But so far, things have remained “on schedule,” and the Olympic stadium is on pace to be completed by the end of next year. [...]
Takeo Takahashi, the general manager of the stadium project, told the media that “roughly four-tenths” of the construction has been completed, but the situation is “as planned.”
— The Japan Times
It's been deliberately quiet around the NEW New National Stadium in Tokyo after the original, winning design by Zaha Hadid Architects was publicly attacked, and eventually officially canceled by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe himself, and a replacement Olympic Stadium scheme was hastily selected from a pool of two established Japanese architects and expedited to break ground in December 2016.
But things appear to be going well now; the press was even invited by the Japan Sports Council this summer to tour the massive construction site and document the progress.
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The whole process of this stadium is just wrong. Kicking off an architect who initially won it (ZHA) and then replacing that architect with Kuma who just cried and complained until he got the project like a child is just wrong. I have no respect for Kuma or his work- its not that great. And for the record I was never a fan of Zaha´s proposal either but the whole situation sucks and the result is an average stadium.
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