Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #15/2015

News roundup: This week’s topics

• “Lillehammer 2016 is innovating and taking the Youth Olympic Games to a new level.” [IOC]
• Poll Shows 64 Per Cent Back Hamburg 2024 Olympic Games Bid [GamesBids]
• Rio 2016 Olympics facing major cutbacks to meet budget, say organisers [The Guardian]
• Video: ride the Rio 2016 Olympic Games BMX track with Renato Rezende [Rio2016]
• Rio 2016 presents official products expected to generate R$1 billion in Brazilian retail market [Rio2016]

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 Calendar of events: October 9 to October 18, 2015

• October 11; Rio 2016 Mountainbike test event

See full event calender

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 New posts on Architecture of the Games

• Rio 2016; Explanatory guides
• Amsterdam 1928; Photos Olympic Stadium (October 2015)

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This week’s most read articles

• Rio 2016; Progress update September 2015
• Rio 2016; Olympic Park
• Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #14/2015
• London 2012; Pictograms
• Munich 1972; Olympic Stadium

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Video of the week

New video shows construction progress on venues for Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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