Most impressive Olympic stadiums

ATHENS, GREECE:

BERLIN, GERMANY:
"single-handedly crushed
myth of
supremacy".

TOKYO, JAPAN:
designed by
and built between 1961 and 1964

MUNICH, GERMANY:
he idea behind the 1972 Munich Olympiastadion was to imitate the Alps and to set a counterpart to the
in
. The sweeping and transparent canopy was designed to symbolise the new, democratic and optimistic Germany, reflected in the official
: "The cheerful Games"
("Die Heiteren Spiele").

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:

BEIJING, CHINA:

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM:
The architects, Wilkinson Eyre and KSS Design group, worked with
to create lighting and colour‐changing effects for the night events. The result was a dynamic illumination that transformed the white surface into a variety of saturated colours and strong silhouettes of the steel frame, creating the biggest light installation each night in London's Olympic Park.
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