Stadium Design

Continuing Education: The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:11:59 -0500

Athletes and spectators will see little ground-up construction, but planners have carefully considered the afterlife of the Winter Games and its venues.

Liverpool’s New Soccer Ground Melds 21st-Century Stadium Design and Local Heritage with Varied Results

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:37:13 -0400

Designed by MEIS with BDP Pattern, the $1 billion-plus waterfront complex built for Everton FC replaces historic Goodison Park, which will be retained for new use.

From the RECORD Archives: ‘The USTA National Tennis Center by David Kenneth Specter’

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:51:39 -0400

As the tennis faithful flock to Flushing, Queens, for the 2025 U.S. Open, we take a look back at the first incarnation of the USTA National Tennis Center completed in 1978.

In a City on Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, SANAA Combines Three Sports Venues Under One Undulating Roof

Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

The ethereal Anabuki Arena Kagawa transforms a landfill site into a public space that people are free to move in and around 24 hours a day.

A Hybrid Mass-Timber Municipal Ice Arena Offers an Antidote to a Tired Typology

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:26:58 -0500

With two rinks serving as the main attraction, the hcma-designed Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, also accommodates those opting to stay off the ice.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Tristán López-Chicheri

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:37 -0400

L35 Architects CEO Tristán López-Chicheri joins the podcast to discuss the firm's transformative renovation of Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid and the impact of young designers on the practice.

In Darmstadt, Germany, 1100 Architect Gives a Soccer Club’s Campus a Top-Tier Revamp

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:13:08 -0400

In addition to a remodeled stadium and new headquarters for SV Darmstadt 98, the firm also restored a landmarked municipal sports hall at the site.

Newsmaker: Bruce Miller of Populous Discusses the Firm’s Growth and the Evolution of Stadium Architecture

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:07:52 -0400

RECORD speaks to the Populous Americas director on the state of sports architecture and what makes the firm a leader in the sector.

Snapshot: AECOM's Intuit Dome is a Game-Changer for the Los Angeles Clippers

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

The basketball team will soon have a new state-of-the-art, carbon-neutral home in Inglewood.

Guess the Architect: July 2024

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:13 -0400

This spage-age stadium was designed by one of the most celebrated engineering minds of the 20th century.

Verne Arquitectura and Alejandro Maortua Create a Contemporary Pelota Court that Honors the Past

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

In northern Spain, a building for playing a beloved traditional sport sensitively adapts to its rural context.

Stadium Complex: The True Cost of Sports Megadevelopments

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:08:41 -0400

Forum: As proposals expand in scale and scope, and public spending increases, large-scale pro sports developments fall flat as gestures of urban goodwill.

Paris Prepares for the 2024 Summer Olympics With a Strategic Mix of New Construction and Renovation

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:08:07 -0400

With only two purpose-built structures and a heavy reliance on existing venues, this year's games will be the least architectural—in terms of new construction—in decades.

Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects Design a Hillside Aquatics Center for Western Sydney

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:08:00 -0400

Inspired by Australia's ocean pools, the Parramatta Aquatic Center offers respite from urban heat islands.

A Multiuse Recreation Complex in Sweden Pushes the Envelope (Literally) with Mass Timber

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:18:49 -0400

Wahlström & Steijner cleverly navigate site constraints to equip a suburban neighborhood in Sweden with two arenas for practice and games.

July 2024 Editor’s Letter

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:18:24 -0400

As controversy prevailed at the AIA Conference last month and RECORD probes the gamesmanship at the national organization, we also look to sports of a different kind.

Sports & Recreation 2024

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:10:00 -0400

With summer in full swing, RECORD explores innovative sports complexes around the world.

Real Madrid's Fabled Home Scores a Winning Revamp

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:06:00 -0400

L35, GMP, and Ribas & Ribas upgrade the club's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to meet contemporary demands.

Perkins&Will's No-Nonsense Tennis Center for Columbia University Adapts to Climate Challenges

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:02:00 -0400

From innovative flood adaptation strategies to carefully considered materials, the courts balance practicality with thoughtful design.

BIG Designs an Armadillo-esque Ballpark for the Future Las Vegas Athletics

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:00:00 -0500

The Sphere has some fierce new competition in the rubbernecking department coming to the Las Vegas Strip circa 2028.

Caruso St John Architects Build a Breakaway Hockey Arena in Zurich

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 06:06:00 -0500

By dressing a box with a textile-like concrete facade, the designers create an unconventional new home for the ZSC Lions.

TQL Stadium by Populous

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

FC Cincinnati's home base radiates with the energy of the city's Major League Soccer fans through light and motion video.

SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park by HKS with Studio-MLA

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Home to the L.A. Rams (and Chargers), the 2022 Super Bowl stadium welcomes fans and the community alike with a porous, park-like scheme.

Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Offers a Fresh Take on the Fan Experience

Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Working with the Office for Visual Interaction, Gensler renovates the former Quicken Loans Arena.

Bing Thom and HCMA Design Two Pools in a Vancouver Suburb

Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0400

Two striking indoor pools, by Bing Thom and HCMA, use wood in unexpected ways and provide a Vancouver suburb with new landmarks.

CHS Field by Snow Kreilich Architects, AECOM, and Ryan Architecture + Engineering

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:00:00 -0400

Snow Kreilich Architects, AECOM, and Ryan A+E created a $64 million, 7,000-seat ballpark to be the new home of locally beloved minor league team the St. Paul Saints.

First Look: A New Stadium in Bordeaux, France by Herzog & de Meuron

Fri, 29 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400

A diaphanous "stadium light" from the Pritzker Prize-winning firm redefines the soccer experience for fans in southwest France. Herzog & de Meuron's Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux. A new soccer stadium designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Bordeaux, France hosted its first game on May 23rd (the FC Girondins vs. Monpelier), a year before one of the sport’s most high-stakes tournaments—Euro 2016, the European Championship and qualifier for the 2017 World Cup—is played there. With 42,000 seats, the 830,000-square-foot stadium is one of the largest in the region, where soccer has a religious following. Drawing on the spiritual hold

Regent Park Aquatic Centre

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Making a Splash: Designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, a public aquatic center, surrounded by a park in a mixed-income city housing development, proves public recreational facilities needn't skimp on high-concept design.

California Memorial Stadium and Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Of the many neoclassical buildings that architect John Galen Howard designed for the University of California, Berkeley, in the early twentieth century, California Memorial Stadium was perhaps the most breathtaking and the most imperiled: from its perch at the base of the Berkeley foothills, the concrete structure—part coliseum, part amphitheater dug into the hillside—offered 73,000 Golden Bears fans sweeping views of San Francisco Bay to the west, but on a site straddling the Hayward Fault.

Circuit of The Americas

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Though it isn't quite all tumbleweed and Longhorns on the 20-minute drive from downtown Austin to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA)—the only facility in the United States specifically built to host the Formula 1 Grand Prix auto race—the barren landscape looks and feels like rural Texas.