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From a house with its own skate ramp to a swimming pool in the sky, some pretty wild architecture popped up in 2021. Here’s our pick of this year’s top architectural oddities.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Best of 2021, Building… Continue reading Top 10 architectural oddities of 2021
Taking the overall form of a massive nomadic tent pitched in the Qatar desert landscape, the Al Bayt Stadium is yet another major stadium to be inaugurated ready for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament being held in the country next year.Cont… Continue reading Qatar sports stadium designed to look like a huge nomadic tent
Spain’s Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed a novel design for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup soccer championship in Qatar. Named the 974 Stadium, it’s designed to be relatively easy to disassemble and rebuild, and was constructed using almost… Continue reading Demountable stadium built using almost 1,000 shipping containers
Resembling a huge head covering discarded in the Qatar desert, the recently completed Al Thumama Stadium has been inaugurated ready for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. The stadium’s eye-catching design is inspired by the gahfiya, a traditional woven headcap w… Continue reading Head cap-inspired sports stadium designed to keep athletes from running hot
Resembling a huge head covering discarded in the Qatar desert, the recently completed Al Thumama Stadium has been inaugurated ready for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. The stadium’s eye-catching design is inspired by the gahfiya, a traditional woven headcap w… Continue reading Head cap-inspired sports stadium designed to keep athletes from running hot
Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au is no stranger to unusual buildings and its latest project is sure to be another head turner. It consists of an ambitious redesign of an existing sports and concert arena in Russia, with a striking exterior that draws on… Continue reading Striking arena redesign includes 125,000-sq-ft LED display wall
Populous is putting a fresh aeronautical spin on a soccer stadium in France with a €100 million (roughly US$120 million) renovation of Strasbourg’s Stade de la Meinau. The project will boost capacity, improve sustainability, and incorporate airplane fu… Continue reading Soccer stadium with fuselage facade scheduled for 2025 landing
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been commissioned to create a large new soccer stadium in China. The striking curved building is designed to mitigate the effects of the weather for fans and will feature a significant amount of greenery integrated into … Continue reading Zaha Hadid Architects-designed soccer stadium kicks off in China
Construction has officially been completed on an eye-catching new stadium in Qatar. Created as part of the country’s preparation for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, the building features a complex patterned facade that’s said to shim… Continue reading Qatar’s new “shimmering diamond” soccer stadium completed
It will doubtless be a while yet before big stadium-type events start taking place again. Once they do, though, the stands will still likely have to be disinfected after each use. A US company is aiming to make that task easier, using drones.Continue R… Continue reading Startup proposes using drones to disinfect stadiums