Olympic Architects London 2012

The Olympic Stadium, ArcelorMittal Orbit and Coca-Cola 'Beatbox' Pavillion are some of the great structures to emerge as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Here, architects Rod Sheard of Populous, Kathryn Findlay of Ushida Findlay and Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt talk us through their Olympic specific projects; Sheard tells us of the mammoth task involved in designing an Olympic stadium, Findlay discusses one of the only permanent structures to stay in Stratford, the ArcelorMittal Orbit for which Ushida Findlay acted as the delivery architect working with Arup, Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, while Khan and Ohrstedt fill us in on how, as an emerging architecture duo, they worked with global brand Coca-Cola to amplify their message, creating Beatbox, a structure fusing design and music. While each structure serves a different and specific purpose, the architects all share one mindset: changing the face of London while keeping the spirit of sustainability intact.