Cape Town is to play host to the FIFA Football World Cup in 2010 and central to the preparations and the event is the spectacular Green Point Stadium, designed to seat 68,000 spectators on three tiers.

This architecturally outstanding structure has been created by GMP Architects in cooperation with Louis Karol, Point Architects and Urban Designers, Cape Town. The image of Cape Town is uniquely characterised by the interaction of Table Mountain and Signal Hill - a soft, hilly landscape, and the surrounding Atlantic Ocean. Green Point Stadium will sit at the foot of Signal Hill. The exterior shell of the stadium was designed as an abstract, linearly arranged membrane construction. Its unique undulating silhouette, which is the result of the geometry of the stadium body, transforms the stadium into a sculptural object and intensifies its integration into the existing landscape.