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Mundial 2022
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Qatar: Second 2022 World Cup design awarded
After recently opening the most modern stadium of United Arab Emirates, now London-based Pattern office gets to design the World Cup venue in Al-Rayyan.
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Qatar: Zaha Hadid outraged by vaginal associations
It's been just a week since the first final concept for 2022 World Cup was presented and already we have a scandal around it. The Al Wakrah concept went viral with people seeing a vagina in it. What started as a joke became a feminist/equality manifesto, according to some. The architect behind the “vagina” is outraged by people reading into things that aren't there.
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Qatar 2022: Zaha Hadid to design Al-Wakrah Stadium
Her team has only designed one stadium so far, but isn’t stopping there as Zaha Hadid snaps the contract to co-design the Al-Wakrah World Cup stadium. Works are to start immediately, according to Dezeen.com.
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Qatar 2022: Amsterdam ArenA and IMG to consult all venues
The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee appointed Amsterdam Arena and IMG as the Stadium Operations Consultants for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, ameinfo.com reports. The cooperation will provide optimum management for the 2022 venues both during and after FIFA World Cup.
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New: Cooling design and a small rich stadium from Qatar
How to cool down 80,000 people in Qatar's summer heat? And without using any electricity at all?! Tangram Gulf presented their ideas, check them out. Also, be sure to take a look at Qatari league champions' new stadium, covered with Ferrari membrane and with a mosque inside. Really something, in both cases!
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Qatar 2022: FIFA approves limiting stadium number to eight!
If the decision passes, 2022 World Cup will be the smallest stadium-wise since 1978, when the number of teams was twice smaller. Is FIFA undermining its credibility by accepting Qatar’s request to cut the list to 8 stadiums?
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Qatar: 2022 World Cup to improve labour rights or fall victim of strikes?
Worker protests delayed World Cup preparations in both South Africa and Brazil. Meanwhile, the situation is even more severe in Qatar, where workers are treated like slaves, according to trade unions. A CNN report.
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Qatar 2022: Nine stadiums instead of twelve?
Despite initially assuring a bid of 12 stadiums, Qatar has requested to decrease the final venue number to 8-9. FIFA is now evaluating the issue, due to be seen by the executive committee.
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Qatar: First stadium construction to start in 2013
Education City Stadium will be the first among Qatar’s 2022 World Cup venues to get under way. But this doesn’t mean other projects aren’t going forward, according to ArabianBusiness.com.
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Qatar: Living facade in Education City
Bleeding red when red card is given, flickering vortex after goal celebration – the façades of Education City Stadium, one of Qatar’s 2022 venues, are to live during games. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be boring for non-matchdays.