A full-size basketball court and a 200-metre track are among the spaces found inside a large, metal-clad building designed by US firm Olson Kundig on the Nike campus in Oregon.
The LeBron James Innovation Center is part of the 300-acre (121-hectare) Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The new facility is named after the basketball star LeBron James, who has been affiliated with Nike since 2003.
The LeBron James Innovation Center at Nike's campus in Beaverton, Oregon, includes a ramp used for workout runs
Encompassing 750,000 square feet (69,677 square metres), the expansive building houses offices, design studios and the Nike Sport Research Lab, where data about athletes' performance is collected and analysed.
The structure was designed by Seattle-based Olson Kundig, which aimed to create an atmosphere that promotes exploration and innovation. Steel mesh wraps the building
"It's a place for creatives to come in and realise, I'm working for a large company, but there's a sense here that they're looking for the next horizon," said firm principal Tom Kundig.
Roughly rectangular in plan, the four-storey building has two layers of cladding ? black steel mesh and gold-painted sheet metal.
The Nike Sport Research Lab is located within the building
On the south end of the building, the top portion cantilevers over the lower level. Visible from below is a concrete waffle slab ? a type of slab that helps support a floor with a particularly heavy load, the team sa...