Nendo designs build-your-own football for kids from impoverished communities
Japanese studio Nendo has developed a football that doesn't need to be inflated and can instead be assembled by hand from 54 interlocking plastic modules. More
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MLZD and Sollberger Bögli Architects complete angular football stadium in Lausanne
Swiss studios MLZD and Sollberger Bögli Architects have completed Stade de la Tuilière stadium in the city of Lausanne, which is defined by its rectangular form and cutback corners. 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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OODA reveals football museum and HQ for Liga Portugal
Architecture studio OODA has designed a cube-shaped office above a green-roof covered museum for the governing body of Portuguese football. More
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Adidas unveils baroque Real Madrid kit printed with Azulejos tile patterns
Sportswear company Adidas has created a baroque-style football kit for Spanish club Real Madrid, which incorporates the patterns found on Azulejos tiles in the city. More
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Manchester United reveals dazzle camouflage kit for 2020/21 season
ghliSportswear company Adidas has unveiled a striking, monochrome football kit for English club Manchester United with a pattern that looks like dazzle camouflage. More
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Bayern Munich's kit pays homage to Herzog & de Meuron stadium
Adidas has based the design of FC Bayern Munich's 2020/2021 football kit on the facade of its home stadium, the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Allianz Arena. More
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Arsenal unveils chevron-covered kit informed by club's art deco history
Sportswear company Adidas has looked back to the 1930s and Arsenal's art deco crest to design the London football club's 2020/2021 home shirt, which the team will wear for the upcoming FA cup final. More
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Nike reveals herringbone-patterned Chelsea kit informed by Savile Row
Sportswear company Nike looked to the suit-makers of Savile Row to design London-based Chelsea Football Club's home kit for the upcoming 2020/2021 Premier League season. More
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Nike ditches smooth design for ridges on Premier League Flight football
Nike has released its new Flight ball for the 2020/21 Premier League that has geometric grooves and sculpted chevrons to reduce drag. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for world's first all-timber stadium
Zaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England for football club Forest Green Rovers. 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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Welsh FA unveils simplified dragon as new visual identity
London design agency Bulletproof has developed a new visual identity for the Football Association of Wales, featuring a modernised version of its red dragon badge. More
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Moscow's FanFood offers football supporters a place to grab a post-match pizza
A goalkeeper-themed mural and football kit-coloured fixtures appear inside this pizza restaurant, which architecture studio Mast has created near Dynamo Moscow's stadium in the Russian capital. More
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Adidas revives iconic "bruised banana" shirt for Arsenal away kit
Adidas has reinterpreted Arsenal's classic early-1990s yellow and blue shirt as the football team's away kit for the 2019/20 season. More
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Tabanlioglu Architects designs national stadium for Kosovo
The 30,000-capacity Kosovo National Stadium, which will be located in Drenas, will become the new home for the Kosovo national football team. 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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Aluminium louvres and a membrane roof shade Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP Architekten
A crescent-shaped membrane roof and aluminium louvres shelter the grandstand of the new 41,000-seat Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP Architekten on the island of Hainan, China. 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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Populous completes "best stadium in the world" for Tottenham Hotspur
The long-awaited Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has opened in north London, featuring a retractable pitch that can host both Premier League football matches and American football. More
