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Aquatic Centre images

The Aquatics venue for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics

The Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will be located in the south-east corner of the Olympic Park

The interior of the proposed Olympic 2012 aquatic centre

The East London venue will include a 50m competition pool, a 25m diving pool and a 50m warm-up training pool

Balfour Beatty won the contract to build the Centre

The venue was designed by architects Zaha Hadid and will be built by construction company Balfour Beatty

Thousands of spectators are expected at the venue during the Olympics and Paralympics

The venue will seat 17,500 spectators during the Olympic swimming and diving events

The outside of the Olympic Aquatic Centre

Construction is due to start in summer 2008 and finish in 2011, in time for Test events

related bbc links:
Mihir Bose blog: Explaining the story behind the new designs
BBC London's 2012 coverage

related internet links:
London 2012 official site
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