School gymnasium by URA nestles into the landscape at a Belgian school
This concrete sports hall by Belgian studio URA has been built into a hillside in the wooded grounds of a school just outside Brussels (+ slideshow). More
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CEBRA's Løgstør sports hall is built like Meccano
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has combined standardised corrugated metal roof sheets with translucent plastic panels to construct this sports hall in the town of Løgstør like a Meccano model (+ slideshow). More
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MU Architecture hides locker rooms under plant-covered mound
Football players disappear beneath a grassy knoll to access hidden changing facilities at a sports ground in northern France by MU Architecture (+ slideshow). More
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Timber walls feature narrow vertical slices at Virdis Architecture's Lussy Sports Hall
Swiss office Virdis Architecture clad this sports hall near Lausanne in vertical timber slats, but left toothpick-shaped gaps to allow light to filter through. More
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Stanton Williams converts Olympic training venue into hockey and tennis centre
London firm Stanton Williams has transformed the training facility it designed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games into a major sporting venue for the UK's hockey and tennis organisations (+ slideshow). More
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Parisian suburb gets monolithic, tilting sports centre with basalt facade
This tilting sports centre by Archi5 and Tecnova Architecture has a multi-hued basalt facade and a faceted roof garden (+ slideshow). More
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Herzog & de Meuron completes Arena do Morro gymnasium in Brazil
News: Herzog & de Meuron has completed an open-air gymnasium in Natal, Brazil – the flagship project for the Swiss firm's regeneration of the Mãe Luiza neighbourhood (photos by Leonardo Finotti + slideshow). 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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Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre due to open in its completed form
These photographs show the newly converted aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid Architects for the London 2012 Olympics, which will open to the public next week without the controversial wings that housed additional seating during the Games. More
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Rowing facility by Álvaro Fernandes Andrade snakes across a landscape of underground dorms
Portuguese architect Álvaro Fernandes Andrade has completed a training facility for Olympic-standard rowers where angular white volumes snake across a tiered landscape of grassy slopes and dry-stone walls (+ slideshow). More
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Parisian sports hall by Ateliers O-S Architectes with bands of light on its walls
Bands of light shine through the perforated metal facade of this sports hall by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes in north-west Paris (+ slideshow). More
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Concrete-clad sports hall by Idis Turato features both faceted and bumpy facades
Faceted concrete blocks protrude from one side of this sports hall in Croatia, while its bumpy southern and western walls were made by casting concrete panels over a bed of stones (+ slideshow). More
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Sports centre clad with sun-bleached wooden slats by Explorations Architecture
Curved walls made from sun-bleached timber slats screen the exterior of this sports centre by Explorations Architecture in the French commune of Arpajon, near Paris (+ slideshow). More
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Fontys Sports College by Mecanoo
Here's another project from Dutch firm Mecanoo: a sports college in Eindhoven featuring a black brick exterior with perforations in the shape of athletes (+ slideshow). More
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Gymnasium and Town Hall Esplanade in Chelles by LAN Architecture
Copper-clad panels behind the glazed facade of this gymnasium by French firm LAN Architecture produce tinted reflections of the surrounding buildings (+ slideshow). More
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Gammel Hellerup Sports Hall by BIG
Danish architecture studio BIG has completed a sunken sports hall where an arching wooden roof doubles up as a hilly courtyard (+ slideshow). More
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Harmonie Hall by Takenaka Corporation
Huge clerestory windows reveal the exposed timber frame of this school sports hall in Kobe, Japan, by architecture firm Takenaka Corporation (+ slideshow). More
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Campbell Sports Centre by Steven Holl Architects
Staircases zigzag between balconies and terraces on the facade of the Campbell Sports Centre, a new athletics facility by Steven Holl Architects for Columbia University in New York (+ slideshow). More
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De Rietlanden Sports Hall by Slangen + Koenis Architects
This sports hall in Lelystad, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Slangen + Koenis Architects is coloured in fluorescent shades of green, yellow and blue (+ slideshow). More
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Wanangkura Stadium by ARM Architecture
This black and blue sports centre in Western Australia was designed by ARM Architecture as a pixellated cluster of chunky cubes (+ slideshow). More
