The Most Beautiful Olympic Stadiums Ever Built

The Most Beautiful Olympic Stadiums Ever Built

The 2012 London Summer Olympics kicked off last week, and all eyes are on the capital of tea and toast for Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle's three-hour opening ceremony extravaganza that includes, according to our friends at HuffPost, Paul McCartney, cricket, and sheep. After reading a fascinating article about the Architecture Olympics, explaining International Olympic Committee founder Baron de Coubertin's vision for "a global event that incorporated not only athletics but also art competitions, giving equal importance to works of architecture, painting, music, sculpture and literature," we felt compelled to take an in-depth look at the stunning design afforded by the biannual competition.

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