Designboom has tallied up the top 10 sports facilities of 2014. With the Winter Olympics and the World Cup taking place during the past year, it's been 12 months of massive sports stadiums and grandiose architecture.
On the other hand, more communities are create public spaces for exercising (and socializing). As a result, this list includes both the big and small triumphs in sports architecture for the past year.
Here's a recap of the top 10 sports facilities (for the full report, including project descriptions and images, visit designboom):
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| Dec 16, 2011
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| Dec 16, 2011
Stalco Construction converts Babylon, N.Y. Town Hall into history museum
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| Dec 14, 2011
Belfer Research Building tops out in New York
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| Dec 13, 2011
Lutron’s Commercial Experience Center awarded LEED Gold
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