Posted on 08 September 2015. Tags: 2020, Amid, Controversy, Logo, Olympic, plagiarism, scrapped, Tokyo
Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism controversy This isn’t the first controversy to hit the Tokyo Olympics. In July, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the country would scrap plans for an expensive new stadium for the 2020 showpiece. Abe said the design was dropped due to skyrocketing costs, which … Full News here – Read […]
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Posted on 05 January 2015. Tags: Controversy, Dogged, Olympic, stadium, Tokyo
Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy “Why do we need this white elephant?” said Fumihiko Maki, also a Pritzker winner. “Tokyo is not a zoo.” For nearly a year, the criticism of the Hadid design has been full-throated — about 500 people took to the streets last summer to protest it as … […]
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