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Games of the XXXII Olympiad | Tokyo 2020 | 23 July to 8 August 2021

Artistic impression of the official Motto (“United by Emotion”) on display at the Olympic Stadium. ©The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

From the 23th of July to the 8th of August 2021, Tokyo will host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. The Japanese capital was chosen in 2013 at the 125th IOC Session above Madrid and Istanbul. This will be the second time that Tokyo has hosted the Summer Olympics, previously hosting the event in 1964.

Architecture of the Games Magazine #3 – The architecture of Tokyo 2020

This is the third edition of ‘Architecture of the Games Magazine’. This edition focuses on the Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020. We take a look to the Games from the perspective of the designer. We explain the Tokyo 2020 Masterplan, give a complete overview of all the venues and pay attention to Japanese urban planning and architecture in general.

This magazine is available to read for free via electronic publishing platform Issuu (link).