Populous for 2014 Winter Olympics + 2014 Incheon Asian Games

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### Arch Daily 03 Oct 2009
2014 Winter Olympic Games Stadium / Populous
By Sebastian J

The global design practice Populous announced this week that they have been selected by the State Corporation ‘Olympstroy’ to design the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Populous has also designed the master plan and overlay plan for competition and non-competition venues and facilities, and now adds designing the main 40,000 seat stadium to their expanding role on the 2014 Games. Populous is joined in the design consortium by Russian contractor Engeocom, and Botta Management.

Its sweeping form responds to both its coastal location and mountainous backdrop, whilst its crystalline skin engages with its surroundings by day, and provides an iconic representation of the colour and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night.
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### Bustler Thursday, October 01, 2009
2014 Incheon Asian Games, Main Stadium Design by Populous
The competition-winning design of the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, in South Korea, illustrates a new level of sustainable design in stadia in Asia.

The stadium will hold 70,000 people for the main event in 2014 and will reduce down to a single sided grandstand for 30,000 afterward as a People’s Park for the city of Incheon. The global architecture firm, Populous, formerly HOK Sport Venue Event, is designing Incheon stadium with local firm Heerim Architects and Planners.
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Tags: 2014 Incheon Asian Games, 2014 Paralympic Games, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Incheon (South Korea), Populous, Sochi (Russia)