John Partridge from the LCC architect's department

The National Sports Centre was designed under Leslie Martin from the London County Council architects department. In this interview from Utopia London John Partridge describes the ethos behind the department at that time, 'I think we all knew that we were going to build the right architecture for the C20. We were going to build a better and more equal society. We didn't talk about it, it was an understood thing… there was a buzz in the air, we worked weekends and slept in the office.. the enthusiasm was contagious, infectious.'