Soccer City, Johannesburg (South Africa)

The 94,000 seater stadium resembles a calabash or African pot, the colour of which varies from a rusty brown to off-white. Fibre cement panels in eighteen shades have been used to achieve this. As is the case with the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, BAM International’s sister company HBM Stadien- und Sportstättenbau, as specialists in the construction of stadiums, is bringing its knowledge and experience of similar complex buildings to Johannesburg. The stadium will be ready in September 2009, and will be the setting for the kick-off of football’s World Cup on 11 June 2010.

During the recently held Fulton Award Ceremony, SoccerCity won in the categories ‘Best Building Project’ and ‘Concrete in Architecture’ and received a commendation for Unique Design Aspects. These awards are for the top projects in South Africa for ‘Excellence and Innovation in the Use of Concrete’ and are awarded every two years.