Young French practice invited to compete for Tokyo's new stadium

The City of Tokyo recently launched a competition for the modernisation and renovation of its stadium, in view of the Rugby World Cup and the city's bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Forty-six entries were submitted, and the jury shortlisted 11 teams for the second stage of the competition. Among those selected are some of the biggest names in architecture, such as Zaha Hadid, UNStudio, SANAA, Toyo Ito, Populous, Cox Architecture and Azusa Sekkei, and, in the middle of the list, a young 14-strong Paris practice, Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane, working in association with A+ Architecture.

Founded in 2006 by Dan Dorell, Lina Ghotmeh and Tsuyoshi Tane, the practice made its name with its design for the Estonian National Museum, on which construction is due to start in March 2013.

The architects propose that nature should reclaim the stadium.

Unfortunately for the French team, the jury has just named the British architect Zaha Hadid as the winner. The Australian practice Cox Architecture came second, ahead of the Japanese firms SANAA and Nikken Sekkei.

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