Provencher_Roy Renovates Roger Taillibert's Montreal Olympic Tower
By: Bozikovic, Alex
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Publisher: New York BNP Media 2020Edition: February 12, 2020.Description: 44-47p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Architectural recordSummary: In 1976, Montreal hosted the Summer Olympics, and the games left a wild architectural legacy. The showpiece was the main stadium: French architect Roger Taillibert designed an elliptical structure of precast concrete components; its retractable Kevlar roof would hang on cables from a curving, inclined tower.
That 541-foot-high tower, with its 45-degree lean, wasn’t completed until 1987, and it never served its intended purpose as a center and sports-
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In 1976, Montreal hosted the Summer Olympics, and the games left a wild architectural legacy. The showpiece was the main stadium: French architect Roger Taillibert designed an elliptical structure of precast concrete components; its retractable Kevlar roof would hang on cables from a curving, inclined tower.
That 541-foot-high tower, with its 45-degree lean, wasn’t completed until 1987, and it never served its intended purpose as a center and sports-
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