What We’re Reading on the Web

As usual, we’ve read the Internet cover-to-cover and rounded up some of the most interesting reads out there for your perusal. Enjoy!

This evening we open the 2016 Summer Olympics, or for the fancier among you: the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. If reading that gave you chills, or made you immediately start hearing this little diddy in your head, then you’re going to love today’s WWRW.

First up, let’s head down to Rio to check out the city’s 10 Most Significant 2016 Olympic Venues. Architectural Digest has an entire section of the website devoted to the Olympics, which begs the question: why isn’t everyone doing this? You can tour Team USA’s friends and family hangout, along with the team house that belongs to our northern neighbors, as well as take a trip down memory lane looking at some of the best architecture in Olympic history.

From Complex, their take on the 50 Best Buildings In Olympic History.

Wired has the scoop on Rio’s incredible plans for the traditionally discarded Olympic venues.

And finally, a look ahead at some of what Beijing has in store for 2022.