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.
Employing Bates Smart, the same architect as the original, the new headquarters for Australia’s diplomatic mission in the U.S. captures the character of the Land Down Under.