2014 Winter Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia（2014年俄罗斯索契的冬季奥运会体育

Formerly known as HOK Sport Venue Event, Populous was selected to design the 2014 Winter Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia. The project is prepared to house 40,000 people when the stadium is full, but currently the plans are still unclear.

Having a crazy stadium to host the Olympics in seems to be the order of the day after all that fanfare in Beijing. Not to be upstaged, the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia will be just as wild. Designed by the architects at Populous, the most striking feature is the crystalline canopy that will shade the 40,000-seater stadium, though its real function isn't quite clear.
\"Its sweeping form responds to both its coastal location and mountainous backdrop,\" John Barrow, Populous senior principal, told Inhabitat. \"ts sweeping form responds to both its coastal location and mountainous backdrop, whilst its crystalline skin engages with its surroundings by day, and provides an iconic representation of the colour and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night.\" Populous also bid and won to design the 2012 Olympic Stadium for London.
Well, shoot — it's almost 2010 already. With a design as fancy as that they should probably get on it.
Populous, via World Architecture News, via Inhabitat