Sports & Recreation

Sports and recreation facilities need to embrace a combination of form and function, and technical and social requirements, to emerge as spaces that celebrate optimum performance, interaction and relaxation. In recent years, GHD has been associated with the development of world-leading and community-enhancing sport and recreation facilities.

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Our experience has included consultancy services for the architectural centrepiece of the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Khalifa Stadium; specialist services for Beijing Aquatic Park, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; and design of the National Sports Complex, Central Stadium Hanoi, Vietnam.

From initial concept design, event and venue master planning, feasibility studies and community consultation, through to detailed design, engineering services and construction supervision, GHD delivers sustainable facilities that enrich the experiences of patrons, officials and performers alike.

For further information, contact:

Joseph Corbin
Tel: +61 7 3316 3929
Email: Joseph Corbin

Khalifa Stadium

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A spectacular new roof and feature lighting consolidate the status of Khalifa Stadium as one of Doha’s premier developments.

The Khalifa Sports City Development Committee awarded GHD two contracts to redevelop the Khalifa Sports City. The scope of the work included an upgrade of the stadium and landscape redevelopment over an area of 95ha.

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Leanyer Water Park

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The vision for the Leanyer Recreation Park project was to create a facility in a natural environment that will provide the Darwin community with diverse, challenging, fun and safe recreation and education opportunities.

GHD undertook stage one of the design in 2003. This involved redevelopment of the site of the former Leanyer Lake into a multi-use recreation area. The centrepiece of the project is a 2000sq m walk-in swimming pool with cascading paddle pools and a 500sq m wet deck area equipped with various water play installations.

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RACV Resort Inverloch

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GHD has developed RACV’s master plan for a 32ha site with a dramatic outlook over Andersons Inlet, along the Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road in Victoria.

The facility includes a main lodge, detached, self-contained cabins, group accommodation and a remote  'eco-lodge'.

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Racv Resourt Inverloch - Recreation Centre

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GHD has designed and managed RACV’s 32-ha new project, on a dramatic outlook over Andersons Inlet along theCape Paterson-Inverloch Road in Victoria.

The facility includes a main lodge, hotel accomodation, resturant, detached, self-contained cabins, group accommodation and a remote 'eco-lodge'. Onsite recreational facilities include a recreation centre, pool, tennis courts, exercise trails and walking trails, which feature interpretive points relating to the site’s natural features.

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Traeger Park

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Traeger Park sporting complex is the main sporting facility for Alice Springs and is a leading Australian venue for national and international sporting events.

In 2003, GHD prepared the master plan for the redevelopment of Traeger Park. This process involved public consultation, scoping and concept development for any future upgrading of the facility.

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Craig Doubleday

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Craig Doubleday is Principal Landscape Architect and a Registered Landscape Architect with more than 25 years’ experience in the design, contract documentation and administration of a wide variety of landscape and urban design projects in Hong Kong, Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.  His landscape design experience includes urban parks and open spaces; public and private residential developments; commercial projects; hotels; hospitals; public domain projects and infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, railways and utilities. Over the past 20 years Craig has been involved in many large-scale urban design and landscape master planning projects in China, Hong Kong, The Middle East, Thailand, Vietnam and The Philippines. Craig brings to this project a range of skills and experience he has developed in Australia, Asia and The Middle East.

Postion: Principal Landscape Architect
Location: Australia
Tel: +61 2 6113 3200

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