IAKS - International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities

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2025 IAKS Nordic study trip to Gothenburg (Sweden), 11 March

Join the tour to 6 inspiring sites. Registration now open.

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IAKS in a nutshell

Learn all about the international network for sports and leisure facilities: activities and mission

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Global network

Are you an architect or engineer? Technical and operative management? From the industry? Join our network!

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IAKS worldwide

Contact our local entities in Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, LAC, Nordic, Spain and Switzerland

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sb magazine

The world‘s leading trade magazine for the architecture, construction and operation of sports and leisure facilities

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Information and education

Our conferences, trainings and study trips: from practitioners for practitioners.

Learn from sports facility experts!

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Case study, whitepaper, and the latest sb magazine

Case studies, white papers, and presentations. Learn from our experts. Get insight into best practices and innovative solutions.

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29th IAKS Congress 28-31 Oct 2025 in Cologne, Germany

Together, we will identify trends, challenges and solutions that will significantly influence the future of sport and leisure facilities in a global context.

News

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IAKS UK+IE spring event in Cardiff, Wales 10-11 April 2025

The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales will be the venue for the next IAKS UK+IE learning and networking event. This symposium will focus on how sports and leisure facilities could better serve the needs of communities perhaps by considering in a different way the real needs of people. Save the date!

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IAKS UK+IE seminar ‚Active Places’: key learnings available

How do we achieve more active urban spaces? Can performance and community sport work together? How do we meet the decarbonisation challenge in pools? These and many more questions were raised at the IAKS UK+IE seminar ‚Active Places' from 2-3 October. The presentations slides and key learnings are now available for all IAKS members.

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IAKS webinar series on sustainability: Recordings out now

Building on the success of the IAKS sustainability day, the series continued with five interactive webinars, each led by one of our expert speakers. These sessions allowed participants to explore specific topics in greater depth and provided ample time for questions and discussions. Recordings now available.

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IAKS Spain hosted hybrid seminar on synthetic turf

The event gathered experts, professionals and representatives of key sports institutions to address the latest trends in the use of synthetic surfaces. Topics such as the sustainability of materials, new technologies in manufacturing and maintenance, and solutions to improve performance and safety on this type of surface were on the agenda.

Hongling High School

Campus activity sponge

Our cover story of the latest 'sb' magazine: the sports and arts centre at Hongling High School. The design goal was to utilize the central area of the existing campus to create a comprehensive venue that provides broader spaces for cultural and sports activities, while rebuilding internal connections, communication, and sharing within the campus.

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New member: John Tuxworth, Fortitude Valley (Australia)

John Tuxworth is an engineer with expertise in sustainable design, project management, and innovative engineering solutions. John is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and Chartered Professional Engineer across multiple jurisdictions, he has driven sustainable infrastructure projects globally.

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What our members say

„ Together with IAKS, we can modernize and optimize the management of sports offers and sports facilities by digitizing the administration. The IAKS network supports Venuzle in making the software and management systems known to the entire spor...“

Dr Wolfgang Lang

CEO Venuzle GmbH

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