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Sport, Leisureand Cultureby BDP

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Creating Placesfor People.BDP designs and creates inspiring places for people. With international teams

of architects, engineers, designers, and urbanists, we work from studios

throughout the UK, and in Ireland, the Netherlands, the UAE, India, and China,

on projects around the world.

Founded in 1961, BDP is now t he largest interdisciplinary design-led firm in

Europe and has won over 750 awards for design quality from international

and national bodies.

Our designers focus on designing buildings and environments for the future

to confront the reality of a finite planet. We challenge ourselves to create

better environments for everybody using five goals as our starting point for

the design process:

to act as climate shapers to create protective and positive environments for

people to enjoy

to take a creative approach to energy, with natural and technological

methods for the use and reuse of energy and resources

to design in a user-inclusive style, engaging in a learning centred approach

with the occupiers of our buildings and places

to cross-fertilise our knowledge from different cultures, maximising the

advantages of being international, interdisciplinary and multi-sector

to promote and create liberating buildings, places and communities for

people to use and adapt over time.


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From high profile masterplan-led sports

placemaking projects such as our work

for the All England Lawn Tennis Club

at Wimbledon (AELTC), home to the

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships,

and our masterplan and redevelopment

of Aintree Racecourse, home to the

internationally renowned Grand National

steeplechase, through to the design of

competition venues, hospitality buildings

and community sports facilities, BDP has

experience across the full spectrum of

sports related projects.

All these projects deliver technical and

functional excellence but over and

above that, foster a sense of theatre

and occasion that only the best venues

achieve, enhancing the drama of the

collective sporting experience.

SPORT


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Sports Placemaking

Aintree Racecourse,

Liverpool, UK


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Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, UK

Our masterplan for Aintree Racecourse is

designed to enhance the drama of t he race day

experience and the spectacle of the event. The

pre-parade, parade ring and weighing room

provide functional space for owners, trainers,

jockeys, officials and horses, while improving

spectator capacity and viewing for pre-race

activities. Two new paired grandstands provide

superb views over the racecourse, as well as

hospitality facilities for race day and non-race

day use. A new horsewalk takes riders out from

the parade ring under the saddle bar spanning

between the stands to the racecourse, as well

as providing a spectacular processional return

for the winning horses.

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No 1 Court,

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All England Lawn Tennis Club,

Wimbledon, UK

Our masterplan for AELTC has transformed

Wimbledon into the world class place it is

today. Our masterplan reoriented the main

public areas creating space for the new

No 1 Court and other buildings as well as

providing a substantial service undercroft.

It also created space for Henman Hill (now

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As well as developing the masterplan

BDP designed and delivered the new

No 1 Court complex, including a 15,000

seat arena, hospitality and spectator

areas, the high tech Broadcast Centre,

and the mixed use Millennium Building

for players, officials and members.

All these interventions were designed to

enhance the sense of place and extend

and develop the experience of watching

Tennis in an English Garden, which gives

Wimbledon its unique character.

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City Square, Manchester City

Football Club, UK

Designed and constructed over a single

closed season, City Square is a unique and

groundbreaking permanent fan zone for

Manchester City Football Club. Consisting

of covered bar, food areas and a canopied

stage, clustered around the existing

club shop, City Square is designed to

extend the fans match day experience by

providing a venue for pre and post-matchentertainment.

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Masterplanning

As well as our masterplans related to

specific sporting venues we have developed

masterplans for a number of significant

city districts containing sports venues and

other sporting facilities as part of larger

regeneration proposals both for individual

events and for their legacy.

Competition entry for

Rio Olympic Park Masterplan,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


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Competition entry for

Wenzhou Olympic Sport Centre

and Wenzhou Sports University

Yongzhong Campus, China

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Suzhou Yinshan Lake

Sports Centre, China

The masterplan for a leisure complex

based around an indoor sports hall

positioned in a parkland setting and

exploiting views of the lake.

