‘The Oval Lingotto’ also won the IPC/IAKS Distinction for Accessibility which is awarded by the IAKS, in association with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, to sports facilities suitable for people with a disability.
Referring to the IOC/IAKS Gold medal, HOK Sport senior principal John Barrow, said: “From the outset, our aim was to satisfy the Olympic requirements for this highly technical building using an innovative structural design to create an impression of a muscular, living canopy to embrace the spectacle of the fastest human-propelled, non-mechanically aided sport on earth.”
HOK SVE won a second Gold Medal for the Nanjing Sports Park. Nanjing Sports Park was designed out of the firm’s Brisbane office as the home to the 10th China National Games.
