Nike vest keeps Rafael Nadal cool during US Open
Nike's research laboratory has developed a vest to cool an athlete's body in less than five minutes, which tennis player Rafael Nadal has used in practice sessions during this year's US Open. More
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US Open tennis courts spruced up with furniture by Michael Graves' studio
American studio Michael Graves Architecture & Design has created new seats for players, umpires and line judges at the US Open Tennis Championships, which begin this coming week in Queens, New York. More
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Virgil Abloh and Nike to dress Serena Williams for the US Open
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has teamed up with Nike to design tennis player Serena Williams' kit for this year's US Open, which includes a black ballerina-style dress, a bomber jacket and tagged "Queen of Queens" sneakers. More
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US Open's flaming tennis ball logo receives minimal update
New York branding and graphics firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has pared back the "complicated" flaming ball logo of the US Open Tennis Championships to just three yellow stripes and lower-case text. More
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Scooped rooflights and sinuous forms define Strasbourg tennis clubhouse by Paul Le Quernec
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
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NP2F Architectes squeezes football and tennis courts onto narrow Paris site
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
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MVRDV completes Amsterdam tennis clubhouse with seating bowl on the roof
The roof of this bright red tennis clubhouse by Rotterdam firm MVRDV doubles up as an expansive seating area for game spectators (+ slideshow). More
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Benedetto Bufalino transforms a former apartment into a tennis court
French artist Benedetto Bufalino has created a tennis court over two rooms of a gallery in Dijon, complete with fake grass, white lines and a net across the doorway (+ slideshow). More
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Clubhouse for Tennisclub IJburg with seats on its roof by MVRDV
Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled images of a tennis clubhouse with seating on the roof, which is to begin construction later this month in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More
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Wimbledon masterplan unveiled by Grimshaw
News: London architecture firm Grimshaw has unveiled a masterplan for the home of the annual Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. More
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Fala Park by PL.architekci
Stray balls aren't a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). More
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Two-handled tennis racket spotted at the U.S. Open
Dezeen News: mixed doubles tennis player Brian Battistone turned heads at the U.S. Open this week with a two-handled tennis racket his playing partner has dubbed "the alien". More
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"Is the Centre Court roof the real star of Wimbledon 2012?" - Telegraph
Dezeen Wire: as the sliding roof on Wimbledon's Centre Court was closed today to allow the men's singles final between Andy Murray and Roger Federer to continue despite heavy rain, The Telegraph argues that the Populous-designed cover is the real star of this year's championships. More
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Tie-break by Bertjan Pot for Richard Lampert
Cologne 2012: Dutch designer Bertjan Pot showed this chair made of a tennis net at imm cologne last week. More
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Grimshaw to design new masterplan for Wimbledon
Dezeen Wire: British architects Grimshaw have been selected by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to design a new masterplan for Wimbledon, home to the annual tennis championships.Due to complete in 2020, the proposals are commissioned following the conclusion of the tennis club's 1993 Long Term Plan developments, which included a new roof for Centre Court by architects Populous.
You can see more projects by Grimshaw here, including a decommissioned blast furnace converted into a museum of steel.
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Diamond Arena by Atelier 11
V-shaped concrete columns illuminated by blue lights give a tennis centre in Beijing the appearance of a spaceship ready for launch. More
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Tenniscalator by David Tajchman
Paris architect David Tajchman designed this multi-storey timber tennis centre for a competition organised by a Swedish timber company. More
