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Eavesdrop> Are We Done with Architecture Petitions Yet? Zaha Hadid Faces Tokyo Backlash

Eavesdrop> Are We Done with Architecture Petitions Yet? Zaha Hadid Faces Tokyo Backlash

Zaha Hadid's winning stadium proposal. (Courtesy Japan Sport Council)

Speaking ofcontroversy,Zaha Hadidcan’t catch a break! Sinceher stadium designfor the 2020TokyoOlympics was unveiled, complaints have arisen about the scale and height of the project. Then two of Japan’s biggest architects—Toyo ItoandFumihiko Maki—signed on to apetitioncalling for a revised design. As of press timemore than 26,500 people have signed onto protest the design. Is someone’s star beginning to dim?


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