Archinect - Features2024-12-22T03:32:59-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/149961336/in-honor-of-the-rio-games-6-momentous-projects-from-the-olympics-21st-century-history
In honor of the Rio Games, 6 momentous projects from the Olympics' 21st-century history Julia Ingalls2016-08-05T12:28:00-04:00>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. And yet, aren't these types of problems just par for the course when it comes to the Olympics?</p>