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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: L3P Architekten, Refurbishment / Extension, Switzerland
Swiss architect L3P Architekten recently has completed the extension of the multifunctional double sports halls in the Eichi Centre Niederglatt. Architecture / Aesthetics The existing Eichi Centre stands out through the composition and no-frills interaction of the simple cube. The rough plastering in various warm tones that is used on the facade comes alive with [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: Competition, Iconic architecture, Link-Signatur, NBBJ, Norway, Peter Pran, Stadium
Winning a design competition for the Valerenga Football Club’s new stadium, the team of NBBJ / Link-Signatur / Multiconsult designed a 22,000 seat facility in addition to the Master Plan for the overall site: stadium, public amenities and up to 100,000 square meters of commercial development. The stadium was designed with the ability to expand [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: China architecture, EASTERN design office, Iconic architecture, Random pattern
Japanese studio EASTERN design office shared their competition proposal for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Wrestling Arena with us. + Full project description courtesy of EASTERN design office It is the international design proposal competition for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Wrestling Arena. During the Olympic Games, the wrestling arena has a 10,000-person capacity. After the Olympic [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Sport Tags: Competition, Iconic architecture, UK
UK-based designer Sean Gair has recently designed a new landmark for Aldgate international competition. + Project description courtesy of Sean Gair Global Information Network Amplifyer [GINA] was concieved through the exploration and desire to embody the pride London boasts with its hosting of the XXX Olympiad in the summer of the year 2012. The structure [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: C. F. Møller Architects, Concrete, Denmark, Refurbishment / Extension, Stair
C. F. Møller Architects recently has completed the Aarhus Gymnastics and Motor Skills Hall. The project is an extension of the Aarhus Gymnastics and Trampoline Hall. A sculpturally-formed climbing frame, called the seashell, extends across the hall, stretching right up under the ceiling, where there is a look-out tower at a height of eight metres [...]
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Category: Interior, Sport Tags: Minimalism, Saucier + Perrotte architectes, Spa
Scandinave Les Bains Vieux-Montréal is a new spa house designed by Canada architectural practice Saucier + Perrotte architectes. The new spa center designed to provide a thermal therapy experience that engages each of the body’s senses. The formal part of the project is derived from the contact between hot and cold… … This duality is [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Architectural membrane, FIFA World Cup 2010, gmp architekten, Iconic architecture, South Africa, Stadium, Structure, Tensile structure
In Durban, South Africa, the 70,000-seater Moses Mabhida Stadium by gmp architekten has an unique architectural feature inspired by the South African flag. With its grand arch design, the two legs of the arch on the southern side of the stadium come together to form a single footing on the northern side, symbolizing the new [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Architectural membrane, FIFA World Cup 2010, gmp architekten, South Africa, Stadium
For the 2010 World Cup, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium by gmp architekten is a 46,000 seater stadium situated on South Africa’s south-east coastline, Port Elizabeth. The stadium has an eye-catching, unique roof structure and a spectacular view, overlooking the North End Lake. The geometry of the roof is tailored to local conditions, and protects the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Architectural membrane, Concrete, FIFA World Cup 2010, gmp architekten, Iconic architecture, South Africa, Stadium, White
The 68,000 spectators Green Point Stadium designed by gmp architekten, is one of the major stadiums to host the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. With its horizontal facade expression and the curving contours, the architectural design was intended to enhance the horizontal line of Table Mountain, and appeared as an iconic building in [...]
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Category: Architecture, Landscape, Sport Tags: Green architecture, Landscape architecture, Netherlands, Studio Noach, Waterfront architecture
Dutch architectural firm Studio Noach and architect Anne Holtrop developed a floating spa wellness center based on recycled waste, in combination with a high tech sustainable climate system and an ecological and botanical coating of plants and flowers, which was invented by Frenchman Patrick Blanc. ‘Floating Gardens/SpaWellness Amsterdam‘ is a world first, and from February 20th [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Concrete, Moneo Brock Studio, Spa, Spain, Swimming pool
Madrid-based architectural firm Moneo Brock Studio has designed the Termas de Tiberio project to accommodate the thermal baths in Panticosa, Spain. + Project description courtesy of Moneo Brock Studio Our project for a new building to house the thermal baths clearly attempts to reinterpret the thermal tradition at Panticosa. The Balneario had developed in the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: BIG, Sweden
Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, in collaboration with AKT, Tyréns and Transsolar are awarded first place in a design competition in Malmo, Sweden for a 100.000m2 first of its kind sports facility – The World Village of Women Sports. + Project description courtesy of BIG BIG wins competition for The World Village of [...]
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