By Chris Wright

Here we go folks, the new Barcelona strips for 2012/13 and it's no wonder Pep got out when he did, these things are not retina-friendly, with the home kit featuring that 'blaugrana colour fuse' detail that we saw in the early mock-ups and the away kit being a blazing orangey-yellow thing an homage to 'Barca's effervescent style of play' the 'city's mix of culture, architecture, style and art'.

By Chris Wright

Here we go folks, the new Barcelona strips for 2012/13 and it's no wonder Pep got out when he did, these things are not retina-friendly, with the home kit featuring that 'blaugrana colour fuse' detail that we saw in the early mock-ups and the away kit being a blazing orangey-yellow thing an homage to 'Barca's effervescent style of play' the 'city's mix of culture, architecture, style and art'.

The success of Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero in recent years underlines perhaps more than anything Britain's ignorance as a coffee appreciative nation and football fans forced to once again imbibe another watery latte at staging posts along our motorways and railways lines will count this as yet another among a host of less than satisfying aspects of the away trip.

The French have often been linked using a particular amount of style, sophistication, class and luxury. Be it their clothes or their architecture, their information within the fine arts or their excellence in audio; there is certainly no denying that the French know ways to do factors, the most effective way.

Goal-dfish Thierry Henry waved goodbye to Arsenal again last week. What better way to signal the fresh start than by knocking down his North London mansion to make way for a giant 40ft fish tank? The New York Red Bulls man wants to knockdown his £5.9million pad and rebuild it around the huge aquarium while [.

The Ajax Experience x Sid Lee Architecture

Aside from my unwillingness to experience an angry pre-match speech from Frank de Boer, the new Ajax Experience museum is one of the freshest things I've seen.

The city is completely related to its club: Amsterdam is Ajax, Ajax is Amsterdam.

The Ajax Experience x Sid Lee Architecture

Aside from my unwillingness to experience an angry pre-match speech from Frank de Boer, the new Ajax Experience museum is one of the freshest things I've seen.

The city is completely related to its club: Amsterdam is Ajax, Ajax is Amsterdam.

One of the Spanish cities we hope to visit soon is Bilbao, for their fantastic architecture, sights and obviously, the Semana Grande (which happens every August and is one big fieeeesta!) The Athletic Bilbao team unveiled their "official suits" in a ceremony at the city's famous Guggenheim museum yesterday, which is an outfit consisting of a charcoal-gray suit spun delicately from Merino wool, a white poplin cotton shirt, silk tie with black stripes in red and grey, a pearl belt and shoes with rubber soles made of black leather.

Playing Away - Neville Gable's Photography Project On Goalposts From All Over The World

As part of the TateShots Collection, Neville Gable has been taking photos of perhaps the simplest, most universal ‘frame' to be found across the globe.

The winners of the Stadium Business Awards 2011 have been announced from individual staff to venue of the year, from architecture to sustainability.

Liedson does kung-fu.

• Champions League's best goals. (The Spoiler)
• The Polish vortex. (Back Page Football)
• The season's end email. (Avoiding The Drop)
• Welcome to the machine. (Futfanatico)
• Prolific South Americans in Europe. (The Best Eleven)
• Appreciating architecture.

360 Architecture is the company that has worked on these proposed stadium designs for the new Earthquakes stadium. Movement on the stadium has been slow due to lack of a naming sponsor and the downturn in the real estate market. Originally the city of San Jose wanted the stadium to sit on a site with a zoning code of Mixed Use.