Bilbao Arena, a low energy consumption complex with WICONA facades
Bilbao Arena sports centre, the work of architects Javier Pérez Uribarri and Nicolás Espinosa Barrientos, boasts a unique façade, designed in the semblance of a tree.Located in the Bilbao neighbourhood of Miribilla, it is built on ground that slopes steeply, dropping 46 m across a distance of 200 m from one corner to the other. The building covers 30,808 m2 and, according to the architects’ description, stands upon “tree-like pillars that hold the metallic structure to the façade, with lacquered steel leaves in a variety of colours to provide an air-permeable covering that conceals all the