A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to reduce the size of the spaceship-like main stadium approved for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying it's too expensive and would clash with its ...

The company whose Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium “bicycle helmet” design was scrapped in July, after its predicted cost nearly doubled to a record $2 billion, recently published a video detailing a ...

Not so for the Japanese. Both architects and the public felt Hadid’s design was far too expensive and far too large for the site. To make way for the new stadium, the Kasumigaoka National Stadium, the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan chose a scaled-down design Tuesday for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, five months after scrapping the initial design and construction plan for being too costly. The ...

TOKYO (AP) — Kengo Kuma, the architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium, refuted allegations by British-Iraqi designer Zaha Hadid that his design borrowed from blueprints she made and which ...

Top Japanese architects have blasted the design of Zaha Hadid’s proposed National Stadium in Tokyo, claiming the centrepiece of the 2020 Olympics is too big. Sou Fujimoto, the architect behind this ...

Two new stadium designs have been unveiled for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after organizers controversially scrapped a previous plan. A winner will be chosen later this month, the Japan Sports Council ...

The final design for Tokyo's new National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 2020 Summer Olympic games, is currently expected at the start of July but could be delayed, Japanese officials said on Friday.

TOKYO (AP) Kengo Kuma, the architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium, refuted allegations by British-Iraqi designer Zaha Hadid that his design borrowed ...

The final design for Tokyo's new National Stadium, the centrepiece of the 2020 Summer Olympic games, is currently expected at the start of July but could be delayed, Japanese officials said on Friday.