{"id":288,"date":"2026-01-15T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingsequipment.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/hks-releases-first-design-of-colonnaded-washington-commanders-stadium\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:41:28","slug":"hks-releases-first-design-of-colonnaded-washington-commanders-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainingsequipment.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/hks-releases-first-design-of-colonnaded-washington-commanders-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"HKS releases first design of colonnaded Washington Commanders Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studio HKS<\/a> and NFL team the Washington Commanders have revealed images of a “monumental” stadium<\/a> wrapped in a colonnade, set to be built in Washington DC<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a capacity of more than 70,000, the Washington Commanders Stadium at the RFK Campus was designed by HKS<\/a> to be monumental, both in its sheer size and impact on the Washington DC skyline.<\/p>\n

It will be wrapped in a white colonnade that recalls the city’s civic monuments including the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n

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HKS has designed the Washington Commanders Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the team, it was designed with respect to the layout of Washington DC \u2013 known as the L’Enfant Plan \u2013 with deference to the Capitol Building and the RFK Stadium that is currently on the site.<\/p>\n

“Every design decision is guided by the significance of place \u2013 shaped by its local, regional and national history and generations of memories rooted in RFK Stadium,” said HKS global venues director Mark A Williams.<\/p>\n

“Monumental in presence, grounded in the L’Enfant Plan and scaled to the urban fabric of the district, the stadium design will be a bold civic landmark that carries the city\u2019s architectural legacy forward in a way that is confident, dynamic and unmistakably Washington, DC.”<\/p>\n

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It will be wrapped in a colonnade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Positioned on a roundabout interchange adjacent to the Anacostia River and the parklands of the RFK Campus, the stadium will have a cable-net, anti-clastic glass roofing system.<\/p>\n

The shape of the roof “establishes a dynamic yet respectful profile rising to welcome visitors from the north and south while maintaining a lower presence along the east\u2013west axis in deference to the US Capitol and monuments,” according to HKS.<\/p>\n

The sleek column system will stand in front of large expanses of glass. Around the roofline, the columns will intersect with a massive bezel-like form that lines the rim of the bowl. The columns will be most likely be made from coloured concrete.<\/p>\n

Renderings show a potential lantern-like effect at night, given the large amounts of glass used for the facade treatment.<\/p>\n