Newsweek - USA (2020-03-20)

Culture

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University Olympic Stadium

Mexico City, Mexico

One of the most notable parts of this stadium is the

unɿnished set of murals on the east side of the stadium,

which were meant to be Diego Rivera’s greatest work,

but the artist died before they could be completed.

Montreal Olympic Stadium

Montreal, Canada

The 197 Summer Games were a perfect

excuse for then-mayor Jean Drapeau, to

green light a stadium that could be used

for the city’s MaMor League Baseball team,

the Montreal Expos. The building is a

feat of engineering and its 45-degree

angled tower is the world’s tallest inclined

tower. The “Big Owe” was famous for its

design, as well as its cost and schedule

overruns, with its initial retractable

roof not completed for over a decade.

Olympiastadion Munchen

Munich, Germany

Built for the 1972 Summer Olympics, this stadium

designed by G¾nter Behnisch and engineered by

Frei Otto is known for its lightweight, transparent

“membrane” canopies that cover the stadium and

the surrounding buildings. Unfortunately, the

innovative architecture was overshadowed by an

attack by “Black September” Palestinian terrorists

on the Israeli Olympic Team, resulting in the deaths

of 11 athletes, one policeman and the perpetrators.

Aquatics Centre

London, United Kingdom

This roof that curves both on the inside

and out is one of the most recognizable

structures by famed architect =aha

Hadid. Built for the 2012 Summer

Olympics, this building is meant to

replicate the movement of not only the

water inside the structure, but also of

the neighboring Waterworks River.

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