Sport and leisure

摘要

This week, we find out how to specify gyms and nightclubs without breaking into a sweat, showcase all the latest products for your facilities and provide out always-essential suppliers list. But first, the British architect designing a breezy field of dreams in sweltering Abu Dhabi ... Keeping football fans cool while they watch their teams is not a prime concern for the architects of British football stadiums - but in the United Arab Emirates, it's a key part of the brief. Shading and comfort cooling are integral to stadium design in the region, where temperatures nudge 50℃. John Roberts is sports director at architect AFL, which has just won an international competition to design a 40,000-seat stadium for Al Jazira Football Club in Abu Dhabi. The practice beat entrants from Germany, the USA, France and Canada thanks to a brilliantly simple idea to protect fans from the worst of the desert heat.