Our latest Pinterest board is filled with sports centres, gymnasiums and training facilities, including examples from Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, BIG and Steven Holl Architects.
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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 about School gymnasium by URA nestles into the landscape at a Belgian school
Sports brand Nike and creative consultancy Teague have designed a concept aircraft cabin interior to explore the effect of air travel on professional athletes (+ slideshow). More about Athlete's Plane by Teague and Nike would be a "training room in the sky"
Sports brand Nike has created a full-sized basketball court with motion-tracking and reactive LED visualisation technology built into the floor to help American star Kobe Bryant teach his moves to young players in Shanghai (+ slideshow). More about Nike creates first full-size LED basketball court in Shanghai for training with Kobe Bryant
Designer Andrew Lee McConnell drew on his own experience of suffering a neck injury when developing this concept for a wearable protective brace that could help prevent whiplash and other impact-related injuries (+ slideshow). More about Neck Frame by Andrew McConnell could be worn like "a structural second skin"
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 about CEBRA's Løgstør sports hall is built like Meccano
Football players disappear beneath a grassy knoll to access hidden changing facilities at a sports ground in northern France by MU Architecture (+ slideshow). More about MU Architecture hides locker rooms under plant-covered mound
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 about Dezeen's top ten FIFA World Cup 2014 architecture and design stories
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 about World Cup 2014 final features "most tested" football ever
News: these new renders of the controversial Tokyo Olympic stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects show changes to the shape of the building, which has been altered following a budget cut (+ slideshow). More about New images of Zaha Hadid's modified Tokyo Olympic stadium design
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has confirmed it is adapting its design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, following budget changes and ongoing criticism – including a 500-person street protest last weekend. More about Zaha Hadid modifies controversial Tokyo Olympic stadium design
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 about Timber walls feature narrow vertical slices at Virdis Architecture's Lussy Sports Hall
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 about Stanton Williams converts Olympic training venue into hockey and tennis centre
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 about Manaus stadium by GMP Architekten hosts four World Cup football matches
A stack of ceramic-clad boxes forms this monolithic swimming pool complex in the Netherlands by Slangen+Koenis Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Chequered facade surrounds swimming pool complex by Slangen+Koenis Architecten
This tilting sports centre by Archi5 and Tecnova Architecture has a multi-hued basalt facade and a faceted roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Parisian suburb gets monolithic, tilting sports centre with basalt facade
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 about Herzog & de Meuron completes Arena do Morro gymnasium in Brazil
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 about Tod Williams and Billie Tsien complete sheltered ice skating rink in Brooklyn
News: football star David Beckham has unveiled proposals to build a 25,000-seat stadium for his new Major League Soccer (MLS) team on the waterfront in Miami. More about David Beckham unveils seafront stadium proposal for Miami port
Twenty huge aluminium petals fold around this 42,000-seat stadium that sports architecture firm Populous has completed in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, ahead of the FIFA World Cup kicking off this summer (+ slideshow). More about Populous completes Arena das Dunas for FIFA World Cup 2014