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,…

Miami-raised artist Daniel Arsham and his collaborative practice Snarkitecture have been commissioned to create two large signature features for Miami’s new Florida Marlins ballpark. The new 37,000-seat stadium, situated on the site of the former Orange Bowl in Little Havana, is scheduled to open in…

The National High School Coaches Association and Mayor Salvatore J. Panto, Jr. of Easton, PA announced the building of the first ever High School Sports Hall of Fame Museum this week at a press conference. The…

Danish architects BIG, in collaboration with British structural and civil engineering firm AKT, Swedish consultant Tyréns and German climate engineers Transsolar have just been awarded first place in a design competition in Malmø, Sweden for a 100,000 m2 first of its kind…

Croatian architecture firm 3LHD recently finished the Zamet Center in Rijeka, an industrial port city in Croatia. The center is a brand new building that will have a great impact on the local community. The project is a hybrid, with mixed use facilities: multipurpose sports hall, new…

The competition-winning design of the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, in South Korea, illustrates a new level of sustainable design in stadia in Asia. The stadium will hold 70,000 people for the main event in 2014 and will reduce down to a single sided grandstand for…

Slovenian OFIS Architects recently completed the soccer stadium in Maribor, eastern Slovenia, which won them the competition back in 1998. The site is located in the center of the city. In the 1960s, a small…