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 the round stadiums have a curved lakeside shore round them,...
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 the Games, the Arena will become a multi-sports venue with retractable...
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 3 badminton courts, 4 squash courts,...
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 the local community. The design is based on an undulating...