The team designed venues that represented parts of the Beatles' history in order to create an atmosphere of authenticity.
Group resources can vary between purposely designed venues with state of the art props to "make do" multi-purpose clinically cluttered spaces.
The whole shebang cost close to £1bn, so, at £40m, at least the Richard Rogers-designed venue seemed something of a bargain.
He was keen to emphasis the legacy impact, too, of the Zaha Hadid-designed venue, the stylish interior of which will be matched by an equally impressive exterior once the two temporary wings of Olympic seating have been removed.
The first world-class competition inside the Zaha Hadid-designed venue also allowed paying punters to have their say on one of the aesthetic issues that is bound to dominate conversation during the Games.
Nowhere, since the forums of ancient Rome, has there been such a perfectly designed venue for conversation.
The speed at which the venue can be emptied is important both for amenity and safety because large crowds take a very long time to disperse from a badly designed venue and this in turn creates a safety risk.
Common factors associated with successful and culturally appropriate services for Indigenous mothers and babies have been identified and include, but are not limited to: community-based and/or community controlled services, a dedicated and specifically designed venue, continuity of carer, and a broad spectrum of well-integrated allied health and other specialist services [ 13, 14].
Two of the chief architectural concerns for the design of venues for mass audiences are speed of egress and safety.
Is designing sustainable venues tantamount to organizing sustainable games?
