The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Populous 10,000-seat arena bowl opens in French city of Orléans
The practice was the designated sports architect for the seating bowl and interiors of Arena Du CO'Met, which will host sporting and cultural events
Sport & leisure
Stadiums, gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools
Holmes Miller completes sports campus for Edinburgh secondary school
The purpose-built sports centre for Trinity Academy Secondary School in Edinburgh provides a new home for its PE department and also upgrades the school’s hockey and rugby pitches
F51, Folkestone’s multistorey skatepark by Hollaway Studio
The striking scheme, featuring three skateable floors, is part of the Kent coastal town’s ongoing revival, writes Fran Williams. Photography Hufton+Crow
Levitate completes timber cricket clubhouse in Surrey
London practice Levitate has completed a ‘light’ clubhouse for Valley End Cricket Club, clad in larch timber and featuring a large oversailing roof
ACME completes gold-coloured arena in Swansea
ACME has completed Swansea Arena, phase one of the city’s flagship Copr Bay regeneration scheme
Walker Simpson Architects completes Warrington community centre
Walker Simpson Architects has completed the £3.3 million Bewsey and Dallam Hub in Cheshire, providing wellbeing services to Warrington’s community
FIFA’s first-ever demountable stadium completed in Qatar
A demountable stadium designed by Fenwick Iribarren Architects and built from shipping containers has become Qatar’s seventh tournament-ready venue to be completed for the FIFA World Cup 2022
WilkinsonEyre completes two new stands at Lord’s cricket ground
The 24m-high Compton and Edrich stands echo the curved shape of the Future Systems-designed, Stirling Prize-winning media centre which they flank
Reed Watts completes cricket club pavilion in Richmond
London-based Reed Watts Architects completed a 600m2 pavilion for Teddington Cricket Club in just seven months
David Morley Architects completes sports complex for Wimbledon school
The £21 million building includes swimming pool, gym and two-storey central pavilion