Youthscape Headquarters in Luton: HOK
Design: HOK. The 10,000-sq-ft headquarters and youth centre for UK charity Youthscape, designed by HOK, has been recognised with an Inspirations Award by Contract magazine.
Ice Sports Center in Urumqi City
Architects: The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. The functional layout design is mainly based on the rational organization of events and the environment space shaping during and after events to provide athletes and citizens with diverse activity spaces
National Rowing Stadium in Bagsvaerd
Design: AART architects
Denmark’s Rowing Stadium at Bagsværd Lake fulfils the vision of creating a rowing stadium in an international league of its own. Beautifully situated with water and forest on all sides, it is a place that accommodates both the elite and the broader public.
Circus Conservatory in Monson, Massachusetts
Design: Howeler + Yoon Architecture – the Circus Conservatory building will house America’s first accredited degree program in Circus Arts. As the anchor tenant of a peninsula, the new site plan will transform an undeveloped section of Portland into a vibrant artistic center.
Etobicoke Commons Toronto Building
Diamond Schmitt Architects is among a shortlist of firms selected to design a new civic centre for the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke. The scheme was recently presented at a public event.
Punto Surf in Zapopan Building
Design: ELÍAS RIZO ARQUITECTOS. Situated in a commercial area to the west of the city of Guadalajara, the project developed from the idea of creating a building with a removable metal frame capable of holding a machine with artificial waves for surfing.
TREC Community Center in Newark, NJ
Design: ikon.5 architects – located in Newark’s South Ward in a residential neighborhood bordering Weequahic Park, an Olmsted-designed landscape, the TREC provides vital education, training and recreation services to the underserved citizens of Newark.
Pushkinsky International Cinema Hall Moscow
Design: MetropolitanmomentuM. The existing building is a, now derelict, architectural gem in Moscow. The new addition and its architectural elements attempt to recognize Pushkinsky cinema’s great history while also paving its path towards its future in the city of Moscow.
Vanke-Shoukai Retail and Leisure Centre in Daxing
Design: SPARK, architects
A 127,000 sqm mixed-use development. The building design represents a dedicated effort to provide an open realm for community interaction and enjoyment in Daxing.
1Rebel Gym, London St Mary’s Axe
Design: Studio C102, architects. Fit-out of the first 8,000sqft 1Rebel, a new luxury boutique brand of gyms located in St Mary’s Axe, London. Originally conceived as an office, the building has been stripped down and reconfigured into a contemporary, industrial space which is balanced in luxury and theatrical glamour.
Finsbury Leisure Centre Islington Competition
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects win the St Luke’s design competition: five architectural teams had worked up concept designs for the site.
Water Park Building in Coventry
Design: FaulknerBrowns
The proposed location of the Water Park adjacent to one of the three spires within the city offers significant regeneration benefits in terms of access, footfall and synergies with the mixed-use economy of Coventry city centre.
Paradise City in Seoul Entertainment Complex
MVRDV Architects design Paradise City, a 9,800sqm entertainment plaza which sits within a larger tourist hub just 10 minutes from Incheon Airport in Seoul. Two buildings shape a retail complex and a nightclub within fluid, yet monolithic, forms.
Nenagh Leisure Centre and Town Park in Tipperary
Design: ABK Architects. The project involved the renewal and reorientation of the building to address the new park to the east and the creation of an entrance that reconciled the different functions of Swimming with Gymnasium and Aerobics.
Sheffield Meadowhall Shopping Centre Building
British Land, joint owner of Meadowhall in Sheffield, reveals details of the proposed Leisure Hall at Meadowhall design by BDP Architects: Yorkshire’s premier shopping destination, as the company begins a public consultation on the proposals.
Farlows Lake Fishing Lodge by Slough
Design: WG+P. The new lodge will replace a temporary building made from containers that currently sits on a peninsular surrounded by a group of lakes known collectively as Farlows Lake
Gymnase Neudorf Sports Hall in Strasbourg
Design: AZC
The Neudorf area of Strasbourg is undergoing a major programme of redevelopment to fill the void that currently separates the city centre from its southern neighbourhoods.
1Rebel Gym under the Broadgate Circle, London
Studio C102 has completed the fit-out of the latest 1Rebel, a 8500sqft luxury gym located in the newly redeveloped Broadgate Circle, London.
