Here East

Last updated

Here East
Here East Logo.svg
Here East, former Olympic Internation Broadcast Centre (28859523084).jpg
Here East complex in 2016
Newham London UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location within London Borough of Newham
Former namesLondon Olympics Media Centre (2011–2014)
General information
TypeTelevision broadcast facilities, International Broadcast Centre (formerly)
AddressQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E15 2GW
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51°32′50″N0°01′20″W / 51.54722°N 0.02222°W / 51.54722; -0.02222
Cost£355m ($473m) [1]
Renovation cost£90m ($120m) [2]
Technical details
Floor area1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) [2]
Website
Official website

Here East is a media complex located in the Olympic Park in East London, built specially for the 2012 London Olympics. It is located at the site of the former Hackney Wick Stadium close to the Riverbank Arena in Hackney Wick. [3]

Contents

During the Olympics and Paralympics, the complex was named the London Olympics Media Centre. It was later refurbished and renamed to Here East. [4]

History

London Olympics Media Centre

The London Olympics Media Centre (incorporating the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre) in June 2011 International Broadcast Centre, 14 June 2011 cropped.jpg
The London Olympics Media Centre (incorporating the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre) in June 2011

At the time of the Olympic bid it was intended that the complex would be privately financed on the basis that the building would have residual value from alternative uses after the games. [1] As of December 2009, the Olympic Delivery Authority had allocated £702 million of Programme and Funders’ contingency, largely to cover the decisions to publicly fund the Village and Media Centre after it became clear private funding could not be secured on acceptable terms during the 2008 to 2010 economic crisis. [5]

The complex was a 24-hour media hub that catered for over 20,000 broadcasters, photographers and print journalists facilitating broadcasts to 4 billion people worldwide. [6] It contained an International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and a Main Press Centre (MPC). [6]

The design of the complex, which was 275 metres (902 ft) long, was by Allies and Morrison. [6] It had a catering village and a multi-storey car park to link the two main venues (the IBC and the MPC) together. [6] The construction cost was £355 million [1] and the main contractor was Carillion. [7] It was completed in July 2011. [8]

Legacy

Following the games, the property firm Delancey formed a joint venture with Infinity SDC to convert the Olympic broadcast and press centre into a tech hub for corporations. The joint venture was called iCity, [9] with Laing O'Rourke being appointed to carry out the £150 million redevelopment of the Broadcasting Centre. [10] Consultants Buro Happold provided the engineering design, working in collaboration with architects Hawkins\Brown. [2]

The complex was designed to create some 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2) of business space as part of the legacy of the games. [11] BT Sport broadcast from the centre from its inception in August 2013, [12] to its rebranding in July 2023 and had three studios there. [13]

In February 2014 the site was renamed Here East. [14] It went on to accommodate campuses for Staffordshire University, Loughborough University and University College London as well as Plexal, a co-working location for start-up businesses. [15]

Current tenants

Current tenants include: [16]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loughborough University</span> Public university in Loughborough, UK

Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills directly applicable in the wider world. In March 2013, the university announced it had bought the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a second campus. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £369.1 million, of which £48.3 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £339.1 million.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loughborough</span> Town in Charnwood, Leicestershire, England

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and the location of Loughborough University. At the 2021 Census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884, the second largest in the county after Leicester. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is a short distance from Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and East Midlands Airport. It has the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells for the Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in the Queens Park in the town, and for York Minster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of East London</span> Public university in London, England

University of East London (UEL) is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford and Docklands, following the opening of University Square Stratford in September 2013. The University of East London began as the West Ham Technical Institute and it was officially opened in October 1898 after approval was given for the construction of the site by the West Ham Technical Instruction Act Committee in 1892 following the Technical Instruction Act of 1889. It gained university status in 1992. It was formerly known as College of East London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hackney Marshes</span> Open space in London

