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Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #4/2016

Video of the Week

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Calendar of events: January 22 to January 31, 2016

  • January 20 to January 23; Rio 2016 Powerlifting test event
  • January 23 to January 24; Rio 2016 Taekwondo test event
  • January 29 to January 31; Rio 2016 Wheelchair Rugby test event
  • January 30 to January 31; Rio 2016 Wrestling test event

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Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #3/2016

Image of the week

Photo: Rio City Government
Photo: Rio City Government

 

Aerial images reveal the new Olympic face of Rio de Janeiro [Rio2016]

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Calendar of events: January 15 to January 24, 2016

  • January 15 to January 17; Rio 2016 Basketball test event
  • January 16 to January 17; Rio 2016 Judo test event
  • January 20 to January 23; Rio 2016 Powerlifting test event
  • January 23 to January 24; Rio 2016 Taekwondo test event

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Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #2/2016

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Hamburg 2024 Look of the Games revealed of withdrawn bid. Read more: Case Study (Mutabor)

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Calendar of events: January 8 to January 17, 2016

  • January 15 to January 17; Rio 2016 Basketball test event
  • January 16 to January 17; Rio 2016 Judo test event

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Architecture of the Games Weekly – Issue #1/2016

Video: Rio de Janeiro welcomes 2016 with spectacular fireworks display

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Calendar of events: January 1 to January 10, 2016

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Welcome 2016!

Rio de Janeiro Photo: José Fernandes Jr. on Flickr. (CC BY 2.0)
Rio de Janeiro. Photo: José Fernandes Jr. on Flickr. (CC BY 2.0)

Rio 2016

January 15 to May 21: Third wave of test events

April 21 to April 27; Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay – Leg 1 Greece

May 3 to August 5; Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay – Leg 2 Brazil

August 5 to August 21; Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro

September 7 to September 18, Summer Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro

 

Other highlights

February 12 to february 21; Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

June 23; Olympic Day

 

IOC Meetings

Date tba; 129th IOC Session Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

2024 Bid

October 7; Deadline for the submission by Candidate Cities of: Candidature File Part 2: Governance, Legal and Venue Funding

 

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Stats; 2015 in review

© Martijn Giebels / AotG
© Martijn Giebels / AotG

2015 was the second full-year of this blog. An overview of what happened:

Thank you all for visiting Architecture of the Games! 2015 has been an action packed year. And 2016 promises even more, culminating in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Happy New Year!

 

Visitors (+28%)

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© Martijn Giebels / AotG

 

142 Different Countries (+13%)

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© Martijn Giebels / AotG

 

Ten most popular articles in 2015

  1. London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (4)
  2. Rio 2016; Concept Daily Competition Schedule (Update: version 1.3)
  3. Rio 2016; Progress update September 2015
  4. Rio 2016; Meet the mascots!
  5. London 2012; Transformation Olympic Stadium (8) – Roof structure almost finished
  6. Rio 2016; Font
  7. London 2012; Look of the Games
  8. 2016_Look of the Games
  9. Rio 2016; Olympic venues in Google Maps
  10. Rio 2016 Look of the Games (2)
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2015; Year in review

These were the hottest topics in 2015:

1. Tokyo Olympic Stadium controversy

© Zaha Hadid Architects
© Zaha Hadid Architects

 

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