A fine balancing act

Nine years is a short time when building world class civic infrastructure from a standing start. How will Qatar pull it off, HOST CITY asks Nasser Al Khater, executive director of communications and marketing at the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee.
The joy of five

With applications from five cities, four of whom have never hosted the Winter Olympic Games before, the IOC will have plenty to choose from for its flagship event in 2022
The moveable feast

London 2012’s emphasis on temporary construction was a landmark in sustainability, but what did it mean for the designers and the organising committee that had to deliver the venues?
Modernising Brazil’s transport infrastructure

César Borges, Brazil’s Minister of Transport, talks HOST CITY through the road, rail and airport projects that are bringing his country into the 21st century
How the Games set London on track

Hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 brought huge developments to transport infrastructure and technology, but it is changes to management systems that are bringing the most value in the long run.