London 2012 is still some time away, but the Olympic velodrome is already in a race —it was shortlisted for the 2011 Stirling Prize for architecture and narrowly lost out the top spot. The winner — a school (the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, south London) — was announced at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize dinner, on Saturday, October 1, 2011.
Watch these links:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hftn41w41gQ
Official Opening of the 2012 Olympic Velodrome
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deEibvMlclM
London 2012 Olympic Velodrome Timelapse
>http://www.youtube.com/user/LondonOlympicsin2012?blend=22&ob=5#p/u/0/CJdRFZHGF10
London 2012 Hopkins' London 2012 Olympic Velodrome
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13wPoxyjE8o
Velodrome progress and interview with cyclist Jamie Staff - London 2012