Lemay completes North America's largest indoor skating facility
Lemay has completed a facility dedicated to ice skating in Québec City, enclosing the full-length speed skating track with glass walls. More
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Populous completes Ice Ribbon arena for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Architecture firm Populous has unveiled the National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon, the only new building created for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. More
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Ice-skating trail transforms unused space beneath Toronto highway
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an unused space beneath a highway in Toronto, which is being overhauled to create a new park complete with an ice-skating track. More
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Shingle-clad clubhouse and visitor centre faces ice rink in a Japanese forest
Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a visitor centre and ice rink in Japan's Karuizawa region, featuring a curving, shingle-clad frontage that follows the edge of a landscaped skating pond. More
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Flower-like ice rinks proposed for London's River Thames
Architecture office NBBJ has unveiled a concept for a series of natural ice rinks on London's River Thames that emerge from below the water's surface. More
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Canadian Freezeway could become world's first curb-side skating lane
News: a seven-mile-long skating rink proposed for the Canadian city of Edmonton could allow commuters to ice skate or toboggan to work and school during winter months (+ movie). More
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Jacknife designs leather ice skates based on vintage Canadian designs
Toronto design studio Jacknife has developed prototypes for a range of recreational ice skates inspired by traditional leather models. More
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Tod Williams and Billie Tsien complete sheltered ice skating rink in Brooklyn
Patterns referencing the footwork of figure skaters decorate the underside of a roof sheltering this ice rink in Brooklyn, New York, designed by American firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. More
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Shelters resembling giant pompoms by RAW Design warm skaters on a frozen river
Canadian firm RAW Design has created a series of shelters that look like giant pompoms to keep skaters warm on a frozen river in Winnipeg (+ slideshow). More
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Olympic Ice Rink of Liège by L'Escaut
Shimmering aluminium skin and a gaping mouth give this ice rink in Belgium by architects L'Escaut the look of a whale (+ slideshow). More
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Winnipeg Skating Shelters by Patkau Architects
Patkau Architects of Canada created this group of temporary plywood skating shelters huddled together by a skating trail along a frozen river in Winnipeg. More
