News roundup: This week’s topics
- Completion of Japan’s Olympic Stadium put back to March 2020 [The Guardian]
- Goodbye, Saddledome? Flames unveil plans for new arena [CBS Sports]
- Architects of Rio de Janeiro Olympic stadium lambast egotistical designs [Mainichi Shimbun]
- Olympics: Bach in Seoul to review re-energized 2018 Games prep [Asia One]
- 2024 Olympic Games: What has to happen for Toronto to bid [CBC News]
- Boston 2024 Olympic Organizers Underestimated Costs, Report Finds [CBS Boston]
Calendar of events: August 21 to August 30, 2015
- August 21 to August 22; Rio 2016 Sailing test event
- August 22 to August 23; Rio 2016 Marathon Swimming test event
New posts on Architecture of the Games
- Tokyo 2020; Olympic stadium – analysis of what went wrong by Katō Hideki
- Beijing 2022; First introduction – Venues
- Beijing 2022; First introduction – Vision, Masterplan and Transportation
This week’s most read articles
- London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (4)
- Rio 2016 Look of the Games (2)
- Rio 2016; Olympic venues in Google Maps
- London 2012; Park map Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (March 2014)
- Sochi 2014; Fisht Olympic Stadium roof structure
Video of the week
Rio 2016 road cycling course in 360º