Rio 2016; Concept Daily Competition Schedule (Update: version 1.3)

Rio 2016 Daily Competition Schedule 1_3

16/03/2015

17/11/2014

News roundup; This week’s topics (11/2015)

Photo: Rio 2016
Photo: Rio 2016

Rio 2016;


Tokyo 2020;


2022 Bid;


2024 Bid;


The International Olympic Committee;


General;


Munich 1972; Frei Otto awarded Pritzker Prize a day after his death

Olympic Stadium Munich - Frei Otto
Olympiastadion München – Photo Credit: Tim Brown Architecture via Compfight cc

 



“Frei stands for Freedom, as free and as liberating as a bird in flight, swooping and soaring in elegant and joyful arcs, unrestrained by the dogma of the past, and as compelling in its economy of line and in the improbability of its engineering as it is possible to imagine, giving the marriage of form and function the invisibility of the air we breathe, and the beauty we see in Nature.”

Lord Peter Palumbo (Chair of the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize)
© 2015 The Hyatt Foundation – www.pritzkerprize.com

 

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Munich Olympic Stadium plan

Munich Olympic Stadium section

 

News roundup; This week’s topics (10/2015)

© International Olympic Committee / 3XN
© International Olympic Committee / 3XN

London 2012;


Sochi 2014;


Rio 2016;


PyeongChang 2018;


Tokyo 2020;


2022 Bid;

  • Budget of Winter Olympics in Almaty cut by $550 million [Tengri News]
  • Beijing’s edge in 2022 Winter Olympics bid [Xinhua]

2024 Bid;


The International Olympic Committee;


Book recommendation; The Olympic sites – The architecture of 2006 in the urban landscape of Turin

The Olympic sites - The architecture of 2006 in the urban landscape of Turin

 

 

The architecture realised for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games is the most visible aspect of a change that has had a profound effect on some locations in Turin, and has continued a larg-scale transformation process already begun in previous years, sometimes even changing its course. This book proposes an itinerary among the Olympic buildings, along with a description of the places which they helped to form. It is a guide to the Olympic projects, but also a kind of “balance sheet” of the event, weighing the capacity of this architecture to give the city a new identity, respond to specific problems, and propose new ways of living urban spaces. While Turin appears ever more eager to bet on hosting major events, the reutilisation of the large structures built for the Olympics is one of the critical issues that urban strategies will need to address in the near future.

 

 

The Olympic sites. The architecture of 2006 in the urban landscape of Turin. (Paperback)

De Pieri, Filippo;Fassino, Giulietta
Umberto Allemandi, 2008
ISBN 13: 9788842214625
Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 72
Dimensions: 120mm x 195mm
Illustrations note: b/w ill.

News roundup; This week’s topics (9/2015)

© Rio2016
© Rio2016

London 2012;


Sochi 2014;


Rio 2016;


PyeongChang 2018;

  • Joint working group formed to speed up 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics prep [FoxSports]

Tokyo 2020;


2028 Bid;


The International Olympic Committee;