Sports Architecture
Game Related: Sports Complex & Urban Re-design in Lausanne, Switzerland (By GMP Architekten)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
On the shores of Lake Geneva, in the town of Lausanne, Switzerland plans for an impressive sports complex are in the works. German firm gmp architeken have designed a spacious and beautiful multipurpose sports and community facility that looks like a giant spaceship landed in the Swiss town. The circular building, a UEFA stadium, swimming ⇒
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Game Related: ZAP’ADOS Skatepark By Bang Architects (Calais, France)
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
In the middle of an industrial wasteland in the town of Calais, France a building stands out like a beacon of change in a bleak urban landscape. Along a canal in the St. Pierre district of the French working class town in, what used to be a roasted peanut factory turned go-kart track, there is ⇒
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Game Related: Burriana Sports Pavillion By Aquidos (Burriana, Spain)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The new Burriana Sports Pavillion in Buriana, Spain seems to blend seamlessly into the surrounding neighborhood. Designed by Barcelona based Aquidos, the structure makes use of a colorful, yet transparent facade at street level giving the community an inviting eye into the sports pavilion. The transparent ground floor also gives the concrete portion of the ⇒
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Game Related: Bike The Floating Stadium By Quentin Perchet & Gabriel Scerri (Amsterdam)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Amsterdam stays way ahead of the curve. Incredible bicycle infrastructure, relaxed substance policies, with a mix of historical and modern architecture to make it one of the most progressive cities in Europe. The latest state of the art addition to the city is a proposed floating stadium in the Noord 7 part of the city ⇒
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Game Related: Ice Rink / Hockey Stadium Of Ondrej Nepela By Fischer Architects
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
From hockey to figure skating, the eastern block country of Slovakia finds national pride in their blade skills. The latest symbol of this is the newly renovated arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. Once the training ground for Slovakia’s best hockey players and ice skaters, the building has been synonymous with success since it was built in ⇒
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Game Related: Polilleuger By Domingo Ferré (Tarragona, Spain)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Spain has a history of rich architecture. From the Gothic Cathedrals of Madrid to the Gaudi buildings of Barcelona, architecture is a physical extension of its peoples passion for beauty and community. Recently their architectural focus has shifted to modern, ecologically designed sports facilities in smaller towns. The latest is a sports complex in Tarragona ⇒
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Game Related: St. Laurent Sports Complex By Saucier + Perrotte (Montreal)
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Saucier + Perrotte & Hughes Condon Marler Architects have been named the winners of a contest to design the new football center at Montreal’s Saint-Michel Environmental Complex. With the structure set to go up in an existing environment complex, the designers are targeting and LEED-NC Gold certification with the build. A wooden roof, over a ⇒
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Game Related: Le Grand Stade By Joly & Loriet (Fontainebleau, France)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Designed by Paris architecture firm Joly & Loriet, Le Grand Stade equestrian arena is a study in rugged elegance. Butted up against a beautiful forest of Black Locust trees and incorporating riding trails that meander through the forest, the low canopy structures appears to belong to the natural setting in which it is built. The ⇒
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Game Related: Atlantic Yards – B2 Bklyn, by Shop Architects (Barclay Center)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Shop Architects gives us a first look at the official plans for the Atlantic Yards complex which includes the Barclay Center, home to the newly minted Brooklyn Nets. The Yard will be dominated by a series of pre-fab high rise residential buildings which will change the face of Brooklyn’s skyline and likely the personality of ⇒
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Game Related: Marlins Ballpark By Populous (Under Construction)
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sitting on the graveyard of what was Miami’s historic Orange Bowl, a cranes, and sleek features reveal a new modern structure that will host the city’s newly re-branded Miami Marlins. Designed by Populous, “Marlins Ballpark” will hold 37K spectators when finished. And city officials are hopeful it will change the perception of baseball in the ⇒
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