It was built in only 6 months, and made the covers of respected architectural journals worldwide as the best sports facility in 2008, the year of Olympics in Beijing! On the first World Festival of architecture in Barcelona sporthall Bale by 3LHD Architects won the first prize in the category of sports facilities. Competing for the prize, among others, were BIG Wembley Arena, Watercube Olympic swimming pool and tennis center in Beijing, but the small sports hall in the Istrian town of Bale won hearts and minds of the international jury too.
