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 the round stadiums have a curved lakeside shore round them,... 

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 the Games, the Arena will become a multi-sports venue with retractable... 

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

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 the city. The arena itself is a 28,500 sq m multi-purpose hall. In addition... 

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

Mata do Cabo Swimming Pool, Leisure Park by Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal

The Portuguese architecture design, Mata do Cabo Swimming Pool was designed by Antonio Carvalho and Gonçalo Byrne, Antonio Carvalho Arquitectura e Urbanismo Lda is a swimming-pool and sanitary facilities for the Mata do Cabo Leisure Park at St João da Pesqueira, Portugal. The park has a swimming-pool, camping, a basketball / football field, a tennis court and a Mediterranean forest, now an urban... 

Tags: Antonio Carvalho, Antonio Carvalho Arquitectura, basketball, Cabo Leisure Park, Cabo Swimming Pool, car ramp, football, Gonçalo Byrne, Leasure Park, Mediterranean, Pesqueira, Portugal, Portugal architecture, Portuguese architecture design, public building, Recreation building, sports fields, Swimming pool, tennis, Urbanismo Lda