Head cap-shaped stadium opens ahead of Qatar World Cup
The Al Thumama Stadium in Doha designed by Qatari architect Ibrahim M Jaidah has been inaugurated ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. More
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Pattern Design completes "open air-cooled" stadium ahead of Qatar World Cup
The Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, which will host games on an artificially cooled pitch during the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, has officially opened exactly two years before the football tournament begins. More
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"Diamond in the Desert" stadium completes ahead of 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Fenwick-Iribarren Architects and Pattern Design have unveiled the Education City Stadium near Doha, which is the third and largest of the venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be completed so far. More
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Qatar unveils emblem for 2022 World Cup
The emblem for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be a figure-of-eight-shaped white band based on the form of shawls often worn in the gulf region. More
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Zaha Hadid's air-conditioned Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar hosts its first match
The Al Wakrah Stadium, designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, has an openable roof and a seating-bowl cooling system to allow football to be played all-year round. More
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Al Wakrah Stadium built by Zaha Hadid Architects for World Cup in Qatar
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Al Wakrah Stadium, a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and it hosts its inaugural match today. More
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Video reveals Zaha Hadid's Qatar World Cup stadium nearing completion
The 40,000 seat Al Wakrah Stadium, designed by the late Zaha Hadid for the FIFA World Cup 2022, is taking shape in a town just south of Doha in Qatar. More
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Foster + Partners designs golden stadium for Qatar World Cup final
Qatar has revealed plans for the 80,000-seater Lusail Stadium, designed by Foster + Partners to host the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. More
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Qatar's shipping-container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match
Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. More
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Ibrahim Jaidah unveils cap-inspired stadium for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
The latest football stadium for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar has been unveiled, featuring a diamond-patterned exterior based on the knitted white cap traditionally worn by Arab men. More
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Zaha Hadid cuts off live BBC interview over Qatar and Tokyo stadium questions
An angry Zaha Hadid cut short a live radio interview over "absolutely inaccurate" allegations about her Qatar World Cup and Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadiums, and told a Radio 4 presenter she had failed to check her facts. More
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Foster + Partners wins Lusail Stadium job for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
Foster + Partners will design the stadium that will host the opening game and closing ceremony for the controversial 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. More
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Preventing migrant deaths at Qatar stadium site "not my duty as an architect" says Zaha Hadid
News: architects have "nothing to do with the workers" who have died on construction sites in Qatar, according to Zaha Hadid, whose Al Wakrah stadium for the FIFA World Cup 2022 is under construction in the gulf state. More
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Zaha Hadid dismisses "ridiculous" claims that Qatar stadium resembles a vagina
News: architect Zaha Hadid has hit back at critics who have compared the design of her Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar to a vagina, describing the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous". More
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Zaha Hadid unveils design for Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the first of several new stadiums that will hold football matches during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects to design stadium for Qatar World Cup
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has been appointed to design a new stadium in Qatar that will host matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. More
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Populous scraps plans for air conditioned stadium at 2022 Qatar World Cup
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 IndependentPopulous 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.
