Stadium

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.

Populous is putting an aeronautical spin on a soccer stadium with a €100 million renovation of the Stade de la Meinau. It will boost capacity, improve sustainability and incorporate old airplane fuselages for shading.

Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to create a new soccer stadium in China. The striking curved building is designed to mitigate the effects of the weather and will feature a significant amount of greenery integrated into its facades.

Construction is complete on a new stadium in Qatar. Created for the country's 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, it features a complex facade that's said to shimmer in sunlight and can also be illuminated with integrated lighting at night.

It will doubtless be a while yet before big stadium-type events start taking place again. Once they do, though, the stands will still likely have to be disinfected after each use. A US company is aiming to make that task easier, using drones.

Back in 2016, Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled a wooden stadium for the English soccer team Forest Green Rovers. Now, having finally received planning permission on the second attempt, the ambitious sustainable project is set to go ahead.

Qatar's Al Wakrah Stadium has officially been inaugurated and hosted its first soccer game. Designed by the late Zaha Hadid, with longtime collaborator Patrik Schumacher, its sculpted form is inspired by a type of local boat and it's meant to keep spectators and players cool even in the summer heat.

BIG has unveiled plans for a new sports stadium and entertainment center in Austin, Texas, that will include soccer, rugby, basketball, rodeo, shopping, and dining facilities. The East Austin District is also aiming for self-sufficiency in electricity with a rooftop covered in solar panels.

​Billions of dollars are spent constructing the stadiums for spectacles like the FIFA World Cup, but these facilities can struggle to find much use thereafter. Ahead of the 2022 event, host Qatar has unveiled the designs for a modular stadium that promises to address this dilemma.

VFL Wolfsburg is to become the first German soccer team to have LED pitch lighting installed at its stadium. Philips, which is providing the lighting, says it will deliver a better quality of light at the Volkswagen Arena, allowing for improved TV coverage of games.

Forest Green Rovers may only play in the 5th tier of the UK's soccer pyramid, but the team will soon have facilities up there with the very best. It has appointed Zaha Hadid Architects to construct a low-carbon stadium made almost entirely of sustainably-sourced wood.

A tennis club in Amsterdam has a novel approach to providing both a clubhouse and bleachers. It has combined the two. The clubhouse at IJburg tennis club is designed in such a way that spectators can climb it and watch matches on the adjacent court.​