TIRANA, May 2 /ATA/ – A design by the Danish architectural studio CEBRA was announced as winner of an international competition for the multipurpose “Skenderbeu” stadium in the south-eastern city of Korça on Tuesday.
Three leading architectural firms, ARCHEA Associati (Italy), BOFILL Architecture (Spain) and CEBRA (Denmark), had submitted their designs as part of an international competition for construction of the facility in Korça.
After being announced as winners, CEBRA representative said: “We are privileged to provide our contribution to further development of Korça, an incredibly beautiful city.”
Under the design, “Skenderbeu” stadium and the city’s sports hall will soon be transformed into bands new sports centres.
“Skenderbeu” stadium will be transformed into a sports complex, featuring also a range of other services, following the successful and multipurpose model of the “Air Albania” facility in the Albanian capital, under the government initiative to redesign and revamp soccer stadiums in the cities of Durres, Korça and Vlora, in collaboration with local government authorities and the Albanian Football Federation.
Albanian government is improving the country’s football infrastructures, in particular through the building and redevelopment of stadiums.
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