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Ice Centre, Sheffield, UK

Ice Sheffield is home to two international

standard ice pads, catering for the

interests and aspirations of all those

involved in ice sports, bridging the gap

between the fun seekers and those in

pursuit of excellence. It offers a twin

rink mixed programme of ice sport, ice

training and leisure skating open all week

18 hours a day.

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Venues


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Olympic Tennis Centre,

Sydney 2000, Australia

BDP was part of the design team for

the Sydney Olympic Tennis Centre.

Located at Homebush Bay, Sydney, the

outdoor tennis facility comprises show,

match and practice courts, providing the

tennis venue for the Millennium Olympic

and Paralympic Games.

Olympic Tennis Centre,

Athens 2004, Greece

BDP was appointed by the International

Tennis Federation to develop the

masterplan for the Athens Olympic Tennis

Centre including 16 courts in total - a

centre court of 8,000 seats, nine other

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Leopardstown Racecourse,

Dublin, Ireland

BDPs plan for the redevelopment of

Leopardstown Racecourse includes the

expansion of the existing facilities, the

development of the course as a leisure

destination and the improvement of non-

race day use.

The project has been designed to be

delivered in phases and includes a

golf clubhouse, driving range and golf

academy, stables and ticketing facilities,

infrastructure, grandstand and reserved

grandstand.

Training Facilities


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National Football Centre,

Burton-on-Trent, UK

The design for a permanent training and

education base for Englands national

teams and the Football Associations

Football Academy at Burton-on-Trent.

Facilities comprise the UKs first fullsize

indoor practice pitch, viewing facilities,

indoor sports and fitness facilities,

including a hydrotherapy unit, gymnasia

and a 50 bed accommodation block.

In addition 14 full size external pitches

were planned.


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Manchester United Football Club,

South Stand 2002, UK

Sitting within the South Stand at Manchester

Uniteds Old Trafford stadium the South Stand

2002 project provided a comprehensive

redevelopment of areas for the directors,

press and corporate hospitality guests (the

Treble Suite). The high quality refurbishment

sought to uncover and discover the

archaeology of the existing stand (the

oldest in the ground) creating a new, dramatic

vaulted space, which steps down towards

the hallowed Old Trafford pitch.

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BDP has great experience in the design of

buildings for culture.

Over the past decades we have worked

for many of the UKs most revered

cultural institutions including the Royal

Opera House, the Royal Ballet Company,

Royal Albert Hall and National Maritime

Museum. We have also designed highly

successful concert halls, theatres and

museums including Kelvingrove Art

Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, the

UKs most visited museum outsideLondon. Many of these projects involve

the retention and refurbishment of

existing much loved buildings, preserving

and enhancing their character whilst

discreetly adapting them both functionally

and technically, to make them truly fit for

purpose in the 21st century.

CULTURE


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Performance Spaces

Royal Opera House,

London, UK


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Royal Opera House,

London, UK

The Royal Opera House project preserved

the world renowned 140 year old theatre

whilst redeveloping its backstage facilities

enabling it to continue as the home of the

Royal Opera and Royal Ballet companies.

The old foyers and auditorium were

refurbished, and the stage and flytower

rebuilt and enlarged to improve sightlines

and simplify scenery handling. New

dressing rooms and rehearsal facilities

were also constructed for the Royal

Opera and Royal Ballet, together with new

workshops and offices to consolidate the

theatres operations on one site.

Public foyer spaces were also extended,

including the reconstruction of the old

Floral Hall as the principal foyer. In

addition a second smaller auditorium

and the new ballet studios afford greater

opportunity for both companies to present

smaller scale and experimental works.

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Perth Concert Hall, UK

Perth Concert Hall is a focal point for the

city. It is a place for social gathering, for

food and drink and busy foyers but above

all it is a full scale concert hall with first class

acoustics. Its versatile 1,200 seat auditorium

is designed to accommodate a variety of

activities ranging from orchestral concerts,

drama, conferences, and many other functions

by means of its exible design with unique

floor lift configuration.

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Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

BDP were commissioned to develop a

masterplan for the first comprehensive

refurbishment of the Grade I listed Royal

Albert Hall since its construction after the

Great Exhibition of 1851.

