Kuma noted, however, that both architects had to meet strict specifications for the new, 80,000-seat structure in downtown Tokyo that will replace Japan's old National Stadium. “The conditions ...

FILE - This file artist rendering released by Japan Sport Council shows the new National Stadium, the main venue Tokyo plans to build for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A prominent Japanese architect is ...

The architect of Tokyo’s new stadium for the 2020 Olympics said his design had nothing in common with a previous plan drawn up by Pritzker-winner Zaha Hadid, denying her allegations that they ...

The architect said that his stadium design was partly inspired by Tokyo’s Edo-period temples. “All over the world, architecture in the 20th century that uses concrete and steel feels cold and ...

TOKYO -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid criticized the decision to throw out her design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium Wednesday, saying the move will not solve the central problem of cost.

(ATR) Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) says the projected cost overruns of the Tokyo National Stadium are due to the increasing costs of construction in Japan, not the futuristic design. The ...

7, 2013. Tokyo is competing with Madrid and Istanbul for the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The Japan Sport Council announced the selection of the streamlined stadium designed by Iraqi ...

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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 ...