Architecture studios Oualalou + Choi and Populous have released renders of the 115,000-seat Grand Stade Hassan II stadium, which is being built in Morocco for the 2030 World Cup.
Designed to "become one of the great stadia of the world", the stadium is set to be built in the city of Benslimane, around 40 kilometres from Casablanca.
The stadium will be covered with a tent-like roof Named Grand Stade Hassan II after the former king of Morocco, the stadium will sit below a giant, tented roof informed by traditional Moroccan cultural festivals, known as moussem.
Surrounded by forest, the stadium's translucent roof will be made from "a unique aluminium lattice", lifted at the edges to create a series of monumental entrances that will house botanical gardens.
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