The design from David Chipperfield Architects for the upcoming 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games—one of only two newly built structures for the event—has been announced in Milan.  This is significant as 85% of the venues for the games are reused from the 1956 Olympics. Guiding the firm’s work on the Arena Santa Giulia locally will be Populous (interiors) and Arup (bowl design).  Image rendering is courtesy David Chipperfield ArchitectsThe plan establishes a new public plaza alongside the arena, which is designed to mimic the elliptical form seen in the city’s former Roman amphitheatre — a first-century vestige that is set to become the centerpiece of a new park space designed by Attilio Stocchi. Image rendering is courtesy David Chipperfield ArchitectsSeating capacity will be capped at 16,000. A series of three metal rings with different heights, each equipped with LED lights and interrupted by glass bands, will surround the exterior. Chipperfield says this confers a "contemp...