Hackney Marshes is an area of open space in London's Lower Lea Valley, lying on the western bank of the River Lea. It takes its name from its position on the eastern boundary of Hackney, the principal part of the London Borough of Hackney, and from its origin as an area of true marsh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Staffordshire University</span> University in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Staffordshire University is a public research university in Staffordshire, England. It has one main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent and four other campuses; in Stafford, Lichfield, Shrewsbury and London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White City Place</span> Office complex and former Olympic Stadium site in White City, London

White City Place is the name given to the collection of buildings formerly known as BBC Media Village. White City Place is a collection of six buildings occupying a 17-acre site off Wood Lane, White City in West London, bordered by South Africa Road, Dorando Close and the A40 Westway. The site is a short distance along Wood Lane from BBC Television Centre. All formerly properties of the BBC, only two buildings – Broadcast Centre and the Lighthouse – are currently occupied by BBC staff.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hackney Wick railway station</span> Railway station in London, England

Hackney Wick is a station on the North London Line in the area of Hackney Wick, East London. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail as part of the Crosstown Linkline service between North Woolwich and Camden Road stations. Between Spring 2017 and May 2018 the station was rebuilt and modernised, including replacement of the footbridge by a subway. The new subway, in addition to linking the two platforms will, later in 2018, provide a cycle and pedestrian link between Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outside broadcasting</span> Remote production of television or radio programmes

Outside broadcasting (OB) is the electronic field production (EFP) of television or radio programmes from a mobile remote broadcast television studio. Professional video camera and microphone signals come into the production truck for processing, recording and possibly transmission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hackney Wick</span> Human settlement in England

Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in East London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes also described as being part of Hackney Wick. The area lies 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park</span> Sporting complex in Greater London, England

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and the London Olympics Media Centre. The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Broadcast Centre</span> Media conference and control rooms during major sporting events

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is a temporary hub for broadcasters during major sport events. It is also known as the International Press Center (IPC) or Main Press Center (MPC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hackney Wick Stadium</span> Former stadium in Hackney, London

Hackney Wick Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium located at Waterden Road in Hackney Wick, London, England.

Buro Happold Limited is a British professional services firm that provides engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure, and the environment. It was founded in Bath, Somerset, in 1976 by Sir Edmund Happold when he took up a post at the University of Bath as Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Structural Awards</span>

The Institution of Structural Engineers' Structural Awards have been awarded for the structural design of buildings and infrastructure since 1968. The awards were re-organised in 2006 to include ten categories and the Supreme Award for structural engineering excellence, the highest award a structural project can win.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fish Island, London</span> Area of east London, England

Fish Island is an area in east London, England in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It encompasses one of 58 designated conservation areas in Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain's industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios</span>

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is a British architectural design firm, established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London, Manchester and Belfast. The firm is known for its pioneering work in sustainable design and social design agenda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East London Tech City</span> Human settlement in England

East London Tech City is a technology cluster of high-tech companies located in East London, United Kingdom. Its main area lies broadly between St Luke's and Hackney Road, with an accelerator space for spinout companies at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Village, London</span> Human settlement in England

East Village is a housing development in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been converted for use as a new residential district, complete with independent shops, bars and restaurants. The area was formerly contaminated waste land and industrial buildings to the north of Stratford town centre.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gibson, Owen (21 January 2009). "Government forced to bail out major Olympic projects". The Guardian . London: Guardian News and Media . Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Here East". Hawkins\Brown . Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Park runners savour their day". Headway. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Here East". Buro Happold . Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Progress report February 2010". Nao.org.uk. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "London 2012 Media Centre London : IBC/MPC Building". e-architect. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Women make their mark on the 2012 Olympic site". BBC. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "IBC / MPC". London 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "A new digital quarter for London". iCITY London. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "O'Rouke to win £150m Olympic media centre" . Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "London 2012 media centre to leave green business and employment space in legacy". London 2012. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "BT Sport to make iCity and the Olympic Broadcast Centre its production home" (Press release). BT Group. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Studio 3". Timeline Television Ltd. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "iCITY approved and new name revealed". Hackney Council. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Inside the world of Here East where businesses can grow and prosper". Newham Recorder. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Who's Here". Here East. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.