Public and leisure

Zoological Park of St Petersburg by TN Plus
and Beckmann N’Thépé

Zoological Park of Saint-Petersburg by TN Plus and Beckmann N’Thépé

Paris landscape designers TN Plus and architects Beckmann N’Thépe have won a competition to design a zoological park on a series of artificial islands for the outskirts of St Petersburg. More »

London 2012 Basketball Arena
by Sinclair Knight Merz

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The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. More »

Las Arenas by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Las Arenas by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

This former bullring in Barcelona has been converted into a leisure complex by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, retaining the original facade. More »

Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal
by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen

Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen

This rehabilitation centre in a Dutch forest by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen is one of six projects to be shortlisted for this year’s Mies van der Rohe Award. More »

Sports Hall in Vienna by Franz Architekten
and Atelier Mauch

Sports Hall Vienna by Franz Architekten

Austrian firms Franz Architekten and Atelier Mauch have completed this football training facility in Vienna for Fußballklub Austria Wien. More »

Civic Sports Center and 2013 National
Games Arena by Emergent

Civic Sports Center and National Games Arena by Emergent

Los Angeles architects Emergent have won a competition to design a sports centre and arena for the 12th National Games of the People’s Republic of China, to be held in Liaoning in 2013. More »

London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins Architects

London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins Architects

London firm Hopkins Architects have completed the Velodrome, the first of the five permanent venues on the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More »

Holmenkollen ski jump by JDS Architects
completed

Holmenkollen ski jump by JDS Architects

Here are a few images of the Holmenkollen ski jump in Norway by JDS Architects, which is now complete (see it under construction but already in use in our earlier story). More »

Concept villas for golf and spa resort, Dubrovnik,
by Zaha Hadid Architects

Prototype villa for golf and spa club, Dubrovnik by Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two prototype villas for a site overlooking the historic town of Dubrovnik in Croatia. More »