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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 23:13:00

Built for the 2012 Summer Olympics at a cost of 44 million pounds, this 7,500-capacity multi-sport arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park hosted handball, modern pentathlon fencing, and Paralympic goalball during the Games before reopening as a community and events venue in 2013. The design by Make Architects incorporates recycled copper cladding on the exterior that gives the building its name and weathers to a distinctive verdigris patina over time. The arena's environmental credentials we...