Village, and the International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC).
As part of the deal, approximately 100 employees from the consortium will work alongside LOCOG designers and project managers to deliver the architectural and overlay designs for the venues.
