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TPG Architecture creates “memorable moments” within NHL Headquarters in Manhattan

February 6, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Bold graphics and a tall media wall are among the features in the TPG Architecture-designed home office for North America’s National Hockey League, which spans five floors in a new skyscraper. The project is located in One Manhattan West, a glazed, 67-storey tower designed by SOM. The building is part of an emerging mixed-use development

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Eight future stadiums set to be built around the world

November 24, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Following the completion of the 2022 World Cup Qatar stadiums, we look at the next generation of sports venues being designed by studios including David Chipperfield Architects, OMA and BIG. Stadiums make up some of the world’s largest and most impressive buildings. In Qatar, eight were recently built or heavily renovated to host this year’s

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World Cup sustainability claims “built on sand” say experts

November 18, 2022 Nat Barker 0

Amid widespread scepticism about the sustainability claims of the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Dezeen asked experts if carbon-neutral global sporting events are possible. The Qatar World Cup begins this Sunday amid a cacophony of controversy, with the environmental impact of the four-week championship coming under intense scrutiny driven by the organisers’ claim

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Buffalo Bills stadium by Populous will be “intimate yet intimidating”

October 31, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studio Populous has designed a new stadium for the American football team Buffalo Bills in New York state, which will reimagine historic architecture with modern materials. Due to open in autumn 2026, the venue will be developed by Populous to pay homage to the history, heritage and architecture of the Bills’ home city, Buffalo.

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Qatar “turning a blind eye” to abuse of World Cup migrant workers says Amnesty

October 20, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Labour abuses are still happening “on a significant scale” in Qatar despite “noticeable improvements” to migrant workers’ conditions ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup, says Amnesty International. In a report published today, human rights organisation Amnesty International stated that many workers are still “subjected to conditions that amount to forced labour” in Qatar. “Although Qatar

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Gensler tucks arena under a movable wooden canopy in Austin

October 17, 2022 Kate Mazade 0

American architecture studio Gensler has completed a resilient and technologically advanced sports arena in Austin, Texas that has a wooden canopy that moves depending on the type of event. The University of Texas at Austin Moody Center Basketball and Events Arena (Moody Center) acts as a conduit between the university and the rest of the

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Saudi Arabia set to host Asian Winter Games at Neom “in the heart of the desert”

October 5, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi Arabia has announced that it has won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at its Trojena resort, which is being designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, UNStudio, Aedas, LAVA and Bureau Proberts as part of the Neom development. The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be hosted at a 60-square-kilometre skiing and outdoor activity resort

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Coventry City creates trio of Coventry Cathedral football kits to mark building’s 60th anniversary

September 12, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

English team Coventry City will play this season in football kits that were informed by the city’s Basil Spence-designed cathedral, which was consecrated in 1962. Designed by sports brand Hummel, the club’s home, away and third kits, as well as the goalkeeper shirts, for the 2022/2023 season all contain elements that were informed by the

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Quintanilla Arquitectos creates shaded sports complex in Mexican town

June 17, 2022 James Brillon 0

Mexican studio Quintanilla Arquitectos has created the Cárdenas sports complex and skate park in the town of Cañales, which contains a pair of sports courts covered by a concrete structure. Built to increase the sports facilities in the town of Cárdenas in the southern state of Tabasco, the Cañales complex contains a covered basketball court as well as a

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Lemay completes North America’s largest indoor skating facility

May 2, 2022 James Brillon 0

Lemay has completed a facility dedicated to ice skating in Québec City, enclosing the full-length speed skating track with glass walls. The Centre de Glaces de Québec was completed in September of 2021, and is the largest indoor skating facility in North America. In addition to its full-size and short-track speed skating tracks, the centre

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