WNDR Alpine replaces plastic with algae in off-piste skis
Utah startup WNDR Alpine has replaced the petroleum-based plastics usually used in skis with algae-based bioplastics that make them "more predictable, stable and durable". More
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Our new Pinterest board showcases the best projects for winter sports on Dezeen
This new Pinterest board will inspire you to head straight to the slopes, with architecture and design projects for winter sports including a California mountain resort and a restaurant in the South Tyrolean Dolomites featuring three cantilevered blackened wood huts. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
Sledding path to loop around roof garden of Beijing civic centre by Andrew Bromberg
An undulating path will curve around the roof garden of this Beijing shopping centre by American architect Andrew Bromberg, and be covered in a layer of fake snow for sledding in winter. More
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Auer Weber completes aquatic centre with a sloping roof in the French Alps
Set between two plateaus, this Alpine aquatic centre by German firm Auer Weber features wide crescent-shaped windows overlooking the piste of popular ski resort Courchevel (+ slideshow). 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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Small Foot launches Pocket inflatable shoes for walking on snow
Bulgarian designer Petar Dimitrov has created a pair of lightweight inflatable snowshoes that can be packed into two bags (+ slideshow). More
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Herzog & de Meuron completes a mountain-top restaurant around a cable car station
Architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has reframed the cable car station on the top of Switzerland's Chäserrugg mountain by enveloping it within a wooden restaurant building (+ slideshow). 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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Sweco Architects modernises Swedish ski jumps ahead of 2015 world championships
Lights illuminate the plunging outlines of the two Lugnet Ski Jumps, newly restored by Swedish studio Sweco Architects with glass and steel edging (+ 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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Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG
Here are the latest renderings of BIG's combined power plant and ski slope that blows smoke rings, which commenced construction in Copenhagen yesterday (+ slideshow). More
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Skidome Denmark by CEBRA
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed a proposal for a snowflake-shaped ski dome that would be the biggest in the world, with three kilometres of slopes arching over a river in the Danish city of Randers. More
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Koutalaki Ski Village by BIG
Danish architects BIG seem to have a thing for skiing on rooftops and have designed some more buildings that double up as ski slopes, this time for a resort in Lapland. More
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Mountain Hill Cabin by Fantastic Norway
Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. More
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Niseko Look Out Cafe by Design Spirits
Japanese studio Design Spirits refurbished this cafe at a ski resort in Hokkaido by inserting timber lattice partitions. 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
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Holmenkollen ski jump by JDS Architects completed
Here are a few images of the Holmenkollen ski jump in Norway by JDS Architects, which is now complete (see it under construction but already in use in our earlier story). More
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Audi Carbon Ski by Audi Concept Design Munich
Audi Concept Design Munich have developed a carbon ski design that combines technology from the motorsports and winter sports industries. More
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Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a power plant for Copenhagen with their design that will blow smoke rings and double up as a ski slope. More
