Pelé’s 1958 World Cup jersey, rare memorabilia and a bright green carpet: fashion, art, and design collide at the ‘Home of Football’ showcase, exploring soccer as a catalyst for identity, creativity and belonging.
Retractable roofs, giant screens and fluid forms in dialogue with the landscape — we round up the most striking stadiums of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
The Official Match Ball for the tournament layers embossed textures, host-nation colours and graphics, and is empowered by cutting-edge technology.
The WHITE OUT exhibition at Triennale Milano explores how design has shaped the evolution of winter sports—and how winter sports, in turn, have driven innovation in design.
Drawing inspiration from the sun and the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, the Winter Olympics’ cauldrons expand and contract, sparking a captivating dialogue between light, form, and the Games’ spirit.
Part of a wider urban regeneration plan, the new Arena Santa Giulia in Milan features luminous ribbons that wrap the building and appear to float above one another.
Milan Winter Olympic Village by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill balances architectural ambition with civic purpose, weaving together new homes, revitalised heritage structures, and generous green public spaces. After the athletes fly home, the new complex is set to welcome students in time for the next academic year.
Inspired by Italian avant-garde design, the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics medals celebrate unity and collective achievement.
KIDZ Studio blends discipline with design with its latest GYMNASIUM Abu Dhabi, turning martial arts spaces into lessons in material harmony and calm confidence.
Whenever ‘played,’ James de Wulf’s Resonating Ping Pong Table responds with a healing sound bath, turning each match into performative art.
Today, we celebrate Back to the Future’s 40th anniversary with the Lexus Hoverboard, which can float on both land and water.
The SIDELINED exhibition queers the sports bar reimagining how we can play together, gather, and compete without divisions.
Essential is a pair of iridescent, sleek, cylindrical, lightweight torches “stripping away superfluous design to truly highlight the Olympic and Paralympic flame,” explains Carlo Ratti.
Design House Stockholm launches Lisa Larson’s Yoga collection of sculptures that merge art, design, and philosophy.
E-SKIMO is the world’s first electric-assisted ski for mountaineering, allowing skiers to ascend mountains faster and easier.
Giant slides, transparent tunnels, a zip-line, trampolines, and more. This Gen-Z fun park is a creative and imaginative wonderland with an exquisite industrial, street culture and space-age style.
The Grand Palais Éphémère: Wilmotte & Associés built an ephemeral timber-made urban ecology project in the heart of Paris during the Olympics.
Chatillon Architectes ushered the Grand Palais into a new era, safeguarding its timeless relevance and ensuring it continues to be a nexus for creativity, innovation, and grandeur.
LVMH French jeweller Chaumet designed the Paris Olympic Medals like a piece of high jewellery inspired by three themes: hexagon, radiance, and setting.
For the Paris Olympic Torch, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur drew inspiration from Paris 2024’s main themes: Equality, Water, and Peace.
An Olympic torch inspired by the River Seine and medals studded with original pieces from the Eiffel Tower. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are imbued with design!
Nestled in a breathtaking fjord, sheltered from Arctic winds and offering panoramic views of the surrounding islands, the Klaksvík Row Club by Henning Larsen Architects is a testament to the Faroe Islands’ rich sporting heritage.
Sportwashing describes the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing.
Nomadic tents, desert dunes, shipping containers, and traditional Arab caps inspired the architecture of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar stadiums.
Architecture should merge with the natural landscape instead of standing out against it, believe at MAD Architects. Their Quzhou Stadium submerges itself into nature to welcome everyone to gather and share the sports spirit.
Populous has inaugurated the National Speed Skating Oval in the Chinese capital. Dubbed the ‘Ice Ribbon’, the oval-shaped stadium features 22 huge light strands which flow around it to create the impression of fast motion.
Italian brand Ethimo launches the ACE furniture collection for outdoor sports, named after the winning serve in tennis.
Kengo Kuma, Kenzo Tange and Fumihiko Maki but also Tange Associates, Kume Sekkei and more… Tokyo Olympics’ architecture is cross-generational and great, even if we can’t be there!
Foster+Partners, Herzog & de Meuron, Kiro Kurokawa and more have designed some of the best stadiums hosting the Euro 2020 games.
A translucent roof and verdant terraces define the massive Xi’an International Football Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects conceived as a temple for sport lovers.
