Brady and Murray: ‘Lift the gag!’
RIBA president intensifies campaign to lift Olympic marketing ban
The president of the RIBA and Peter Murray have unfurled a banner at the RIBA to promote the architects and engineers responsible for the London 2012 Olympic games.
The pair were joined by John Nolan, president of the Institution of Structural Engineers, and watched by a host of architects, engineers and members of the public.
Brady, who had a dress made especially for the occasion, spoke about the importance of promoting the role of the designers of the games and once again called for the Olympic marketing ban to be lifted.
Russ Edwards, associate director at dRMM who worked on the Olympic Village, was there to support the initiative.
“We’ve struggled with this for six months now, since we finished the building, and it’s fantastic they’re bringing some attention to it,” he said. “We’ve seen Cameron meeting all these foreign businessmen, and we’ve been excluded.”
“Given the amount of involvement we had with the ODA, it’s surprising that the rules are so stringent.”
And Wai Kay Chan from engineers Ramboll, who worked on the bridges at Eton Dornay said: “We haven’t been able to promote it so only the people in the industry know about it. I think it’s great they’re doing all this.”
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Readers' comments (11)
I think this is brilliant! Well done Peter Murray and Angela Brady. It is absurb that the many businesses involved in creating this amazing Olympic venue cannot showcase their achievement until up to a year after the event. What a missed opportunity to tell the world, what a boost it would have been in these tough times. Lift the gag, at least once the Games are done.
Well done!
All Architect's should show their support for the protection of our liberties as this is a ridiculous control of our freedoms. Corporate control is an anathema to the olympic ideals.
What is the justification for the gag anyhow?
Should this not be done outside the Houses of Parliament?
Or more to the point at the Olympic Park?
well done! where can I get one?
The Buildings at the Olympic park are nothing spectacular, rather mundane at best. The bird's nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics was a good design, ther is none of that here. Better for the Architects involved that people don't know who they are. Better still would be for Angela Brady to work at the mess that is RIBA Architecture education in stead off wasting time at PR stunts like these, it looks ridiculous, just a kiss up event.
Angela Brady-not the sharpest pencil....
Walked around the village last night and I am impressed by the quality of the spaces - the accommodation is "OK".
Actually I think that the Olympic park should be judged in its legacy mode - when all the scaffolding seating has gone down.
The site is REALLY delivering what it is meant to in its sports mode, and lets judge it architecturally in its legacy mode.
I think it is really set up to deliver.
Whilst I don't really understand or agree with this ban, would it not be correct to say that the architects knew about it when they signed contracts? Surely if the ban is so offensive and egregious, the honorable thing to do would be not to take the work on at all?