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Dezeen: NBBJ's Hangzhou Sports Center Reduces Steel and Complements City's Growth with Flower-Like Stadium
Hangzhou Sports Center blends ground-breaking material savings with a poetic, floral-inspired design. The complex features a multi-use arena, several recreational areas and a monumental centerpiece: the second-largest stadium in China, made of 67% less steel than Beijing's National Stadium. Dezeen profiles the athletic complex in its "Future Stadium" series, highlighting the project's environmental legacy, the design team's decisions and where stadium design will go next.