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Architecture of the Games – User survey 2019

For the past 4 years we have conducted an annual user survey. We are continuously striving to improve Architecture of the Games and your feedback will help us to find out what we need to do better. We also would like to give you the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions anonymously. Your help is much appreciated!

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New: Architecture of the Games Magazine #1 – January 2018

Today, Architecture of the Games announces the release of the first edition of ‘Architecture of the Games Magazine’. This bilingual magazine is available to read for free via electronic publishing platform Issuu. ‘Architecture of the Games Magazine’ is a non-commercial, educational project and all contributors have offered their work on a voluntary basis.

In ‘Architecture of the Games Magazine’ we take a look at the Olympic Games from the perspective of the designer. We will be paying special attention to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Other topics include Rio 2016, the new Candidature Process for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and the Olympic Legacy of Barcelona 1992 and London 2012. In the last section you will find a report of our visit to ‘Olympic Capital’ Lausanne.

 

 

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Architecture of the Games – User survey 2018

For the past 3 years we have conducted an annual user survey. We are continuously striving to improve Architecture of the Games and your feedback will help us to find out what we need to do better. We also would like to give you the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions anonymously. It takes about 2 minutes to complete the survey and all answers will be saved anonymously. Your help is much appreciated!

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PyeongChang 2018; Website update

From the 9th to 25th of February 2018, PyeongChang will play host to the first Olympic Winter Games in the Republic of Korea. In the past days we have updated the PyeongChang 2018 section on this website. In the run-up to the Games, more content will be added.

 

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Plans for the rest of 2017

After a week full of news it’s time to look forward. These are our plans for the second half of 2017;

  • We will continue:
    • Our coverage of the 2024/2028 Candidature Procedure up to and including the 131th IOC session in Lima.
    • The series on ‘Barcelona 1992; 25 Years later’ and ‘Olympic bids from the past’.
  • We start a new serie about the legacy related developments in Rio de Janeiro in the past year.
  • A visit to London for the IAAF World Championships in the former Olympic Stadium. We also pay attention to the Olympic Legacy, 5 years after the Games.
  • And off course we will follow the final preparations of PyeongChang 2018 and Buenos Aires 2018.

 

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Architecture of the Games receives SSL Certificate

www.architectureofthegames.net received a SSL Certificate and is now marked as ‘secure’ by browsers in the address bar. The entire website is now served via https.

 

 

HTTPS (also called HTTP over TLS, HTTP over SSL, and HTTP Secure) is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security, or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer. The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

HTTPS. (2017, April 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:45, April 15, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HTTPS&oldid=774175837