Archinect - News2024-11-21T09:48:12-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150430059/real-madrid-stadium-renovation-wrapped-up
Real Madrid stadium renovation wrapped up Josh Niland2024-06-03T14:23:00-04:00>2024-06-04T13:31:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/237504728126d4479df7c1288b445f24.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Renovations on the home of Real Madrid, the legendary Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, have been completed by German architects <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/12259/von-gerkan-marg-partners" target="_blank">von Gerkan, Marg and Partners</a>, the firm announced recently via its social media channels. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c31de583879e0eaa51af9fdd6a34bf1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c31de583879e0eaa51af9fdd6a34bf1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Construction photo by Miguel de Guzmán/Imagen Subliminal</figcaption></figure><p>The five-year, $1.91 billion project added a retractable new roof and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/sport/video/real-madrid-stadium-underground-greenhouse-spt-intl-ldn-digvid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_google" target="_blank">underground greenhouse</a> to the original design while increasing capacity by 3,000 seats (from approximately 80,000) and adding 240 new VIP suites to the upper levels. Pop star <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150422042/taylor-swift-to-give-keynote-at-2024-aia-conference" target="_blank">Taylor Swift</a> unofficially inaugurated the new stadium with back-to-back concerts last week. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a519e2c51c36597ada8bf66a1cc1362a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a519e2c51c36597ada8bf66a1cc1362a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Construction photo by Miguel de Guzmán/Imagen Subliminal</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10afb4a4ea561ea631957e3ed0e69730.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10afb4a4ea561ea631957e3ed0e69730.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Construction photo by Miguel de Guzmán/Imagen Subliminal</figcaption></figure><p>"Our design gives form to the ideas of 'movement' and 'dynamism.' The stadium’s massing may appear at first glance to be autonomously determined — but in reality, it dances within tightly defined parameters. It wraps the stadium’s form, which has evolved over time through numer...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/42322981/real-madrid-s-fantasy-island-revealed
Real Madrid's Fantasy Island Revealed Orhan Ayyüce2012-03-22T14:23:00-04:00>2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jp/jp1s9r6ktpwey15y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Real Madrid Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will attract millions of people looking for quality leisure services.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
<em>The resort will be located on the artificial island of Al Marjan in the United Arab Emirates. It will feature sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea.</em></p>
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Renderings given to the press are described as 'handouts' and no name for the architect is given at this point.</p>