{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-isbn-9781119940692","title":"The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e story of The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park by the Olympic Delivery Authority. Situated in east London adjacent to Victoria Park, one of the world’s earliest public parks built in the 19th century, the Park provides an innovative blueprint for contemporary urban park design and is recognised as an exemplar sustainable development for the 21st century. As a primary legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Park was conceived as a new piece of sustainable city, transforming a largely neglected, contaminated, post-industrial district, into a new community for up to 20,000 residents, shifting the centre of gravity of London eastwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by those at the heart of the project, it draws significantly on contributions from the many experts who have shaped and guided the creation of the Park, including interviews with the key players responsible for delivering the project. It provides the only authoritative account of the planning, design and construction of the Park beginning with the bid to host the games, setting out its historical, philosophical and physical context; describing the strategic fit within the Thames Gateway, Lower Lea Valley and Stratford City; explaining how One Planet Living principles developed by WWF and BioRegional underpinned sustainability throughout the project; and concludes with a ‘Walk in Park’ capturing its essence for both Games and Legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated, it is a unique reference for those involved in the planning, design, delivery and management of sustainable urban parks and new communities on post-industrial and other land, and those seeking to host future Games and other large-scale international events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword – Sir Nicholas Serota 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction – The Power of the Games 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter One – Start with the Park 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Alison Nimmo CBE 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Jason Prior \u0026amp; Bill Hanway 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Two – Delivering the Park 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Sir David Higgins 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Ian Galloway OBE \u0026amp; Matt Heal 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Three – Planning and Designing the Park 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: George Hargreaves 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Andrew Harland \u0026amp; Neil Mattinson 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Sarah Price 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Four – Constructing the Park 166\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Simon Wright OBE 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Tom Armour \u0026amp; Bill Grose \/ Alison Braham \u0026amp; Martyn Lass MBE 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Professor Nigel Dunnett \u0026amp; Professor James Hitchmough 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Five – A Walk in the Park 228\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Dennis Hone 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview: Sir John Armitt 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword – ProfessorJames Corner 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchedule of Teams Involved in the Project 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicture Credits 286\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is a coffee table book with a difference-once picked up there is no desire to flick through and put it down more to leave the room and ask people not to disturb you... all I can say is read it, love it and learn from it.??This book makes me proud of us as a visionary, planning and working nation than the Olympics did as sporting one!\" (\u003cem\u003eBuilding Engineer,\u003c\/em\u003e March 2013) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... provides the only authoritative and true account of how planners and designers built, landscaped and planted the greenest Games in history.\" (\u003cem\u003ePro Landscaper,\u003c\/em\u003e January 2013)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e DipLA MLA FLI ASLA is a landscape architect, environmental planner and urban designer. He was project sponsor for the parklands and public realm at the Olympic Delivery Authority from 2007 to 2011 and is currently visiting professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Greenwich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Neal\u003c\/b\u003e BA (Hons), DipLA, MDes, Dip Ecology, FLI is a landscape architect, environmental planner and urban designer. He was head of public space at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment from 2003 to 2011 and has acted as an adviser to the Olympic Delivery Authority for the Parklands and Public Realm since 2006. He currently runs his own landscape planning and design consultancy specializing in urban parks and the public realm.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e story of The Making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park by the Olympic Delivery Authority. Situated in east London adjacent to Victoria Park, one of the world’s earliest public parks built in the 19th century, the Park provides an innovative blueprint for contemporary urban park design and is recognised as an exemplar sustainable development for the 21st century. As a primary legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Park was conceived as a new piece of sustainable city, transforming a largely neglected, contaminated, post-industrial district, into a new community for up to 20,000 residents, shifting the centre of gravity of London eastwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by those at the heart of the project, it draws significantly on contributions from the many experts who have shaped and guided the creation of the Park, including interviews with the key players responsible for delivering the project. It provides the only authoritative account of the planning, design and construction of the Park beginning with the bid to host the games, setting out its historical, philosophical and physical context; describing the strategic fit within the Thames Gateway, Lower Lea Valley and Stratford City; explaining how One Planet Living principles developed by WWF and BioRegional underpinned sustainability throughout the project; and concludes with a ‘Walk in Park’ capturing its essence for both Games and Legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated, it is a unique reference for those involved in the planning, design, delivery and management of sustainable urban parks and new communities on post-industrial and other land, and those seeking to host future Games and other large-scale international events.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990283043045,"sku":"NP9781119940692","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119940692.jpg?v=1761787193","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-making-of-the-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-isbn-9781119940692","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}