{"id":56055,"date":"2026-07-22T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/56055\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:35:11","slug":"government-announces-trio-of-architecture-firms-and-reveals-proposed-design-for-new-national-aquatic-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/56055\/","title":{"rendered":"Government announces trio of architecture firms and reveals proposed design for new National Aquatic Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state government has unveiled fresh renders of the new National Aquatic Centre in Brisbane as it locks in a trio of architectural firms to design the marquee 2032 Olympics venue.<\/p>\n

The Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) will take over Centenary Pool at Spring Hill on September 1, when early works will begin on site.<\/p>\n

The state has chosen three firms to design the centre: ARM Architecture, NH Architecture and Queensland-based Arkhefield.<\/p>\n

The proposed design features a wave-shaped roof.<\/p>\n

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The Centenary Pool at Spring Hill is set to close on August 31. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie will make the announcement tomorrow, six years out from the start of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

“This design trio will develop an iconic new home for high-performance aquatic athletes, as well as a legacy for community sport,” Mr Bleijie said.<\/p>\n

Five years since Brisbane secured the Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n

Broken promises and scarcely broken ground. Five years since Brisbane secured the 2032 Olympic Games, this is the state of play.<\/p>\n

“This isn’t just a venue for a few weeks in 2032.<\/p>\n

“It’s a lasting investment in Queensland’s future that will support community sport, high-performance athletes and keeping us cool for generations to come.”<\/p>\n

NH Architecture played a role in the redevelopment of Melbourne Park, while ARM Architecture delivered the RAC Arena in Perth.<\/p>\n

The centre is expected to have up to 25,000 seats during the Games, with a legacy capacity of 8,000 seats.<\/p>\n

Mr Bleijie was asked today whether the capacity could be scaled back to save costs, but he did not directly answer the question.<\/p>\n

He insisted, though, the $7.1 billion funding envelope for Games infrastructure would not change.<\/p>\n

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Kids lining up to leap off a high dive platform at Brisbane’s Centenary Pool in 1966. (Supplied: Brisbane City Council)<\/p>\n

“GIICA is leading the charge with respect to the delivery of those venues,” Mr Bleijie said.<\/p>\n

“What we said we were going to deliver was a National Aquatic Centre that will be the envy of the world.<\/p>\n

“The best aquatic centre in the world at the moment is in Budapest, and they delivered an aquatic centre, and ours wants to be absolutely better than that.”<\/p>\n

Mr Bleijie also noted the government was going through a process with GIICA for all the venues.<\/p>\n

“We did ask them to look at the costings, because when you appoint architects and designers, they have to do it within budget,” the deputy premier added.<\/p>\n

“Obviously GIICA has not released the results of the design phase and so forth \u2026 and we look forward to being briefed on that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state government has unveiled fresh renders of the new National Aquatic Centre in Brisbane as it locks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99,9843,9847,55180,55181,19605,211,212],"class_list":["post-56055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-2032","tag-brisbane-olympics","tag-centenary-pool","tag-national-aquatic-centre","tag-olympic-and-paralympic-games","tag-qld","tag-queensland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}