- 1. Carols by Candlelight Melbourne
- (Blogs and Posts)
- ... in Montreal and later the best known roof for the main stadium for the 1972 Munich Olympics. The shape of the surface is defined by the orthogonal grid of opposing pretensioned cables that form a double ...
- Created on 24 December 2018
- 2. The Legacy of Frei Otto
- (LSAA 2016 Conference)
- ... roofs for the main arenas at the 1972 Munich Olympics. New approaches included very substantial inclined masts supporting internal points of the cablenets to provide vast clear-span spaces. Other innovative ...
- Created on 23 February 2016
- 3. Frei Otto Awarded 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize Posthumously
- (Industry News)
- ... using a doubly curved tensioned cablenet structure. It was a "prototype" for the stunning 1967 German Expo in Montreal which in turn was a precurser for the magnificent structures built for the 1972 Munich ...
- Created on 17 March 2015