In ancient Greece, the term stadium was defined as a footrace over a distance of 102 m. This distance mea-surement was then later used as a description for the competition facility. Nowadays a stadium is considereda total competitive sporting complex with field, oval-shaped running track, shotput, javelin and broad jumpfacilities as well as viewer seats and press boxes. The shape of a stadium is determined by its purpose. In thiscase, one can differentiate between two-tier baseball stadia, riding and horseracing stadia as well as existingprimary and secondary-tier racecar stadia. The pure football stadia, on the other hand, are composed of fourstraight seating terraces, which are configured around a rectangular playing field. They are generally open, butmay have opening roofs or may even be completely covered.

Introduction

Architekten Arat-Siegel & Partner, Schlaich Bergermann & Partner,

Weidleplan Consulting / Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium

Architekten Schroder Schulte-Ladbeck Strothmann / Westfalen Stadium

Atelier d'Architecture Chaix & Morel et Associes / Licorne Amiens Stadium

Atelier Hitoshi Abe / Miyagi World Cup Stadium

AXS Satow / Shizuoka Stadium

Beyond Space Group/Choon-Soo Ryu / Seoul World Cup Main Stadium

Dominique Perrault / Berlin Olympic Velodrome

Eduardo Souto de Moura / Braga Stadium

Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner / Franken Stadium

Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner / Veltins Arena

Herzog & De Meuron / Allianz Arena

HOK sport & venue & event / American Ball Park

HOK sport & venue & event / Gillette Stadium

Idea Image Institute of Architects/Chul Hee Kang / Daegu World Cup Stadium

Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates / Oita World Cup Stadium

Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates / Toyota City Stadium

Manuel Salgado / Dragao Stadium

Mos Architekten / AOL Arena

Nikken Sekkei / Big Swan Niigata Stadium

NoMad Arquitectos/Eduardo Arroyo / Lasesarre Football Stadium

Santiago Calatrava / Athen Olympic Stadium

Santiago Calatrava / Athen Olympic Velodrome

Schulitz & Partner Architekten / AWD Arena

Space Group Architects / Busan Asiad Main Stadium

Tomas Taveira / Aveiro Stadium

Tomas Taveira / Jose Alvalade XXl Stadium

Von Gerkan, Marg & Partner / Berlin Olympia Stadium

Von Gerkan, Marg & Partner / Commerzbank Arena

Von Gerkan, Marg & Partner / Rhein-Energy Stadium

Wirth & Wirth Architekten / Zentral Stadium

Wood & Zapata, Lohan Caprile Goettsch Associates / Soldier Field Stadium

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