Many of you heard that Summer Olympic Games will be in London this year, from 27th July — 12th August. London will be first city who had Olympic Games three times. Today I invite all of you to helicopter excursion!
I must say, from an architectural point of view of London produces a depressing effect, especially after Beijing, with its luxurious stadiums. The main problem of the London Olympic projects: the strict dictates of government officials, which destroyed at the root all the attractive and spectacular elements of buildings. A modest budget has priority over the country’s prestige and beauty of the sports festival. Unofficial motto of the London Olympics, «Save!» As a result, most of the projects — a boring box.
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