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Stadium Building Designs : Architectural
New Stadia Developments from around the world. Modern Sports Arenas & Grounds.
post updated 9 February 2026
e-architect select the most inspiring and interesting examples of Stadium Building Designs. We include sports arena buildings that are either of excellent quality.
This resource showcases completed buildings, new arena building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the world. We highlight contemporary stadium buildings but information on key traditional buildings is also welcome.
We have 4 pages of Stadium Architecture selections.
Stadium Building Designs
Stadium Buildings : news + key projects
Stadium Architecture : A-G
Stadium Building Designs : H-M (this page)
Stadium Building Developments : N-Z
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Arena Building Designs
Modern Stadium Architecture Designs – latest arena additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
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25 March 2025
Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong, China
Design: Populous
photo courtesy of architects office
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Oct 14, 2021
Reser Stadium Expansion, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Design: SRG Partnership + Populous
renderings : Elephant Skin and SRG Partnership
5 Oct 2021
Delacombe Stadium Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Architecture: Kosloff Architecture
Delacombe Stadium acts as a ‘front door’ for Delacombe Primary School, the new building provides a contemporary and high quality dedicated facility for competitive sports standards. The design by Kosloff Architecture considers the importance of connection, with a shift from a community urban frontage to a smaller campus scale, allowing for a transitions that responds proportionally to its contrasting environments.
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18 Nov 2011
Max Aicher Arena, Inzell, Germany
Design: Behnisch Architekten / Pohl Architekten
M. Hansen / Archimage Architectural Photography
Max Aicher Arena Inzell
The Bavarian town of Inzell hosted the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2011. To create the world-class competition conditions required for this event, the existing outdoor speed-skating track was upgraded through the construction of a high-performance intelligent roof structure.
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Major Sporting Arena Buildings + Modern Sports Centres Designs, alphabetical:
Holmbladsgade Sports Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter with others
photo : Torben Eskerod
Holmbladsgade Sports Centre
The building´s structure is composed of steel and timber covered with opalescent polycarbonate panels with a low U-value. This translucent cover offers excellent daylight conditions and at night the structure appears as a glowing crystal.
Jimmy Connors World Of Tennis, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Design: Foundation Architecture & Design
image from architect studio
Jimmy Connors World Of Tennis building
The shells of the buildings float above a podium that enables sheltered movement between the facilities. Landscaping radiates from the buildings creating a sense of arrival and concourse.
Kalvebod swimming pool, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design: PLOT / BIG
photo © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen swimming pool
Copenhagen’s harbour undertakes a transformation from an industrial and traffic junction towards being the city’s cultural and social center.
Kastrup Sea Bath, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design: White Arkitekter
photo : Åke E:son Lindman
Kastrup Sea Bath – no link
Kensington Oval cricket ground, Barbados, West Indies
Architects: Arup Associates
building photograph © Christian Richters
3W’s Pavilion : West Indies cricket ground
Kildeskovshallen, Gentofte, Denmark
Design: Entasis
picture from architect
Gentofte Swimming Pool
Lindner Athletic Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Design: Bernard Tschumi Architects
picture : Peter Mauss/ESTO
American Athletic Centre
Liverpool Arena, Merseyside, northwest England, UK
Design: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
image : Ian Lawson
Liverpool Arena
Liverpool Football Club Stadium, England, UK
Design: HKS Architects
design proposal image from LFC
Liverpool FC Stadium Building
London Olympic Stadium, England, UK
HOK Sport – Peter Cook architect
arena picture from ODA
London Olympic Stadium Building
London Olympics Aquatics Centre, England, UK
Zaha Hadid Architects
arena picture from ODA
London Aquatics Centre
London Olympics VeloPark, England, UK
Hopkins Architects
arena picture from ODA
London Olympics VeloPark
Lord’s Masterplan, London, England, UK
Herzog & de Meuron
photo © Anthony Devlin
Lords Masterplan
Lord’s Media Stand, London, England, UK
Future Systems
picture from Amanda Levete Architects
Lords Media Stand
Lusail Iconic Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Foster + Partners
image from architect
Manchester United Football Club, north-west England
Miller Partnership
Stadium building image from architect
Man Utd FC Stadium
Maze Stadium, Long Kesh, Northern Ireland
HOK sport architecture
picture from architect firm
Maze Stadium Building Proposal
MK Dons Football Stadium, southern England, UK
HOK Sport Architecture
photo : HOK sport architecture
MK Dons Football Stadium
More New Sports Arena Architecture Designs online soon.
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Sports Arenas + Centres – No Images
Major Modern Sporting Arenas + Sports Centres, alphabetical:
Llobregat Sports Centre, Barcelona, Catalina, northeast Spain
2006
Alvaro Siza Architect
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, south Wales
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HOK Sport
Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, western Germany
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Gerkan, Marg & Partners
More contemporary Sports Arena Architecture online soon.
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Sports Architectural Designs
Nou Camp Stadium
photo © Adrian Welch
Wembley Stadium
building image © webbaviation
Camp Nou Stadium : Redevelopment
Arsenal FC Stadium architects : HOK Sport
Comments / photos for the Contemporary Sports Arena Buildings – Design of Stadiums page welcome.