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Populous to use repurposed aircraft fuselages in French stadium renovation

By 2021-01-15T07:00:00

©Populous & Rey de Crecy_Stade de la Mineau (1)

Practice appointed as lead architect on €100m project

Stadium specialist Populous has landed the role of lead architect on a €100m renovation of a football stadium in France which will include the use of repurposed jet airliners.

The practice, which designed the London Stadium for the 2012 Olympics, will install sections of the fuselages of decommissioned Airbus A340 aircraft as sunshades at the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg.

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