News Three in race to build Spain’s new F1 circuit in Madrid Three Spanish contractors are on the starting grid for a contract to build an F1 circuit in Madrid, according to business new site Economia Digital. Contractors Dragados, Obrascón Huarte Lain…
News ZHA’s Guangdong stadium complex to complete in June The Greater Bay Area Sports Centre in Guangdong, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA), is due for completion in June ahead of China’s National Games in November. Set in a…
Projects Mammoet to lift new roof at Montreal’s Olympic stadium Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics. It will provide mobile cranes for the…
News Acciona makes surfboards from wind turbine blades Spain’s Acciona has created surfboards from old wind turbine blades. The company worked with Australian professional surfer Josh Kerr and his surfboard brand Draft Surf for the initial range of…
News Cairo to get sunken football stadium to avoid planes Californian architect Gensler has teamed up with UK consulting engineer Buro Happold to design a 45,000-seat stadium for the Al-Ahly Football Club in Cairo. The stadium is on the approach…
News Turner breaks ground on New York’s first soccer stadium Turner Construction has broken ground on a $780m soccer stadium for New York City FC in Willets Point, Queens. Etihad Park will become the city’s first stadium dedicated to (non-American)…
News MVRDV designs shipping container sports club for Jordanian refugee camp Dutch architect MVRDV has developed a modular clubhouse for the Azraq camp in Jordan, which is home to about 41,000 refugees from the fighting in Syria. The idea is to…
News Slovakia earmarks €31m to expand Olympic training centre The Slovakian government has announced that the country’s Olympic training centre in Samorin, a town is the country’s western Trnava region, will be expanded to contain a 5,000-capacity venue. The…
News Webuild picked for radical makeover of Bologna FC’s Dall’Ara stadium Rome-based contractor Webuild has signed a partnership with Bologna football club to renovate the Renato Dall’Ara stadium, built in 1927. The €200m project will demolish and rebuild all the stands,…
News Six injured at Barcelona’s Camp Nou site as workers ‘fight with sticks’ A massive fight broke out on Friday between construction workers on the site of Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, the Catalan News website reports. The brawl involved around 20 employees who…
News MVRDV designs China’s badminton headquarters with racket roof and shuttlecock tower Dutch firm MVRDV and China’s Huayi Design have won a competition to design the Shenzhen Pingshan Sports Park. This complex will be the home of China’s national badminton team, and…
News Design unveiled for Casablanca’s 115,000-seat stadium French architect Oualalou + Choi have released renderings for its 115,000-seat stadium to be built near Casablanca for the 2030 World Cup, which will be hosted by Morocco, Spain and…
News New York’s floating pool concept to be tested this month New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul have said a swimming pool that floats in and filters the city’s waters will be tested in the…
News Populous unveils design for 2034 World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia US architect Populous has unveiled its design for a 47,000-capacity stadium on an 800,000-sq-m site in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The Aramco Stadium, named after the state-owned oil company, will…
News Serbia orders ‘Djokovic Museum’ after long-sought gold medal Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic has announced plans to build a museum dedicated to tennis champion and fellow Serb, Novak Djokovic, following his gold medal win this week at the 2024…
News AS Roma unveil stadium designed by Populous Italian football team AS Roma has revealed images of its new home, as imagined by American architect Populous. A roadmap for the project is still to be announced, but a…
News Saudi Arabia plans 92,000-seat stadium complex in Riyadh Plans have been announced for a 92,000-capacity stadium on a on a 660,000 sq m site in Riyadh. As well as the ordinary spectators, the ground will have a 150-seat…
News Major disruption as saboteurs attack France’s high-speed rail network Saboteurs launched a coordinated attack on France’s high-speed rail network in the early hours of this morning, using arson and vandalism at multiple sites to disrupt services ahead of the…