Athletes Village

Gold Medal for London's Olympic Village?

Rowan Moore judges the return of the "huge" housing estate in the shape of the 2012 Olympics Athletes' Village in London.

12 January 2012 - 8:00am

The Observer

Brent Toderian

Vancouver Olympics a Living Laboratory for Urbanism!

Thu, 02/25/2010 - 16:58

Among the countless stories being written on the successes and challenges of these 2010 Olympic Winter Games, not surprisingly the most interesting stories to me are those that speak to the challenges of great urbanism. As a host city, Vancouver has become a massive urban laboratory, with so many opportunities to learn, and we’re soaking it all up.

As we are coming to the end of the final week, a few examples of big experiments and learnings come to mind.