Abstract
The article is devoted to the design and construction of Olympic facilities in the world, preconditions of the emergence of large-span buildings and structures. Every example includes information about the building structural systems, names of architects and engineers, some interesting facts about the construction technology. There is a review about several Olympic stadiums in the world, including the stadium “Friendship”, Small Olympic Palace in Rome, indoor ice arena Makomanai in Sapporo (Japan), the Olympic stadium in Montreal, Kanteerava Indoor Stadium (India) etc. The article includes opinions of scientists on the development of long-span structures in the coming years.
Highlights
Public buildings are often architectural dominants of major cities
The article is devoted to the design and construction of Olympic facilities in the world, preconditions of the emergence of largespan buildings and structures
There is a review about several Olympic stadiums in the world, including the stadium "Friendship", Small Olympic Palace in Rome, indoor ice arena Makomanai in Sapporo (Japan), the Olympic stadium in Montreal, Kanteerava Indoor Stadium (India) etc
Summary
Public buildings are often architectural dominants of major cities. Bright expression and the whole image of residential areas attract tourists from all over the world. In ancient times there was a need in the construction of arenas for performances of gladiators (for example, The Coliseum) and a sport competition (the first athletic building was built by architect Leonid in the fourth century BC "Leonidaion"). Only at the end of the nineteenth century a new surge of the Olympic movement began. It led to the need of the construction of buildings with long spans. To this moment, in addition to the need for such buildings, there are new great opportunities – new building material – reinforced concrete (the invention of Monier in 1867). Emergence of a galaxy of scientists all around the world, became the prerequisites for the formation of thin-walled reinforced concrete long-span buildings
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