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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2022-11-16T07:00:00
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For Qatar 2022, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and BDP Pattern had to create open-air arenas where players and spectators are protected from temperatures of 40ºC
Designing and building stadiums in a country where temperatures in summer can soar above 50ºC is a challenge enough to make any construction worker break into a sweat. When Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, many feared for the safety of spectators and players. But the country, among the 10 richest in the world, was not daunted.
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