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Will Bjarke Ingels save the future of American Football with NFL?

United States Architecture News - Feb 19, 2016 - 16:21   4385 views

Will Bjarke Ingels save the future of American Football with NFL?

Architect Bjarke Ingels led a tour of the "HOT TO COLD: An odyssey of architectural adaptation" exhibit at the National Building Museum last year. image © Matt Carbone.

Ingels responded to Washington Post questions about the NFL — including its dismal record when it comes to squeezing extortionate public financing from cities, and the growing crisis of traumatic brain injury among its players — with the same good-natured bravado that has made his designs so exciting and appealing. He wrote of the power of sport to cut across social and national lines with spectacles that bring communities together. He extolled the health benefits of sport in general, and then said: “BIG and I are proud to be part of imagining and designing the framework for the future of American Football.”.....Continue Reading

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