The refurbishment has improved

conditions for the audience, both within

the auditorium itself and throughout the

foyers with re-set seating tiers, a new

ventilation system, re-cast acoustics and

new hospitality and bar areas.

Accommodation has been upgraded

backstage for artists and staff, making it

easier to put on a wider variety of shows

and other events in the hall. In addition

new service areas have been created at

basement level to give direct access from

the outside to the stage, kitchens and

plant rooms.

Throughout this vast programme of works

stretching over a decade, the Royal Albert

Hall remained open to the public, hosting

over 300 events a year.


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Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, UK

The Grand Theatre in Leeds was a major

milestone in Victorian theatre building

and is Grade II l isted. Once described

as probably the finest theatre of its

size in Britain the Grands 19th century

facilities no longer met present day

audience expectations and had become

increasingly inefficient.

The works on the theatre involved new

seating, improved sightlines, better

ventilation and enhanced facilities for the

disabled. Backstage, the fly tower and

flying systems were upgraded, with better

storage capacity, dressing rooms and

backstage areas. Three new rehearsal

rooms, separated by a street, connect

to the theatre by a bridge which also acts

as a scenery store with a new s pecialist

lift adjacent.

The project also included the conversion

of the nearby Assembly Room which has

been restored to provide a new 400 seat

venue for music making, showcasing

new talent, orchestral rehearsals and

educational projects.


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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum,

Glasgow, UK

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is

located in Glasgows West End, within the

Joseph Paxton masterplanned Kelvingrove

Park. The building is considered by many

as Glasgow City Councils jewel in the

crown and is the most visited museum

in the UK, outside London. Kelvingrove

New Century Project is the title for t he

major reinstatement works, which also

included the replacement of the existing,

and in many cases original, services and a

totally new strategy for the redisplay of the

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Shetland Museum and Archives,

Lerwick, UK

Shetland Museum and Archives opened to

the public with a royal event attended by

Queen Sonja of Norway and the Prince of

Wales. The building, which utilises old boat

sheds, has five times the previous museum

display space and three times the previous

archive storage area.

The central core of the museum building

contains exhibition spaces at ground and

first floor levels overlooking the B listed

Hays Dock, whilst on the upper levels and

at the heart of the building lie the archive

repository and associated search room

facilities. To the east at ground floor level

the building houses a 120 seat lecture

theatre with full cinematic projection

capabilities, whilst at first floor level there

is a 60 seat restaurant with panoramic

sea views. To the west is the triple height

volume of the Boat Hall in which Shetlands

historic boat display is suspended.

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National Maritime Museum,

Neptune Court, Greenwich, UK

The redesign of the Neptune Court

and its surrounding wings, provides

eleven new gallery spaces, including

the spectacular indoor glazed courtyard

which was returned to its original 19th

century condition. This was achieved by

removing poor 20th century additions and

refurbishing all the original facades based

on original drawings. Modern components

inserted into the courtyard, such as the

podium, the bridges at various levels and

the all-glass roof improve circulation and

exhibition space, while respecting the

original architecture. New lifts, stairs,

ramps and bridges, which have been

inserted at the junctions of the courtyard

wings, reconcile the historic level

differences, aiding vertical and horizontal

circulation and general orientation to and

from the central courtyard.

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Museum of Science and Industry,

Manchester, UK

This museum is spread across five

listed historic buildings in the Castlefield

area of Manchester. Over a 12 year

period BDP was responsible for the

museums development plan including

the redevelopment of the worlds oldest

railway building, the 1830 Warehouse

which stood at the end of the worlds

first passenger railway, the Liverpool to

Manchester. The building is considered to

be a piece of above ground archaeology

of international significance. The scheme

also included the reconstruction of the 150

year old Station Building and its carriage

sheds, the conversion to museum and

educational use of the derelict four storey

Great Western Warehouse of 1880 and the

modification to the Air and Space Gallery

and Power Hall.

