‘WHITE OUT’ Exhibition Explores Winter Sports’ Design in Milan
The WHITE OUT exhibition at Triennale Milano explores how design has shaped the evolution of winter sports—and how winter sports, in turn, have driven innovation in design.
Marco Balich’s Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic cauldrons will pulsate with kinetic design
Drawing inspiration from the sun and the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, the Winter Olympics’ cauldrons expand and contract, sparking a captivating dialogue between light, form, and the Games’ spirit.
David Chipperfield’s Arena Santa Giulia for Milano-Cortina Olympic Games 2026
Part of a wider urban regeneration plan, the new Arena Santa Giulia in Milan features luminous ribbons that wrap the building and appear to float above one another.
Carlo Ratti unveils Alpine bivouac for Milano-Cortina Winter Games
From a temporary urban pavilion to an Alpine bivouac. This architecture stores energy and harvests water, bringing together digital fabrication and landscape sensitivity.
Students Will Take Over Milan Winter Olympic Village After The Games
Milan Winter Olympic Village by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill balances architectural ambition with civic purpose, weaving together new homes, revitalised heritage structures, and generous green public spaces. After the athletes fly home, the new complex is set to welcome students in time for the next academic year.
Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics Medals: “Every victory is shared”
Inspired by Italian avant-garde design, the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics medals celebrate unity and collective achievement.
Grand Palais Éphémère, a temporary architecture worshipping judo and art under the Eiffel Tower
The Grand Palais Éphémère: Wilmotte & Associés built an ephemeral timber-made urban ecology project in the heart of Paris during the Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympic Cauldron flies over Paris with a fuel-free flame
A 7-metre-diametre ring of fire topped by a monumental hot-air balloon took to the skies over the French Capital. The Paris 2024 Olympic Cauldron by Mathieu Lehanneur shines with a 100% electric flame made of water and light and highlights the French Capital’s link to the theme of flight.
Paris Olympics architecture: eight brilliant venues hosting the Games
Paris Olympic architecture: from the Eiffel Tower to Versailles, the French capital gears up for the Games with brilliant renovation projects, temporary venues and a sustainable attitude.
Le Grand Palais in Paris reopens after a major renovation by Chatillon Architectes
Chatillon Architectes ushered the Grand Palais into a new era, safeguarding its timeless relevance and ensuring it continues to be a nexus for creativity, innovation, and grandeur.
Paris Olympic Medals feature iron from the Tour Eiffel
LVMH French jeweller Chaumet designed the Paris Olympic Medals like a piece of high jewellery inspired by three themes: hexagon, radiance, and setting.
Paris Olympic Torch ‘ripples’ like the Seine river surface
For the Paris Olympic Torch, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur drew inspiration from Paris 2024’s main themes: Equality, Water, and Peace.
Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games through the design lens
An Olympic torch inspired by the River Seine and medals studded with original pieces from the Eiffel Tower. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are imbued with design!
Populous’ Ice Ribbon stadium lights up Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Games
Populous has inaugurated the National Speed Skating Oval in the Chinese capital. Dubbed the ‘Ice Ribbon’, the oval-shaped stadium features 22 huge light strands which flow around it to create the impression of fast motion.
Cross-laminated timber fins wrap Kengo Kuma’s CLT Park Harumi pavilion in Tokyo
Kengo Kuma’s CLT Park Harumi recreational venue is dressed with a skin of wooden leaves filtering light like trees in a forest.
The best of Tokyo Olympics’ architecture, empty but great!
Kengo Kuma, Kenzo Tange and Fumihiko Maki but also Tange Associates, Kume Sekkei and more… Tokyo Olympics’ architecture is cross-generational and great, even if we can’t be there!
The best design and architecture of 2020 Tokyo Olympics is on Pinterest!
We have created a Pinterest board rounding up what we liked the most at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Check it out!
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics Trail magically reimagines the vibrant host city
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics trail by Nexus Studios and Factory Fifteen pays homage to the Japanese capital blending pop culture with sport.
Summer 2020: 5 unbuilt pavilions due to the COVID-19 emergency
From Burning Man’s ‘Empyrean’ temple to Tokyo Olympics and Venice Biennale architectures. 5 unbuilt pavilions we will be able to visit after the pandemic.
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Japanese PM and International Olympic Committee announced that Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed “no later than summer 2021” due to coronavirus.
Tokyo Olympics’ design: up-cycled medals and retro-style pictograms
Tokyo Olympics’ design: medals made from discarded smartphones, torches upcycling temporary constructions in the wake of the Fukushima calamity and pictograms inspired by the icons firstly introduced for Tokyo 1964 Games.
Cherry blossoms inspired Tokujin Yoshioka to design the Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ torch as a symbol of peace
Japanese Designer Tokujin Yoshioka unveils new images of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch which is made from recycled aluminium originally used in the construction of prefabricated housing units in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
Asif Khan’s super-black pavilion frames glimpses from outer space at PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018
Outer space might sneak a peek on planet Earth, through Asif Khan’s super-dark Vantablack pavilion at PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018. The “darkest building on earth” features also a hydrophobic water installation recalling cities viewed from other planets.
The Heart of Denmark temporary pavilion by Henning Larsen Architects in Rio
During 2016 Summer Olympics, the Heart of Denmark beats in Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, with a temporary pavilion by Henning Larsen Architects that refers to the country seafaring and yachting tradition.
Design technology at Rio 2016 Olympics: from 3D printing protheses to the internet of sailing
Sailing, wheelchair racing, taekwondo and para-cycling. At Rio 2016 Olympics design technology and data analytics contribute to improve athletes performances.