L35 Architects CEO Tristán López-Chicheri joins the podcast to discuss the firm's transformative renovation of Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid and the impact of young designers on the practice.
Forum: As proposals expand in scale and scope, and public spending increases, large-scale pro sports developments fall flat as gestures of urban goodwill.
With only two purpose-built structures and a heavy reliance on existing venues, this year's games will be the least architectural—in terms of new construction—in decades.