Following their Eurovision Song Contest win last summer, Azerbaijan rushed to commission German firm GMP Architekten to design a new stadium that will be complete in time to host this year’s competition. More »
Dezeen Wire: sports architecture firm Populous claims that original plans to air condition a stadium they are designing for the 2022 Football World Cup are too expensive and “notoriously unsustainable” when used in desert environments – The Independent
Populous director John Barrow says they are now considering other options for creating a comfortable climate inside the Sports City stadium and is encouraging the Qatari government to alter its building schedule to give new technologies time to develop.
You can see our previous story on the 2012 London Olympic stadium, also by Populous, and all our stadium stories here.
Dezeen Wire: plans by football club West Ham United to move into London’s Olympic Stadium after next year’s Games have collapsed amid concerns over ongoing legal disputes. The stadium will now remain in public ownership, with prospective tenants paying an annual rent to the Olympic Park Legacy Company - BBC News
See all of our stories about the London Olympics here.
Reed-like steel columns surround another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the World University Games in Shenzhen. More »
Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. More »
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed a stadium for Bordeaux that will host football matches for Euro 2016. More »
Here are some photos of the completed 2012 London Olympic Stadium designed by Populous. More »
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to redevelop the Dynamo Moscow Stadium and surrounding park in Moscow. More »
Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. More »
Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier story) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting next week. More »
Here’s one of three stadiums designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the 2010 FIFA World Cup that begins in South Africa next week. More »
Soccer City in Johannesburg, reconstructed by architects Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners and global sports architecture firm Populous, will host the final of the FIFA World Cup which starts next month. More »
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize – an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More »
Here are a few shots of Herzog & de Meuron’s National Stadium in Beijing, China by architectural photographer Iwan Baan. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Architects HOK Sport have unveiled their design for the stadium for the London 2012 Olympics.