japan national stadium competition shortlisted projects

the shortlisted entries for the new japanese stadium have just been released by the japan sport council. some of the highlighted firms include toyo ito, SANAA and azusa sekkei from japan. zaha hadid and popluous from the UK, gmp architekten from germany and UNStudio from the netherlands. 11 shortlisted projects were selected from 46 proposals, which will now proceed to the second and final round. the first, second and third prizes will be conducted on november 7th with the announcement of the results and award ceremony scheduled for later in the month.

the 80,000-seat stadium is set to be a candidate to host the 2020 olympic and paralympic games and will be the venue for the 2019 rugby world cup. the new design will also be offered as a venue for the FIFA world cup, the IAAF world championships athletics, concerts and a wide range of other cultural and artistic events. see our article announcing the competition here.

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entry no. 17
zaha hadid architects
zaha hadid (GBR)

zaha hadid, great britain (also main image)
all images courtesy of japan sport council

zaha hadid, great britain

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entry no. 2
cox architecture pty ltd.
alastair ray richardson (AUS)

cox architecture, australia

cox architecture, australia

cox architecture, australia

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entry no.12
UNStudio / yamashita sekkei inc.
UNStudio van berkel en bos U.N. studio B.V (NED)

UNStudio, the netherlands /  yamashita sekkei, japan

UNStudio, the netherlands /  yamashita sekkei, japan

UNStudio, the netherlands /  yamashita sekkei, japan

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entry no. 9
populous 
rod sheard (GBR)

populous, great britain

populous, great britain

populous, great britain

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entry no. 24
tabanlioğlu architects consultancy limited company   
ihsan murat tabanlioğlu (TUR)

tabanlioğlu architects consultancy limited company, turkey

tabanlioglu architects, turkey

tabanlioglu architects, turkey

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entry no. 26
dorell.ghotmeh.tane / architects & A+architecture
tsuyoshi tane (FRA)

dorell. ghotmeh.tane / architects & A+architecture, france

dorell.ghotmeh.tane / architects & A+architecture, france

dorell.ghotmeh.tane / architects & a+architecture, france

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entry no. 32
azusa sekkei co., ltd.
fumihiko sugitani (JPN)

azusa sekkei co., ltd., japan

azusa sekkei co., ltd., japan

azusa sekkei co., ltd., japan

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entry no. 33
toyo ito & associtaes, architects
toyo ito (JPN)

toyo ito, japan

toyo ito, japan

toyo ito, japan

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entry no. 34
SANAA + nikken sekkei ltd.
kazuyo sejima (JPN)

SANAA + nikken sekkei ltd., japan

SANAA + nikken sekkei ltd., japan

SANAA + nikken sekkei ltd., japan

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entry no. 35
gmp architekten GmbH
hubert nienhoff (GER)

gmp architekten, germany

gmp architekten, germany

gmp architekten, germany

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entry no. 37
mitsuru man senda and environment design institute
junko senda (JPN)

mitsuru man senda and environmental design institute, japan

mitsuru man senda and environmental design institute, japan

mitsuru man senda and environmental design institute, japan