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Milan Designed an Unmonumental Winter Olympic Games

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An aerial view of the the Olympic Village in Milan’s new Romana Park, part of the redevelopment of the disused Porta Romana railway stationPhotographer: Claudio Villa/Getty Images

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By Kriston Capps and Feargus O'Sullivan

February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

Hello and welcome to Bloomberg’s weekly design digest. I’m Kriston Capps, staff writer and editor for Bloomberg CityLab and your guide to the world of architecture and the people who build things.

This week Bloomberg CityLab’s Feargus O’Sullivan writes a dispatch on the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, which are taking place in the Italian Alps despite the warm weather. Sign up to keep up: Subscribe to get the Design Edition newsletter every Sunday.