MVRDV completes Amsterdam tennis clubhouse with seating bowl on the roof
The roof of this bright red tennis clubhouse by Rotterdam firm MVRDV doubles up as an expansive seating area for game spectators (+ slideshow). More
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Small Foot launches Pocket inflatable shoes for walking on snow
Bulgarian designer Petar Dimitrov has created a pair of lightweight inflatable snowshoes that can be packed into two bags (+ slideshow). More
Populous unveils stadium design for San Diego Chargers American football team
This concept by architecture studio Populous for a new stadium in San Diego, California, features a sculptural facade clad in a kinetic screen that moves with the wind (+ slideshow). More
Pigalle Duperré is a colourful basketball court tucked between a row of Parisian apartments
Ill-Studio has collaborated with French fashion brand Pigalle to create a multicoloured basketball court between a row of buildings in the 9th arrondissement of Paris (+ slideshow). More
Metal boxes sandwich a glazed atrium at university sports facility by Cox Architecture
Metal-clad boxes stand on opposite sides of a glazed atrium to form this sports education and training facility at the University of Canberra, which features an indoor sprint track (+ slideshow). More
Jules Ladoumègue Sports Centre features a facade of moving glass shutters
A layer of glass louvres wraps this Paris sports centre by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, forming a semi-transparent facade that controls the amount of light, heat and ventilation entering the building (+ slideshow). More
Nike updates Hypervenom football boots with new materials
Sports brand Nike has fused its Flyknit technology with a protective mesh to update the Hypervenom football boot and created a new version for street use (+ slideshow). More
Guy Hollaway plans to "put Folkestone on the map" with world's first multi-storey skatepark
British architect Guy Hollaway has unveiled plans for the "world's first" purpose-built multi-storey skatepark, which he says will help prevent young people from moving away from a sleepy British seaside town (+ slideshow). More
BIG follows up sunken sports hall with an art school beneath a football field
BIG has completed its second addition to a school in Denmark – an art school beneath a football field that joins the underground gymnasium with a humped courtyard on its roof (+ slideshow). More
Jovan Mitrović wraps a glass-walled sports hall in protective timber battens
This underground sports hall for a school in the Serbian town of Obrenovac is topped with a glass box covered in vertical wooden laths to protect it from stray balls (+ slideshow). More
Lakeside boathouse by Guinée*Potin Architectes features a green roof and wooden walls
This water sports centre with a green roof was designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes and is set into a grassy bank by a lake in western France (+ slideshow). More
Zhonghe Sports Center in Taiwan boasts a hood-like faceted form
Taipei studio Q-Lab has completed a sports centre in Taiwan that appears to be shrouded under a huge faceted hood (+ slideshow). More
Arup reveals plans for new AC Milan football stadium
News: engineering firm Arup has unveiled concept designs for a new football stadium with a removable roof for Italian football club AC Milan. More
Architects arrange French skatepark around an irregular maroon bowl
An irregular quatrefoil-shaped bowl made of maroon concrete is submerged into one side of this skatepark in northern France designed by architecture studios Planda and Constructo (+ slideshow). More
Bruther slots curving community centre into crowded Paris neighbourhood
Designed to offer a "landmark" in an otherwise mundane part of Paris, this sport and culture centre by Bruther features a multi-layered facade that varies in transparency to suit the various activities it contains (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron in the frame for Chelsea FC stadium expansion
News: Herzog & de Meuron is reportedly working on plans to revamp the west London home of Chelsea Football Club to make room for as many as 60,000 spectators. More
EFFEKT to transform abandoned train engine depot into street sports centre
News: Danish architecture studio EFFEKT has triumphed in a competition to design a street sports facility in and around a crumbling train engine roundhouse in Esbjerg, south-west Denmark (+ slideshow). More
Sweco Architects modernises Swedish ski jumps ahead of 2015 world championships
Lights illuminate the plunging outlines of the two Lugnet Ski Jumps, newly restored by Swedish studio Sweco Architects with glass and steel edging (+ slideshow). More
Melbourne floats proposal for artificial surf park
News: Melbourne surfers could ride 1.5-metre-high waves within a heated salt-water pool in plans set out by local firm Damian Rogers Architecture for the city's docklands. More
TAKA completes brick and concrete pavilion for a Dublin cricket club
An angular black roof rests on the concrete and brick walls of this pavilion that architecture studio TAKA designed for a cricket club in Dublin (+ slideshow). More