Sport – Herzog & de Meuron

It all started with our love of the game. The first stadium we had the privilege of building was for FC Basel, our hometown team. From Allianz Arena in Munich to the National Stadium in Beijing, from Stade Bordeaux to Stamford Bridge in London, we design in response to the perspective of the fans, placing great importance on their perception of the game and their emotions – they are brought as close to the playing field as possible. A dense, concentrated atmosphere is created, with little to distract from the pitch.

Despite this inward concentration, the stadia make an impact on the city and the surrounding landscape. How people move towards the stadium, how they move into it and through it, is of primary importance – and differs greatly depending on whether a stadium sits in a peri-urban condition or within the fabric of the city itself. Each design is conceived for the place and the respective club. While they are all dramatically different from one another, all our stadiums are shaped by an awareness of sport’s ever increasing social significance.

Selected Projects

148.4 St. Jakob Park – Stadion+ 148.4

429 Stamford Bridge 429

367 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux 367

354.1 Arena do Morro 354.1

319 Naturbad Riehen 319

226 National Stadium 226

205 Allianz Arena 205

148 St. Jakob-Park Basel 148

055 Pfaffenholz Sports Centre 055

007 Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool Am Mühleteich 007

Exhibitions

226, 236 in “Ai Weiwei: Art/Architecture”, 2011

Herzog & de Meuron, Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux

226 in “Stadia”, 2012

205 in “Football. Faith. Love. Hope”, 2015

148 in “Our Happy Life”, 2019

205, 429 in “Football”, 2022

148.4 St. Jakob Park – Stadion+

148.4

429 Stamford Bridge

429

367 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux

367

354.1 Arena do Morro

354.1

319 Naturbad Riehen

319

226 National Stadium

226

205 Allianz Arena

205

148 St. Jakob-Park Basel

148

055 Pfaffenholz Sports Centre

055

007 Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool Am Mühleteich

007