Buildings around Stadia

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Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1992 designed by HOK

The architects and engineers decided, going against three decades of stadium designs, some of which were their very own, to not create another generic multi-sport indoor arena for the next Baltimore Oriole park. Rather, they designed a stadium that was considerate of its context, integrated beautifully within the city, and invited the citizens of Baltimore to enjoy watching their Orioles play.  

When Oriole Park at Camden Yards was designed, it took into account the city it was placed in. The architects let the city of Baltimore influence the design, and attempted to incorporate it into the stadium. This integration of the city and the populace into the stadium was done beautifully, and is an excellent representation of how contextual elements can be used in a successful design. -- ArchDaily

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Petco Park, San Diego, California, USA, 2004 designed by HOK

Architects HOK Sport and Antoine Predock's design pulled restaurants, administrative offices and other amenities away from the seating bowl itself into other buildings surrounding the bowl. As a result, the ballpark's concourses are open not only to the playing field but also to the surrounding city. The "Park at the Park", a grassy berm sloping above the outfield fence, is open during game time, allowing fans to sit and watch games for a small price of $5. When no games are being played, the Park at the Park serves as a free local park for area residents. An unusual feature that Petco Park has is the home team bullpen is located behind the left-center field wall while the bullpen for the visiting is in foul territory on the first base side. -- wikipedia

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Patriot Place, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA designed by Arrowstreet

Patriot Place is an open-air shopping center located in Foxborough, Massachusetts built around Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution. Phase 1 opened in fall 2007. -- wikipedia

Constellation Energys Projects & Services Group to construct solar power system at Patriot Place -- Archithings

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Source: Stéphane Chalmeau archdaily.com

Architectural and urban redevelopment site in Nantes Saupin, Quai Malakoff, Nantes, France designed by FGP(a)

Before being a piece of town planning, it was a vital architectural gesture. A design decision – reconstituting the three sides of the stadium around the lawn – that gave enhanced urban presence to the site. This architectural decision to accumulate, superpose and mix all the programmes and volumes around the stadium lawn creates a hybrid project, between an urban design approach and the revelation of a new architecture. Which may be seen as a sort of ‘super-buliding’, a blockbuilding big enough to hold a football stadium! -- ArchDaily