Qatar Recreational Sport Facilities

Qatar Recreational Sport Facilities

Grimshaw selected to create a new range of community sports facilities across Qatar. Secured through a competition funded by the Qatar Olympic Committee, the Al Farjan Recreational Sports Facilities aim to create new enriched social spaces and encourage community participation in sporting activities.

Brasilia Stadium, 2014 World Cup Venue

Estádio Nacional Brasília

Design: gmp. Concept and scheme design of roof + esplanade as well as detailed design of esplanade Castro Mello arquitetos with consultancy service provided by gmp and schlaich bergermann and partners. Detailed design of roof gmp and schlaich bergermann and partners. Design of bowl Castro Mello arquitetos, São Paulo.

New Mineirão Stadium Brazil football ground

New Mineirão Stadium

Design: BCMF Arquitetos

A modernist building in a modernist landscape.

Inaugurated in 1965 as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal works around the Pampulha lake. This building has been transformed into a major Brazil World Cup 2014 venue.

Kasumigaoka National Stadium Tokyo: Zaha Hadid

New Olympic Stadium in Tokyo

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. Tadao Ando praised the fluidity and innovation of the design: “The entry’s dynamic and futuristic design embodies the messages Japan would like to convey to the rest of the world.”

However a petition to oppose construction is running, claiming the building is too large and too expensive…would fell many trees and spoil the nice human scale.

National Gymnastics Arena, Azerbaijan

National Gymnastics Arena Baku 1

Design: Broadway Malyan

Broadway Malyan raises the bar with new National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan

The iconic 9,000-seat National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan, has completed. The £120 m building is one of only a handful of bespoke gymnastics venues in the world.

Dongguan Basketball Stadium, China

Dongguan Basketball Stadium 2

Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)

In the southern Chinese city of Dongguan – a city of several million – a basketball stadium has been completed to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The building can be seen from afar and is a landmark that provides identity and orientation to the people in the new district of Liaobu.