Zaha Hadid has accused Japanese authorities and architects of colluding over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium project, and says that Kengo Kuma's replacement design has "remarkable similarities" to her own.
The London-based architect, who was ousted from the job in July two years after winning a competition to design the stadium, said that she had been treated shockingly.
"Sadly the Japanese authorities, with the support of some of those from our own profession in Japan, have colluded to close the doors on the project to the world," she said.

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The Japan Sport Council (JSC) announced earlier today that Kengo Kuma's design will be built in Yoyogi Park to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2020 games, as well as athletics, football and rugby events. Hadid claims the replacement design has a similar shape and layout to her proposal, which was attacked by numerous Japanese architects including Kuma for being too big and too expensive.
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"This shocking treatment of an international design and engineering team, as well as the respected Japanese design companies with whom we worked, was not about design or budget," she said.
"In fact much of our two years of detailed design work and the cost savings we recommended have been validated by the rema...