The NSW Architecture Awards have gone big this year, dominated by a wave of new sporting and outdoor recreational facilities catering to millions.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Sport and architecture? It’s not always a slam dunk. This year’s 2024 NSW Architecture Awards look like the Olympics of building design: they have been dominated by an extraordinary wave of new sporting and outdoor recreational facilities catering to the millions of Sydneysiders who swim, surf, follow football of all types, or like to spot a whale.
Lacoste, the principal of Lacoste + Stevenson, said the old aquatic centre, which was previously located on the site of Parramatta’s new football stadium, had a pool. “That was it,” he said. The Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design was won by the new Sydney Football Stadium by Cox Architecture with Aspect Studios. Like the pool, the area around the arena is open to the public, adding spaces to walk.The jury said it was a “transformative achievement, delivering long-term urban benefits to the Moore Park precinct.
Seymour, who did Olympic master planning before he joined Grimshaw, said the way community facilities and sports venues were designed had become more sophisticated.
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