Exhibitions can have consequences, often unintended. Initially inspired by Zaha Hadid’s competition win in 2012 for the New National Stadium of Japan, the current exhibition at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery has unfolded against a backdrop of controversy swirling around the architect’s proposal. ...
The planned replacement for Tokyo’s National Stadium — already under fire for its massive size and cost — is now facing further criticism: safety. The current design has a major flaw in its retractable canopy, says Tokyo architect Takashi Moriyama, a consultant on public ...
The government needs to pull the plug on the planned new Olympic stadium designed by the celebrity British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. Time is running out as wrecking balls are set to raze the iconic National Olympic Stadium this summer unless the relevant authorities come ...
As Tokyo prepares to demolish the half-century old stadium that hosted the first Olympics in Asia, debate is raging over whether the colossal, futuristic replacement planned for the 2020 Games will help revitalize the capital or indelibly mar it. Tokyo, the frenetic center of ...
Now that the celebrations surrounding the announcement that Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics have died down, attention is turning to the physical transformations that this will bring the city, for better or for worse. Front and center is the scheme for the ...
Construction of Tokyo’s new National Stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics could cost up to ¥300 billion, Olympics minister Hakubun Shimomura said Wednesday. Speaking at the House of Councilors Budget Committee, Shimomura said the government will consider scaling back the project because the estimated ...
Zaha Hadid was once flying to Frankfurt to give a talk. Her plane taxied out, developed a minor fault, and stopped. She refused to believe the reassurances that the delay would be brief, and demanded that she be put on another flight. Her wish ...
