games: The architecture of Olympics [ 2016 bid ] (Isozaki)

"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....

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/25/olympics.fukuoka/