"We regard the (2012) London Games as the last of the 20th-century-style Olympics," world-renowned Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, executive producer of the Fukuoka bid, said.
"After the 1936 'Nazi Games', nearly 90 percent of the (Summer) Olympics have been held in capitals or big cities of similar size and used to boost the prestige of the host countries," Isozaki said. "This trend deviates from the true principle of the Olympics." The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) will choose between Fukuoka and the Tokyo on August 30 as Japan's sole candidate for the 2016 venue, which won't be decided by the International Olympic Committee until mid-2009. "Fukuoka is a city with everything one-tenth the size of the capital Tokyo," said the 74-year-old post-modern architect.... cont'd.... http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/25/olympics.fukuoka/ _______________________________________________ in-enaction mailing list http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/
