News roundup: This week’s topics
- Japan unable to commit to IOC’s deadline for Tokyo 2020 stadium [The Guardian]
- Confident Los Angeles says: we’ll host the Olympics – and save taxpayers cash [The Guardian]
- IOC president visits 2022 Winter Olympics venues [Xinhua]
- Trash forces Olympic sailing test venue switch [Phys.org]
- Olympics-Japan slashes stadium costs, aims to meet IOC deadline [Reuters]
Calendar of events: August 28 to September 6, 2015
- September 1 to September 6; Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball test event
- September 4 to September 6; Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball test event
New posts on Architecture of the Games
- Tokyo 2020; Olympic Stadium – Zaha Hadid Architects publishes report and presentation video
- Rio 2016; The Guardian video: Rio’s Olympic village: a green housing dream, but a gentrification nightmare
This week’s most read articles
- Rio 2016; Olympic venues in Google Maps
- London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (4)
- Rio 2016; Concept Daily Competition Schedule (Update: version 1.3)
- Tokyo 2020; Olympic stadium – analysis of what went wrong by Katō Hideki
- London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (8) – Roof structure almost finished
Worth reading: LA2024 Draft Bid