News roundup: This week’s topics
- Olympic bid process to be simplified to allay fears over hosting games [The Guardian]
- IOC President Has “Great Interest” In Toronto’s Plans To Bid For 2024 Olympic Games [Gamesbids]
- Celebrating a Memorable ten years for the Park [QEOP]
- ‘No truth’ to plagiarism claims: Tokyo 2020 logo designer [Reuters]
- Pyeongchang 2018 confident high-speed railway link will be ready and properly tested before Winter Olympics open [Inside The Games]
128th IOC Session Kuala Lumpur
- IOC elects Ethics Commission and reaffirms commitment to transparency and good governance [IOC]
- IOC Session receives updates on implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020 [IOC]
- South Sudan NOC granted full recognition at 128th IOC Session [IOC]
- IOC elects two new Members on final day of 128th Session [IOC]
Photo of the week
![Future Arena 74% complete. The 12,000-seat venue for handball during the Olympic Games and goalball during the Paralympic Games is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015. After the Games it will be dismounted and its parts used to construct four public schools, each with a capacity of 500 students. Read more [PHOTO: EOM / RIO2016.COM]](https://architectureofthegames.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Future-Arena-Rio-de-Janeiro-1ytg1.jpg)
New posts on Architecture of the Games
- Rio 2016; One year to go!
- London 2012; HUB67
- Rio 2016; Monocle 24 visits Rio de Janeiro one year before the start of the Olympic Games
This week’s most read articles
- 2022 Bid; Almaty Candidature File
- Rio 2016; Meet the mascots!
- London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (8) – Roof structure almost finished
- Rio 2016; Maps
- 128th IOC Session; Schedule of events IOC EB Meeting and 128th Session Kuala Lumpur 2015