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Cultural Spaces

Centre, Kuwait

The design of a cultural centre within

the arid sands of the Kuwaiti desert,

which will lie at the heart of Sabah

Al Ahmad, a major new city. It will

provide state of the art facilities and

an inspirational home for a wide

range of cultural activities.

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International Festival, UK

Provided as part of the 2011 Manchester

International Festival, Music Boxes is a

temporary pop-up musical playground

designed for children aged six months

to seven years. The musical exhibits

are contained in a mini city of shipping

containers which were constructed

at MediaCityUK the new home of

Childrens BBC.

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Over the years BDP has been involved

in a wide range of leisure projects; from

the creation of new visitor attractions,

such as the iconic Glasgow Science

Centre, projects related to tourism, the

ground-breaking Manchester Visitor

Information Centre project and Suzhou

District Planning Exhibition Centre, to

the creation of new green leisure spaces

within existing city centres and the

masterplanning and concept design ofwhole new city districts and resorts. BDP

has the requisite skills and experience

to design and deliver world class, award

winning projects across the full spectrum

of the leisure sector.

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Attractions

Glasgow Science

Centre, UK

Glasgow Science Centre, UK

The Glasgow Science Centre is located

The Science Mall has over 5,000 sq m of

exhibition space, providing total exibility

bistro and multi-purpose suite with views

across the old Princes Dock.


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The Glasgow Science Centre is located

on the south side of the River Clyde.

Three distinctive buildings combine to

make up the Science Centre: the Science

Mall, the IMAX theatre and the Glasgow

Tower. The Centre is intended to bridge

the gap between scientific knowledge,

present technology and future trends

and developments.

exhibition space, providing total exibility

for a range of hands-on, interactive

science exhibits and also contains a

planetarium, two theatres, laboratory,

caf, shop, offices and workshops.

The 370 seat IMAX theatre, the first in

Scotland, shows spectacular, science-

based 2D and 3D large format films.

Front-of-house facilities include a caf,

across the old Princes Dock.

The Glasgow Tower, Scotlands tallest

free standing structure, is unique in that

the entire tower rotates according to the

wind direction. From an exhibition area

within the podium, two scenic lifts carry

visitors 100 m up to an observation cabin

offering magnificent views of Glasgow

and beyond.


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Eureka! The National Childrens

Museum, Halifax, UK

Eureka! The National Childrens Museum

was the first museum of its type to be

opened in Britain. Built in the conservation

area of the West Yorkshire mill town of

Halifax, the museum provides a unique

interactive learning environment, where

children aged between four and 12 find

out about the world and their place in it,

through a series of interactive exhibits -

living and working together, me and my

body and communication.

The building has also been designed to be

an exhibit in itself, showing how buildings

are constructed, how they function and

how they respond to use.

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Centre, UK

Designs for Manchesters ground-

breaking new Visitor Information

Centre involved remodelling a shop

unit in the heart of the city to create

a gallery of information rather than a

more conventional retail format.

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Tourism

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Suzhou District Planning

Exhibition Centre, China

An 8,000 sq m exhibition facility

within the Suzhou Science and

Technology Smart City, showcasing

the past, present and future

developments of Suzhou District.

The building sits on the edge of

the central parkland area, with great

views of the surrounding landscape

and hills. It houses a 1,000 sq m

model of the new district, 3D

viewing gallery, interactive

displays, conference facilities

and multipurpose exhibition halls.

Zhenhu Lake Tourism Centre,

Suzhou Western Ecological City,

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China

A tourism centre, on Zhenhu Lake,

designed to help visitors appreciate the

dramatic lakeside landscape setting,

provides a linkage to the adjacent marina

and informs visitors of the local tourist

attractions. It contains four restaurants,

shops for specialist local food and

artwork, outdoor performance space and

an indoor events hall.

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Chinawood Themed Leisure

Development, Chongqing, China

A masterplan for amajor film themed


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A masterplan for a major film themed

leisure development, it comprises

film studios, studio tours, museum of

film, film archive, fame academy, 21

screen multiplex cinema, 1,600 seat

theatre, walk of the stars promenade.

