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

Copalita School and Civic Centre in Copalita, Huatulco, Mexico

Located in Copalita, Huatulco, Mexico, Copalita School and Civic Centre was designed by  128 architecture & urban design FERNANDO TEPICHIN, During the rainy season of the year 2006, the Copalita River flooded after a unprecedented storm. This event destroyed part of the town and 300 people lost their homes. Copalita is a rural area located [...]

Tags: Civic center, Civic Centre, Copalita River, Copalita School, cross ventilation atmosphere solution, easter, Environment, federal government, FERNANDO TEPICHIN, Fluid dynamics, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Huatulco, low cost technology solution, Mexico, National Tourism Fund, Natural Disaster, Nature, Oaxaca, Ventilation

Spaladium Center in Split, Croatia

Spaladium Center located in Split, Croatia, designed by 3LHD, consists of a handball arena for 12,000 spectators, a wellness center, a sky bar and an exclusive restaurant on the top floor overlooking the city, its surroundings and the islands of the Split archipelago. The new building is now the centre of all significant sports in [...]

Tags: basketball, boxing, Croatia, Europe, Geography, handball, separate sports hall, ship carrier, Spaladium Arena, Spaladium Center, Split, Split archipelago, Split peninsula, Split-Dalmatia County, Sports, Team handball, tennis, volleyball

The O2 London in London, United Kingdom

Located in London, United Kingdom , The O2 London was designed by Populous. The first purpose-built music venue in London since The Royal Albert Hall in 1871, the O2 Arena has now become the world’s most successful arena as well as an individual contemporary structure. The task set for Populous as architects was a simple [...]

Tags: Architecture, Domes, Leeds Arena, London, Millennium Dome, O2 Arena, O2 World, Populous, Sports, Telefónica Europe, Tensile architecture, The O2, The O2 arena, The Royal Albert Hall, United Kingdom