 No success like failure
Antonio Arimany, managing director of Madrid 2016, explains how two consecutive unsuccessful Olympic bids have actually helped the city.
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| The city of the future
Tokyo is building itself into the city of the future – and this is intimately linked with the Olympic Movement.
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Car free host cities
How London, Stockholm and Rio de Janeiro are improving their environment by controlling congestion.
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LED technologies
Barcelona is undergoing a major upgrade of its traffic management system. LED technology can help to ease the flow.
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| A cradle of community sports |
Bidding for the Olympic Games provided Chicago with the opportunity to ignite the interest of young people in sports. |
| “A new city through sport” |
Mercedes Coghen, CEO of Madrid 2016, describes how the Olympic Movement is already transforming Madrid. |
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Mayor of London: The technologies and techniques that London will need to employ.
Designing for life: J Parrish, architectural director of ArupSport on Singapore Sports Hub.
SA2010: promoting peace and harmony in a troubled continent.
Building An Urban Eden: Tim Smit CBE, founder of the Eden Project's vision.
Yeosu: Host to Expo 2012, reflecting Korea’s concerns for the marine environment.
Dubai: How is Dubai coping with its astonishing rise and is an Olympic bid imminent?
Ukraine: Failing to be ready for Euro 2012 would be a major blow to development
Las Vegas: New development projects seek to transform the American tourist destination
Vancouver: The 2010 Winter Games development is steering towards sustainability
London's modern railway: A complete orbital suburban network around the city
Dennis Pieprz: Architect of Beijing’s Olympic Green
Delhi’s race against time: Can the city become world class before 2010?
Green desert city: Masdar will be a zero carbon, zero waste city in oil-rich Abu Dhabi
Delhi’s race against time: Can it be turned into into a world class city before 2010?
Volunteering : Making the most of their vast potential requires significant investment
National Theatre Beijing : An exclusive tour of a magnificent structure
Greening the Games : Realising environmental benefits of sustainability planning
Light emitting diodes : Two North American cities lead the way by switching to LEDs
Olympic Overlay : How Sydney 2000 changed operational planning approach
Detecting Substances : Security companies train dogs to detect explosives
Green planning : How Sydney succeeded and what London can learn
Road user charging: Electronic road tolls keep traffic flowing at major events
Sustainability in Stockholm: Setting a high benchmark in new urban developments
Kuwait emerges: The world’s first 1km-high building takes shape in the Middle East
Lessons from Sydney: The urban design manager talks to Host City
Linking emergency services: How the US is pushing to link up its communication networks
Official websites: Substance over style
Olympic towers: Panoramic views provide fantastic legacies for host cities
Transport networks: An ambitious pan-European communicative transport system
Registered Travel: How frequent travellers to Orlando pass through security quickly
Turning Torso: Acclaimed Athens 2004 architect, Santiago Calavatra's new project
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