Ten Design Teams Shortlisted For Olympic Arenas

Ten design teams have been shortlisted by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for two of the temporary arenas for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The teams will compete for the contract to design both the Basketball and Fencing arenas, which will be located within the Olympic Park. The basketball venue will be adjacent to the Olympic Stadium.

The two arenas will have 12,000 seats for the Basketball events and 4,500 seats during the Modern Pentathlon events. During the Paralympic Games it will have 10,000 seats for Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby.


The 8,000-seat Fencing Hall will be located in the Park close to the Olympic Village. It will host Fencing during the Olympic Games and Paralympic Judo and Wheelchair Fencing during the Paralympic Games.

David Higgins, Chief Executive for the ODA said: "We are looking for design teams to provide innovative solutions for important temporary arenas such as Basketball and Fencing. Industry has responded positively to this challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing the submissions put forward from the impressive teams on the short list."

MottMacDonald, Wilkinson Eyre and David Morley Architects are among the ten teams shortlisted to design the Olympic arenas.

(LC)