PREFACE Frei Otto SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTIONS Peter Sturzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich, Hamburg/Berlin/Vatilieu (Grenoble) Architecture of Sport New ways of integration -- Economy and modern living Thomas Beyer, Hamburg Mad and Made for Sports Sport in everyday life Benjamin Hossbach, Berlin Sports Worlds Work and Sport -- Inside opinions from Nike, Reebok, adidas Heinz W. Krewinkel, Boblingen Glass Exteriors Transparent facings and constructions Niccolo Baldassini, Florence/Paris Aerodynamic Expanses Architecture without perspectives or angles Peter Sturzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich New International Architecture of Sport 25 Constructions PROJECTS International Athletic Centre Sydney, 2000 -- Philip Cox, Richardson, Taylor, Peddle, Thorp STADIA Retractable Roof over the Centre Court at Rothenbaum in Hamburg -- Werner Sobek Stade Charlety in Paris -- Henri and Bruno Gaudin Stade de la Licorne in Amiens -- Philippe Chaix and Jean--Paul Morel Stade de Gerland in Lyons -- Tony Garnier/Albert Constantin San Nicola Sports Stadium in Bari -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop STANDS Rankhof Football Stadium in Basle -- Michael Alder Sepang International Circuit in Sepang -- Hermann Tilke, Peter Wahl, Ulrich Merres SPORTS HALLS Sports Hall in Losone -- Livio Vacchini Buchholz Sports Hall in Uster -- Stefan Camenzind and Michael Grafensteiner A Hall for Sport and Culture in Meiningen -- Peter Kulka Horst--Korber Sports Centre in Berlin -- Langhof--Hanni--Meerstein Sports Hall in the Sixth Form College in Berlin -- Leon Wohlhage Wernik Architekten Sports Facilities in a School for the Physically Disabled in Ingolstadt -- Vogel and Brunninger National Training Centre for Rhythmic Gymnastics in Alicante -- Enric Miralles a Dojo regionala Judo Hall in Bretigny--sur--Orge near Paris -- Patrick Berger Sports Hall and Playing Field in the Candie--Saint--Bernard Block of Flats in Paris -- Massimiliano Fuksas Gymnase du Lycee Gustave Eiffel in Talange -- Alain Pelissier Baseball Hall: O--Shaped Dome in Odate -- Toyo Ito SWIMMING POOLS Columbia Swimming Pool in Berlin -- Peter Sturzebecher San Fernando de Henares Swimming Centre in Madrid -- Luis Moreno Mansilla and Emilio Tunon Swimming Pool in a Shopping Centre in Tokyo -- Tadao Ando Adventure Pool in a Hotel in Oulu -- Paavo Karjaleinen and Arktes Oy MUSEUM OF SPORT River and Rowing Museum in Henley--on--Thames -- David Chipperfield INSTITUTE OF SPORT Netherlands Sport Museum in Lelystad -- Victor Mani SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTIONS Martin Wimmer, Berlin Subterranean Movements In Earth Architecture Ulrich Stock, Hamburg Body and Rock A thermal spring of natural stone in the Swiss village of Vals Peter Zumthor Peter Sturzebecher Art Room -- Sports Room Work in Progress by Tadashi Kawamata and Bathing Resort in Zug by Alfred Krahenbuhl Peter Sturzebecher Architecture Room -- Sports Room Bath House for Saint Nazaire by Sven Liebrecht Peter Sturzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich Asphalt Sport A private appearance in the urban space Stephane Courarie--Delage, Paris The City as a Stadium -- Paris, Press report Ulrich Pramann, Worthsee (Munich) A Magical Place Called a Stadiuma APPENDIX Index of Projects Short Biographies Architects and Structural Designers/Engineers Index of Photographers for the Specialist Contributions