Leisure and Sport Facilities

An architect's illustrated guide to the latest developments and designs for state-of-the-art swimming pools, garden pools and other flat surface water features.

"The first book to examine the global architecture of bathing; a visually rich union of current thinking from academic, popular, and design culture as well as queer theory and feminist critique"--

From ancient stadium construction to a design object of the twenty-first century, sports arenas have long been turned into places hosting a global media spectacle. For a few hours or days, colossuses made of steel and concrete transform into colourful festival locations. Since the first ancient stadium in Greek Olympia, the typology of stadium cons

This book is a concise selection of twenty buildings designed to shelter animals. While being examples of contemporary architecture they also clearly illustrate the evolution of our relationship with animals.

This is the story of the making of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Situated in East London, the Olympic Park is recognized as one of the very first sustainable public parks of the 21st century.

A celebration and history of the Olympic Summer Games