LONDON, ENGLAND.-Joint statement: Zaha Hadid Architects working "positively and in partnership" with Olympic stakeholders to deliver "iconic" Aquatic Centre for 2012 Games.

In the light of recent media coverage about the Aquatic Centre for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the London Development Agency and Sport England wish to make it clear that Zaha Hadid Architects remain the architects for the project.

The offices of Zaha Hadid Architects and S&P Architects are continuing to work positively and in partnership with the DCMS, London Development Agency, Sport England and the London Organising Committee (LOCOG) to deliver a truly iconic project for the London 2012 Games - within the budget available and to the appropriate and agreed specifications.