News: UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to design the new national stadium for Japan.
The new 80,000-seat stadium will replace the existing Kasumigaoka National Stadium in Tokyo and could become the main sporting venue for the 2020 Olympic Games if Japan is successful in its bid to host the event.
The arena is also earmarked to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup and will be offered to FIFA as a possible venue for future World Cup football matches.
Zaha Hadid Architects has seen off ten other finalists to win the competition, which was organised by the Japan Sport Council.
The new building is scheduled for completion in 2018.
Also this week, the Zaha Hadid-designed Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum opened to the public at Michigan State University.
See more stories about Zaha Hadid Architects, including the recently completed Galaxy Soho, a 330,000-square-metre retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing.
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