In Bordeaux, a football stadium designed by H&deM has begun construction

Paris - A new football stadium is being built in Bordeaux, southern France, according to the design by the world-renowned architectural duo Herzog & de Meuron, which is set to make its debut during the European Football Championship in 2016. The architects announced this on their website. The stadium will be energy self-sufficient thanks to solar panels and is expected to become the home of the first division team Girondins.
    The Swiss architects' design includes a stand for more than 43,000 spectators, which will be covered by an open roof supported by hundreds of slender columns. Thus, despite its size, the structure is not intended to appear too massive.
    Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have been working together in a studio since 1978. They gained worldwide fame in the 1990s with the project to transform a former London power station into the Tate Modern contemporary art center. In recent years, facilities such as the Allianz Arena in Munich, featuring a façade of rubber "pillows," and the Olympic Stadium known as the Bird's Nest in Beijing have been created according to their plans.