Stadium

Proponent of greenery covered architecture Stefano Boeri Architetti has revealed its design for a new soccer stadium in Milan, Italy. The ambitious project would include a park and museum, and would be filled with thousands of plants and trees.

Following an international architecture competition, a proposal from ZHA has been selected for a huge new sports complex in Hangzhou, China, which will feature significant sustainable design and be centered around an eye-catching soccer stadium.

MAD Architects' recently completed Quzhou Stadium stands out with an unusual, almost alien-like form. Likened to a halo hovering over the landscape, it's designed to encourage visitors to explore and climb over over parts of the structure.

Foster + Partners has revealed its new stadium for the FIFA World Cup 2022, which will be used to host the final game of the soccer tournament later this year. The building draws on local traditions and takes the form of a shimmering golden bowl.

ABBA recently launched a concert experience which involves a digital representation of the stars "performing" their hits. To host the show, Stufish Entertainment Architects created a timber arena that can be dismantled and moved with relative ease.

Populous has been commissioned to design a new multipurpose events arena in Munich. Described as Germany's first climate-neutral arena, it will integrate significant greenery on its exterior and will get power from thousands of solar panels.

Populous has completed the only new permanent venue for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Named the Ice Ribbon, the arena will host speed skating events and is defined by an eye-catching illuminated facade.

From a house with its own skate ramp to a swimming pool in the sky, some pretty wild architecture popped up in 2021. Here's our pick of this year's top architectural oddities.

Taking the overall form of a massive nomadic tent pitched in the Qatar desert landscape, the Al Bayt Stadium is yet another major stadium to be inaugurated ready for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament being held in the country next year.

As the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar approaches, Spain's Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed a novel demountable soccer stadium, named 974 Stadium, that was constructed using almost 1,000 shipping containers.

Resembling a huge hat discarded in the Qatari desert, the Al Thumama Stadium has been created for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. It's inspired by the gahfiya, a traditional woven head covering, and is designed to help keep spectators and athletes cool.

Coop Himmelb(l)au is no stranger to unusual buildings and its latest project is sure to be another head turner. It consists of an ambitious redesign of an existing sports arena with a striking exterior that's meant to evoke a person skating.