Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #17/2015

News roundup: This week’s topics

• Barra Olympic Park, heart of the Rio 2016 Games, more than 90 per cent complete [Rio2016]
• ECB chairman Colin Graves: cricket should become an Olympic sport [The Guardian]
• London 2012 Orbit Tower slammed as “pointless vanity project” after £520,000 yearly loss [Inside The Games]
• First wave of Rio 2016 test events ends with many successes and lessons learned [Rio2016]
• World Health Organisation rules out virus tests in Guanabara Bay [Rio2016]

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 Calendar of events: October 23 to November 1, 2015

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 New posts on Architecture of the Games

• Tokyo 2020; TOCOG launches design competition for new Olympic emblem

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This week’s most read articles

• London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (4)
• London 2012; Steelconstruction Olympic Stadium
• London 2012; Look of the Games
• Rio 2016; Font
• London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium started

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