“The omnipresent relationship between landscape, architecture, and water is key to the atmosphere in Xixi,” write the architects.

high ceiling

Image 13 of 39 from gallery of San Mames Stadium / ACXT. Photograph by Airtor Ortiz

Here's another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier story) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting next week. The Moses Mabhida Stadium is located in a sporting precinct in Durban on the shore of the Indian ocean and features a 105-metre arch that rises over the circular stadium. The arch is

Image 4 of 28 from gallery of LEVI’S Stadium / HNTB. Photograph by Alise O’Brien

Image 15 of 42 from gallery of Royal Arena / 3XN + HKS. Photograph by Adam Mørk

This soccer stadium in Montreal has a giant faceted roof structure, which folds over an indoor playing field before morphing into spectator seating

Image 28 of 31 from gallery of Luzhniki Stadium / SPEECH. 1st Floor Plan

the stadium is designed by italian studio iotti + pavarani and is a renovation project of the existing 'arena garibaldi – stadio romeo anconetani'.

Image 38 of 56 from gallery of Gallery: Inside Herzog & de Meuron's Bordeaux Stadium During Its Inaugural Match. Photograph by Philippe Caumes