Thialf ice arena, Heerenveen
Most sustainable ice skating stadium in the world
For the Dutch, skating is not just a sport; it is an event that opens their hearts. Skating competitions in ice arenas are emotional events…
Venue Building Silt, Middelkerke
Striking building at the Belgian coast
Both inspiring and principled, venue building Silt Middelkerke is an asset to the Belgian coast in several respects. With great love of the…
Diamond Exchange, Capital C Amsterdam, Amsterdam
New life for a monument
The former Diamond Exchange has been carefully restored and transformed into Capital C. Its historic qualities have been reinstated, while…
AFAS stadium AZ, Alkmaar
A Theatre for Football
The AFAS Stadium was designed as a compact football stadium with optimal sightlines and a clear organisation of visitor flows. The renewed…
Renovation Climate House Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
The eye-catcher of the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus was designed in the early 1990s by architectural studio ZJA, as a contemporary structure…
Sports and culture complex Linter
Light and transparent sports facility of glass and wood
Surrounded by two full-sized training pitches, two mini-soccer pitches and a large competition pitch is Linter’s sport and culture building.
Sports Hall De Koekoek, Hamont-Achel
The new sports hall De Koekoek in Hamont-Achel is optimally fitted into the green residential surroundings and characterized by the use of…
Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam
A playground for Rotterdam
Generations of aficionados of boxing, cycling, tennis, figure skating and basketball cherish their memories that have Rotterdam Ahoy as…
Timeless Box, Skybox Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam
Have you ever noticed the waves that hide inside brown cardboard boxes which move silently and unobtrusively through the world? They are in…
Sports centre Sportoase Groot Schijn, Deurne
Ice and water sustainably united
In Deurne, on the eastern rim of the city of Antwerp, right in the middle of Groot Schijn Park, lies a special sports building. One can…
Freedom Museum, Groesbeek
Parachute in the landscape
Amid the green hills rises the impressive white dome of the new Freedom Museum in Groesbeek. The museum is shaped like a giant parachute…
Shaded Dome
The Shaded Dome concept
When approaching a Shaded Dome one might wonder: is this a tent or a building? Entering and studying it clarifies that the most correct…
Dutch Pavilion, Seville
Light, flexible and demountable
When in 1990 Moshé Zwarts and Rein Jansma learned they had won the competition to do the design for the Dutch Pavilion at the 1992 World…
De Meerkamp Swimming Pool, Amstelveen
First phase of a new Meerkamp
People in Amstelveen are mad keen on swimming. The existing Meerkamp is large, with outdoor and indoor pools, but it needs to expand to…
The ideal stadium
White elephants
We all know the images of derelict Olympic stadiums, in Greece, Russia and Brazil. Whole neighborhoods were torn down, hundreds of millions…
Dubai Sports Central, Dubai
Multifunctional stadium in the desert
Dubai Sports Central combines football facilities with luxurious gardens, shops, and apartments, where the architecture merges into a…