Olympic Stadium

20:21 2012, Architecture, London, London 2012, London Olympics 2012, Olympic Stadium, Olympics, Paralympics No Comments

Image by Chris Boland 

The Olympic stadium is Stratford, London, and it was and is the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic games. The stadium was opened in 2011 and the official construction date of the stadium was in mid-2008. The architects that designed the Olympic stadium are the Populous. The capacity of the stadium is 80,000 seats may get smaller by 25,000 and hosted the field events ,Opening and Closing ceremonies. It was originally costed £486 million to construct. It was used as the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic games and is going to be used as 2017 World Championship in athletics. There are speculations that there is a biding war between Tottenham Hotspurs F.C and West Ham F.C. to get the stadium and make it their new home.

                       

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London Olympic 2012

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The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place on 27 July 2012,  9:00 P.M. at the Olympic park.

Boyle, who is best known for directing Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting, said to the BBC that his production the Isles of Wonder theme captured the essence of Britain.

The Ceremony that welcomed the finest athletes from 205 nations for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, marking an historic third time the capital has hosted the world’s biggest and most important sporting event.

The London Olympic opening ceremony review.

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The Map of Ancient Greece

14:57 Agora, Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek Architecture, Architecture, Bouleuterion, Map, Olympic Stadium, The Acropolis, The Parthenon No Comments

Athens: The great capital of ancient Greece has a lot of really interesting constructions like The Parthenon, The Amphitheatre, The great Agora of Athens and of course The Acropolis. 
The Acropolis contains: 
- Stoa of Eumenes
- Statue of the Great Athena 
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus 
- Theatre of Dionysus 
- The Parthenon
- All the other vital constructions in the Greek Period.


Sparta: There are some architectural constructions in Sparta like The Bouleuterion of Sparta because of its famous governmental methods. However the main attraction in Sparta is the sculptures.


Olympia: Olympia is famous for hosting the Olympic games in The Olympic stadium. The Olympic games were made to favour the Gods and Goddesses. It is also very famous to the world for the magnificent Temple of Zeus of Olympia that was dedicated to the main God Zeus.

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Architecture of Ancient Greece

14:35 Ancient Greek Architecture, Architecture, Athens, Classical Architecture, Columns, Corinthian, Doric, engraved illustrations, Greek, Olympic Stadium, Stadium, Tuscan No Comments

Ancient Greek Architecture is best known for it's temples most of which are found throughout their region. They also were first to build a open air theatre and was first constructed as early as 350BC. There are some theatres that survived. Usually the ancient Greek period is associated with temples and other famous constructions that were made in that architectural period. However the main invention that was made during that period are the Capitals/Columns that held up the ceilings in temples and other buildings. This was a revolutionary discovery and was yet to show its real influence and excellence on the architectural history. 

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Mesopotamian Architecture

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Mesopotamia is an ancient period of architecture which was founded in the 6th century BC around the area of Turkey. Mesopotamia developed the early stages of urban planning, courtyard and ziggurats. It also made mud-brick construction popular, which in later stages was used to build the Great Pyramids of Giza and stadiums such as The Olympic Stadium in Athens. Furthermore they also started using it more to build temples and walls. The Mesopotamian period saw a variety of great walls and beautiful gates that helped develop new structures and ideas in later periods of Architecture. 

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