Thanks to the World Cup, the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl, 2018 was a great year for sports architecture. Deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft continues our review of 2018 by rounding up the 10 best stadiums and sports centres of the year. More about Dezeen's top 10 stadiums and sports centres of 2018
An elevated running track encircles this sports centre that Neumann Monson Architects has designed for the residents of Lone Tree, Iowa. More about Yellow accents brighten Lone Tree Wellness Center by Neumann Monson
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Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos has completed a sports centre in Portugal, featuring angular concrete surfaces that funnel daylight into its public foyer. More about Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos completes brutalist concrete sports centre in Portugal
A translucent polycarbonate skin wraps Streetmekka Viborg Build, a former windmill factory that Danish studio EFFEKT has transformed into a hub for street sports and youth culture. More about EFFEKT transforms abandoned windmill factory into skatepark and youth centre
Dominique Coulon & Associés has completed a sports centre for a school in Strasbourg, featuring a pair of double-height halls that project upwards from a concrete-and-glass base. More about Glass walls create visual connection between Strasbourg sports hall and its surroundings
Danish studio NORD Architects has completed a multipurpose sports facility in Copenhagen's developing Ørestad City area. More about NORD Architects creates angular timber-clad sports centre in Copenhagen
A ribbon of bright, polished steel wraps around the curving roof of this sports centre by British practice Faulkner Browns in The Hague, Netherlands. More about Twisting band of copper-hued steel encircles sports centre in The Hague
Reflective aluminium panels cover the rounded shell of this school sports hall near Prague, helping to disguise its scale. More about Domed sports hall by Sporadical is covered in scale-like aluminium shingles
The concrete exterior of this badminton centre in the South Korean city of Gwangju is coloured to match the local soil, and contrasts with a row of clerestory windows clad in blackened-steel. More about Steel-clad clerestory windows protrude from concrete badminton hall by JHW IROJE Architects
The Complexe Sportif Saint-Laurent in Montreal by Canadian firm Saucier + Perrotte has icy and black exteriors, contrasting the glossy orange surfaces found inside. More about Saucier + Perrotte designs iceberg-like Montreal sports complex with orange interiors
A spiral staircase made from cast concrete leads up to a turfed roof overlooking a pool and polo field at this stables near Buenos Aires, which was designed by local firm Estudio Ramos for a professional polo player. More about Polo stables by Estudio Ramos features grassy roof for horses to graze
Chiangmai Life Architects and Construction modelled the segmented and undulating roof of this bamboo sports hall at a school in Chiang Mai in Thailand on the petals of a lotus flower. More about Arched bamboo trusses left exposed in Chiang Mai sports hall to create a "feast to the eye"
Two enormous translucent walls flood the playing court of this bright white sports centre by Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza with dazzling light. More about Alberto Campo Baeza's Madrid sports centre is a "box of light"
Monks perform levitation over a huge wind tunnel at this amphitheatre, which was designed by Latvian studio Mailītis Architects for a mountain range in central China. More about Wind tunnel allows monks to fly above Mailītis Architects' amphitheatre in rural China
A+Awards: this badminton hall in a Swiss village, which looks more like a spaceport than a sports facility, received an Architizer A+Award last year. More about Jan Henrik Hansen adds futuristic badminton hall to Swiss sports centre
The flight path of a tennis ball informed the curving interior of this clubhouse in Strasbourg, which features dome-like skylights, a serpentine bar and brightly coloured floors. More about Scooped rooflights and sinuous forms define Strasbourg tennis clubhouse by Paul Le Quernec
Danish practice 3XN has unveiled plans for a new aquatics centre in the southern Swedish city of Linköping, which will featuring undulating timber and glass facades. More about Wave-like facades wrap 3XN's aquatic centre in southern Sweden
The corners of this aluminium-clad sports hall near the Iranian city of Bastam lift up from the earth to lend the irregular form a "cloud-like" appearance. More about FEA Studio installs "cloud-like" sports hall in mountainous landscape of northern Iran
French studio NP2F Architectes has squeezed a football field, tennis court and running track onto a long strip of land in Paris's Saint-Paul area. More about NP2F Architectes squeezes football and tennis courts onto narrow Paris site