Olympic Realities: Six Cities After the Games
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Author: Bruno Helbling (ed.)
Photographer Bruno Helbling followed the fate of six Olympic venues with his camera: Athens (1896, 2004), Berlin (1936), Sarajevo (1998), Torino (2006), Beijing (2008), and Sochi (2014). His images are neither judgmental nor disavowing: He offers the viewer an objective yet aesthetically captivating look at what now awaits visitors to the respective sites. The variety of possible subsequent uses shown here - whether planned or unplanned - is both insightful and educational. At the same time, it demonstrates the effectiveness of architecture in an environment that is beyond the reaches of planning control. A book that is both poetic and inspiring.
ISBN 9783035606317. Birkhauser Verlag. hb. 192 pages. 150 colour ills. 30.5 x 23 cm.
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Photographer Bruno Helbling followed the fate of six Olympic venues with his camera: Athens (1896, 2004), Berlin (1936), Sarajevo (1998), Torino (2006), Beijing (2008), and Sochi (2014). His images are neither judgmental nor disavowing: He offers the viewer an objective yet aesthetically captivating look at what now awaits visitors to the respective sites. The variety of possible subsequent uses shown here - whether planned or unplanned - is both insightful and educational. At the same time, it demonstrates the effectiveness of architecture in an environment that is beyond the reaches of planning control. A book that is both poetic and inspiring.
ISBN 9783035606317. Birkhauser Verlag. hb. 192 pages. 150 colour ills. 30.5 x 23 cm.
available