A Sports-Arena Skybox, the Sprockets Way

Have you ever been inside a skybox? Swank as they may be, they're almost universally bland, corporate affairs that look like the grand conference room at a Marriott. A design like this one, by Danish architects MAPT, would never happen in the U.S.

The interior is meant to echo the the ultra-modern Horsens Stadium, by 3XN (whom we just covered here). It includes a climbing wall, a bar, tables and kitchen.

All that faceted interior paneling was created using CNC milling--whereby a computer is used to cut the wood, with extreme precision. Without that, the "climbing wall"--which you see in the background of the picture above--would have been almost impossible to make. That wall serves two purposes: Kids can climb all over it, but inside, there's also a "cave" where they can play video games (and leave their drunk parents the hell alone).

Meanwhile, the space was designed in a glossy white, so that the floor and walls meld. But all the surfaces that people actually touch is done in natural wood. All of the furniture was, of course, custom-designed for the space.

For more pics, check out Arch Daily.