Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China

The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg und Partner is located in Shanghai, China.  Water is the overarching theme of both the park and the architecture of the stadiums and the media centre. It is the connecting element between the buildings, which stand on raised platforms in specially constructed lakes. Thus [...]

Tags: badminton, basketball, boxing, China, FINA, FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Swimming Championships, Hall Stadium, media centre, Natatorium, Olympic sports, Recreation, Shanghai, Sports, steel structures, swimming, the FINA World Swimming Championships

2012 Handball Arena in London, United Kingdom

The 2012 Handball Arena designed by Make Architects is located in London, United Kingdom. It will have up to 7,000 seats during the Games, hosting the Handball preliminaries and quarter finals as well as the Modern Pentathlon discipline of Fencing. It will also be the Goalball venue during the Paralympic Games. In legacy mode after [...]

Tags: badminton, basketball, Disabled sports, Fencing, Goalball, handball, Handball Arena, London, Modern Pentathlon, multi-sports venue, Netball, Sports, the Paralympic Games, United Kingdom, volleyball

Shunde School in Shunde, China

Designed by NEW SPACE ARCHITECTS PTE LTD, Shunde School is located in Shunde, China. The brief is to design a co-ed secondary school for 2,000 students age 13-16. The school will come equipped with supporting auditoriums, a large library, cafeteria and sporting facilities which include swimming pools, tennis courts and indoor badminton halls. The school [...]

Tags: China, Education, NEW SPACE ARCHITECTS PTE LTD, Shunde, Shunde School

Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai, India

Designed by Shashi Prabhu & Associates, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium is located in Mumbai, India. The stadium complex is composed of 3 structures – a large indoor stadium with a 90m diameter arena together with 4 surrounding ancillary halls which support the function of the arena. A much smaller adjacent ‘Sports Annex Building’ houses [...]

Tags: badminton, Chiller, India, Mumbai, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Service Building, Shashi Prabhu, Shashi Prabhu & Associates, Sports, Sports Administration Building, squash, table tennis

Ravenscraig Sports Facility, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Located in North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, Ravenscraig Sports Facility, designed by Populous, The development of the old site is one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe and the architectural design of the buildings’ structure create a link to the steel industry that has had such a strong cultural presence on this site and within [...]

Tags: 2014 Commonwealth Games, 3G, Athletics, badminton, Europe, football, Motherwell, multi-sports hall, North Lanarkshire, range equipment, Ravenscraig, Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Sports, sports injury, steel industry, United Kingdom