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Ah, thanks, Will. Also worth mentioning that the Clissold Leisure Centre was one of the main factors in the financial mismanagement that threw Hackney into chaos in 1999/2000.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/mar/01/architecture
https://www.building.co.uk/focus/the-pool-that-nearly-sank-its-architect/3101681.article
There's a road cycling component to this, of course:
http://www.designcurial.com/news/mapei-helps-clissold-leisure-centre-get-back-into-shape
I can't find the list of defects that Jonathan Glancey refers to in the first article, but my favourite item in that list was that people could look down into the women's changing room area from the stairs that went up to the gym.