International design collective HAO / Holm Architecture Office, in collaboration with New York-based VM Studio, has received first place in a competition for the re-design of the Coleman Oval Skate Park in Manhattan. Nine New York design firms were invited to participate in the…

The Mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay, recently unveiled the winning project in the architecture competition for the new indoor soccer center at the Saint-Michel Environmental Complex (SMEC). The jury has chosen the concept developed by Saucier + Perrotte / Hughes Condon Marler Architects from among…

Construction has commenced on the world’s largest indoor arena, designed by Populous, in Manila, Philippines. In a ground breaking ceremony held last week, the arena design was described as a ‘phenomenal structure’.

Danish firms SEA and Elkiær + Ebbeskov have been announced the winners of The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities' competition to design Pulsen - the Community Center of the future. The project was selected as the winner from 43 proposals in…

A group of four recent graduates from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland has won the First Place in the AIAS competition for the awards pavillion of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Team members were Manuel Gross, Patrik Staub, Yannick Vorberg, and…

Los Angeles-based practice EMERGENT Tom Wiscombe has shared with us its competition-winning design for the new Shenyang Civic Sports Center and 2013 National Games Arena in China's Northeast. The 123,000 sqm facility combines a sports civic center, a national games taekwondo arena and a swimming arena in…

Two projects of Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat have been officially opened earlier this week in the Khanti-Mansiysk autonomous region of Siberia: the Chess Club building in Khanty-Mansiysk and the Vershina Trade & Entertainment Center in Surgut.

New Zealand’s main stadium, Eden Park in Auckland, has undergone the biggest transformation in its 100 year history. The new ground, the main stadium for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, held its first major games since the redevelopment, on November 6, and more than 44,000 fans attended the two…

Last Friday night, the world turned its attention to Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, designed by global architects Populous in collaboration with Boogertman Urban Edge & Partners, when South Africa played Mexico in the opening match of the 2010 World Cup. The…

Winners have been announced of the suckerPUNCH-organized competition for the Fort Tilden Field House and its surrounding sports fields and courts in Queens, NY. This international ideas competition seeks to investigate architectural problems such as form, engagement with landscape,…