The Boston office of Perkins+Will has been selected to design a new mixed-use sports complex in Dubai. The development's centerpiece will be the 60,000-seat Mohammed bin Rashid Stadium, which when completed will become the largest stadium in the UAE. Other facilities will include training facilities, a practice pitch, warm-up areas, a 5,000 space car park, a museum, and a multi-purpose sports hall, as well as retail, restaurant and public plaza areas.

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The Boston office of Perkins+Will has been selected to design a new mixed-use sports complex in Dubai. The development's centerpiece will be the 60,000-seat Mohammed bin Rashid Stadium, which when completed will become the largest stadium in the UAE. Other facilities will include training facilities, a practice pitch, warm-up areas, a 5,000 space car park, a museum, and a multi-purpose sports hall, as well as retail, restaurant and public plaza areas.
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Perkins+Will set out to create a stadium unlike any built before, but one that ties back into its context through a regionally-inspired aesthetic. To give the structure a minimal footprint and to create a shaded entry plaza below, the playing field has been raised 60 feet above ground level. A diagrid seating bowl rises from that level, supported by a polar array of v-shaped columns. The entire structure is then wrapped in a perm...