Its oak roof is supported by a network of steel cables suspended from a reinforced concrete arch. The elliptical building is a tensile structure. Ingalls Rink is a quintessential Saarinen design with an arching humpbacked roof and swooping lines that suggest the speed and grace of ice skaters. Before the Olympics began, the Richmond Oval hosted the 20 Canadian Single Distance Championships, the 2009 ISU World Single Distance Championships, and the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.Ĭasually known as the Yale Whale, the David S. The Richmond Olympic Oval was the venue for the speed skating events at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Structural Engineers for Roof: Fast + Epp Location: 6111 River Road, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (near Vancouver)Īrchitects: Cannon Design with Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers Outside the Richmond Olympic Oval are sculptures by artist Janet Echelman and a pond that collects rain and supplies water for irrigation and for toilets. Undulating wooden panels (made from locally harvested pine-beetle kill wood) create the illusion that the ceiling is rippling. Featuring an innovative "wood wave" ceiling, the Richmond Olympic Oval has won top awards from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Institution of Structural Engineers. The Richmond Olympic Oval was designed as a centerpiece of a new waterfront neighborhood development in Richmond, Canada. Despite being an open-air stadium without a roof or dome, MetLife Stadium was the chosen site for Super Bowl XLVIII, played in the middle of winter, February 2, 2014. A louvered facade captures colored lighting specific to any event or team. Instead, the architecture is "constructed with a neutral backdrop," which can adapt to any sports or performance activity. Team-specificity is not built into the stadium. The 2010 stadium in the Meadowlands is said to be the only arena specially built for two NFL teams. Seating: 82,500 and 90,000 for nonfootball eventsĭesign Architect: threesixty architectureĬonstruction Materials: exterior of aluminum louvers and glass limestone-like baseĪrena Technology: 2,200 HDTVs 4 HD-LED scoreboards (18 by 130 feet) in each corner of the seating bowl building-wide Wi-FiĪwards: 2010 Project of the Year ("New York Construction" Magazine)
Size: 2.1 million square feet (more than twice as large as Giants Stadium)Įnergy Consumption: estimated to use approximately 30 percent less energy than the old Giants Stadium Location: Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife, an insurance company, bought the initial naming rights to the "house" that replaced Giants Stadium. The New York Jets and New York Giants, both American football teams, combined efforts to build a super-stadium to serve the New York City metropolitan area. Only when you walk through the gates and into the stands do you realize the below-ground size of MetLife Stadium.
Sometimes the building site will dictate this ratio - for example, the high water table in New Orleans, Louisiana makes the underground unsuitable for building most anything other than parking garages.įor this stadium at the Meadowlands, developers wanted it to fit in with the surrounding buildings.
How much of the exterior walls will show and where will the playing field be located in relation to ground level (i.e., how much earth can be excavated for the playing field). The first design consideration of any large stadium is the vertical space.
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