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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Arup reveals plans for new AC Milan football stadium
News: engineering firm Arup has unveiled concept designs for a new football stadium with a removable roof for Italian football club AC Milan. More
Herzog & de Meuron in the frame for Chelsea FC stadium expansion
News: Herzog & de Meuron is reportedly working on plans to revamp the west London home of Chelsea Football Club to make room for as many as 60,000 spectators. More
Onefootball HQ by TKEZ features turfed meeting rooms and a running track
A three-lane running track weaves around this office for a football app company, designed by architects TKEZ, leading to goals for penalty shootouts during work breaks (+ slideshow). More
MLZD and Sollberger Bögli win competition to design new Lausanne football stadium
News: Swiss firms MLZD and Sollberger Bögli have been named as the winners of a competition organised by the City of Lausanne to design a 12,000-seat football stadium. More
OFIS Arhitekti completes bulging stadium for FC BATE Borisov
OFIS Arhitekti has completed a bulbous, spotty stadium for Belarusian football club FC BATE Borisov (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen's top ten FIFA World Cup 2014 architecture and design stories
With the FIFA World Cup 2014 drawing to a close in Rio de Janeiro later today, here is a countdown of the ten most popular Dezeen stories about the tournament including boot design, jersey graphics, stadium architecture and informal pitches. More
World Cup 2014 final features "most tested" football ever
Players in tonight's World Cup final in Brazil will battle for possession of the Brazuca, the official tournament ball. Adidas global football innovation director Antonio Zea told us how robot legs, shooting machines and wind tunnels were employed to make this "the most tested match ball ever" (+ interview). More
Wim Crouwel designs typeface for Holland's FIFA World Cup 2014 kit
The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. More
Fabio Novembre uses club colours for AC Milan headquarters interior
Italian designer and AC Milan supporter Fabio Novembre has used the football team's red and black colours throughout the interior of the club's new headquarters (+ slideshow). More
André Chiote illustrates Brazil's World Cup stadiums
Stadiums currently hosting football matches for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil are captured in these graphic posters by Portuguese illustrator André Chiote. More
World Cup footballers wear Battlepack boots by Adidas
England captain Steven Gerrard and Uruguay's Luis Suarez were both wearing football boots from Adidas' collection featuring a new "disruptive" design in their world cup clash last night. More
Manaus stadium by GMP Architekten hosts four World Cup football matches
England's nail-biting World Cup football match against Italy on Saturday took place inside this basket-inspired stadium designed by German firm GMP Architekten in a city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest (+ slideshow). More
Brazil's FIFA World Cup 2014 stadiums photographed by Leonardo Finotti
This project by Brazilian photographer Leonardo Finotti examines the architecture and social impact of stadiums that will host matches during the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which kicks off this evening in São Paulo (+ slideshow). More
Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos modernise stadium ahead of Brazil World Cup
Brazilian firms Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos have added a lightweight roof with a leaf-shaped structure to the Beira-Rio Stadium in the city of Porto Alegre ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June (+ slideshow). More
Neville Brody designs typeface for England 2014 football kit
News: British graphic designer Neville Brody has created a typeface featuring a subtle pinstripe that will be worn by the England football team at the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil. More
Nike adapts Flyknit technology to launch knitted football boot
Swiftly following Adidas' launch of knitted football boots, rival sports brand Nike has released its own soccer footwear that incorporates the company's Flyknit technology. More
World's first knitted football boot announced by Adidas
Sports brand Adidas has created the world's first football boot to have an upper knitted entirely from yarn (+ slideshow). More
OFIS Arhitekti's spotty stadium for FC BATE Borisov nears completion
Here are some wintery views of the new spotty stadium for Belarusian football club FC BATE Borisov designed by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti, which is nearing completion and looks set to open later this year (+ slideshow). More
CTRUS Football by Agent
Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line. More