Plans lodged for downsized Olympics village

Quite an interesting tale from Building Design about Fletcher Priest Architects and the ODA's detailed plans for how athletes and officials will be housed in the athletes village in east London in 2012.

BD writes that the plans, lodged this week, will see athletes eat in large communal dining halls, while one-bedroom flats will accommodate up to four athletes, a two-bedroom home will house six, and up to eight athletes will be accommodated in three-bedroom flats and four-bedroom town houses.

It adds that, at 40ha, the village will be significantly smaller than the equivalent at both the Beijing games (66ha) and the Athens games (110ha).

Let's hope the UK's athletes stay in nearby hotels where they can really stretch out.