Lilleküla Football Stadium Grandstands

The roof structures built for the stadium’s spectator grandstands along with their light-transmitting profile tiles are an example of the advantages of steel as a material in creating an airy and light-filled structure. The construction work was planned taking the football schedule into consideration, and the challenge was to get the spectators under cover for the right time.

Maru THM: erection of steel structures.

When constructing sports facilities, steel structures enable suitable solutions to be found under very different conditions. This is proven by the various cantilevered structures that were used for the roofs of the grandstands at the Lilleküla Football Stadium, which different from ordinary steel frames, and the two football arenas built in Iceland, with cladding and supporting structures that had to withstand greater than normal wind loads and the harsh Icelandic climate.