2024-12-31T00:44:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149961336/in-honor-of-the-rio-games-6-momentous-projects-from-the-olympics-21st-century-history Julia Ingalls 2016-08-05T12:28:00-04:00 >2016-08-08T19:29:46-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yb/yb6e3pohdvk6ormx.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>20 kilometer long traffic jams, eleven dead construction workers, and one slain jaguar: the lead-up to the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/692793/rio-2016" target="_blank">2016 Rio Olympics</a> has not been problem-free. Zika, pollution and political turmoil came alongside construction delays and problematic venues, with competitors refusing to move into the athletes' village until the wiring was fixed.&nbsp;And yet, aren't these types of problems just par for the course when it comes to the Olympics?</p>