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Sports and Recreational Facilities

As major centers of social and economic importance across the world, sports facilities and recreational buildings need to be optimized to admit hundreds or thousands of people on a regular basis, as well as to meet the needs of whatever activity takes place in the facility. Whether you’re looking for just the right turf or the most comfortable stadium seating, designing and building these facilities can lead into ultra-specialized waters, and requires a delicate balance of expertise.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Feb 3, 2016

New $96.5 million Ole Miss Basketball Arena Opened in January

The recently constructed basketball arena at Ole Miss, The Pavilion, exudes sophistication due to its spectacular curved roof coated with a vibrant Terra Cotta Fluropon. 

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Jan 29, 2016

Billion-dollar dome in Las Vegas could be the Oakland Raiders next home

The franchise, which is considering relocation if it can’t work out a stadium deal in the Bay Area, is listening to a new stadium pitch from investors in Las Vegas, led by the Sands Corp.

 

Giants 400 | Jan 29, 2016

SPORTS FACILITIES GIANTS: Populous, AECOM, Turner among top sports sector AEC firms

BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest sports sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2015 Giants 300 Report 

Jan 14, 2016

How to succeed with EIFS: exterior insulation and finish systems

This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS failures and how to prevent them; and EIFS and sustainability.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Jan 13, 2016

Multi-billion-dollar stadium planned as the NFL returns to Los Angeles

The Rams, formerly of St. Louis, will move into a new stadium possibly by 2019—and they might have a co-tenant.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Jan 8, 2016

Washington Redskins hire Bjarke Ingels Group to design new stadium

The Danish firm is short on designing football stadiums, but it has led other impressive large scale projects.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Jan 6, 2016

A solar canopy makes Miami’s arena more functional

NRG Energy teams with Miami Heat to transform an underused open-air plaza and reinforce the facility’s green reputation

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Dec 23, 2015

Kengo Kuma selected to design National Stadium for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Japan chose between projects from Japanese architects Kuma and Toyo Ito. The decision has been met with claims of favoritism, particularly by the stadium’s original designer, Zaha Hadid.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Dec 16, 2015

Tokyo down to two finalists for Olympic Stadium design

Both cost less than the Zaha Hadid proposal that was scrapped over the summer.

 

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Dec 14, 2015

Soccer Field in the Sky

House of Sports in Ardsley, N.Y., is home to a soccer field on the third floor of a downtown building.  

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