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3 unusual facts about Hoberman Arch


Chuck Hoberman

Hoberman also has designed folding architectural structures like the Expanding Hypar (1997) at the California Museum of Science and Industry, the Hoberman Arch, the centerpiece of the medals plaza for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, to a retractable dome featured at the World's Fair 2000 in Hanover, Germany.

Hoberman Arch

The arch was designed by Chuck Hoberman to be used as a mechanical curtain for the Olympic Medal Plaza's stage.

Rice-Eccles Stadium

The park contains a 2002 Winter Olympic museum, the Olympic cauldron, Hoberman Arch, and other memorabilia from the games.



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