The masterplan also accommodates a

themed leisure park, water park, river

boat tours, a grand Ferris wheel, 5 star

hotels and high end villas.


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Liverpool One, UK

The night time illumination accentuates the cinema building,

with the glazed circulation atrium opening up the cinema to

passers by and offering great views of the city. The upper

level Sky Bar provides a dramatic vista of the city roofscape,

highlighting views to the Anglican Cathedral, the Liver Building

and the Mersey.

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Victoria Square, Belfast,

Northern Ireland, UK

Victoria Squares eight screen Odeon

cinema is covered with a sedum green roof

and fronts onto the dramatic dome spaceat the heart of the development.

Forum Istanbul, Turkey

The 10-screen Cinemaximum cinema at Forum

Istanbul (pictured above), contributes to the

creation of a leisure destination at the centre,

which also includes a 8,000 sq m aquarium.

The Rock, Bury, UK

Opened in 2010, the Vue cinema at The Rock

is a state-of-the-art multiplex with 10 screens,

providing over 1,500 seats.


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Cornmill Gardens,

Lewisham, London, UK

Cornmill Gardens was

the first project to be

implemented as part of

the Urban Renaissance in

Lewisham programme.

BDPs design evolved from a

series of individual meetings

and public consultations with

the client, stakeholders and

the local population. The aim

was to achieve solutions for

the themes that emerged

from these meetings, while

taking into account the

environmental and technical

considerations required for

such a town centre site.

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Parks & Recreation

Cathedral Gardens,

Manchester, UK

Cathedral Gardens form part of

The gardens, which have taken much

of their inspiration from the history and

archaeology of the site and its neighbours,


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Manchesters Millennium Quarter, built

as part of the 1996 post IRA bomb

reconstruction. They have brought a

vibrant yet relaxing space to the heart

of the city.

consist of a series of themed lawns,

trees, water features, artworks and hard

landscape areas to create the new green

space which contrasts with the more urban

civic feel of the adjacent Exchange Square.

Liverpool One, Chavasse Park, UK

This green park has been reintroduced

into the heart of Liverpool and the

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Liverpool One development linking the

commercial centre of the city with its

historic waterfront. The public realm is

particularly important, not just in terms

of access and wayfinding, but also in

creating places for meeting, relaxing

and for outdoor events.

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Fouka Bay, Egypt

Fouka Bay is situated in an unspoilt

sparsely populated region characterised

by rocky coastline, white sandy beaches

and shallow blue water, 210 km west of

Alexandria. This new resort masterplan

comprises three main parts.

In the Village, villas and apartments

clustered around private gardens and

pools form a sweeping boulevard, leadingfrom the reception area down to t he

sea, where a boutique hotel luxuriates in

uninterrupted views of the Mediterranean.

In the Retreat, a discrete development

of chalets and villas set into a secluded

and luxuriant landscape, provides levels

of privacy and calm that are not available

in any other resort.

The bustle of a market marks the

heart of the Downtown area, which

extends along intimate streets and

through squares framed with shops

and restaurants to a marina.

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Waterfront City, Melbourne, Australia

BDP was commissioned to develop the masterplan for the

expansion of the Melbourne Docklands, consisting of 19 hectaresof brownfield land situated at the western edge of the major

regeneration area. The site, like most of the surrounding area,

was used for warehousing and other functions relating to the

areas role as a major shipping destination.

The phased development comprises the waterfront piazza,

marina, retail and commercial suites in Phase 1A and a major

retail component known as the Harbour Town shopping centre

in Phase 1B. The residential element of the development was

completed in time for t he 2006 Commonwealth Games.

The latter phases have taken on board key components of the

masterplan, particularly the Ferris wheel, which serves as both a

destination marker and a major tourist attraction.


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PHOTOGRAPHERS

David Barbour

Charlotte Wood

Aerofilms

Sanna Fisher-Payne

Martine Hamilton Knight

Chris Christodoulou

Dennis Gilbert

Keith Hunter

Daniel Hopkinson

Mark Sinclair

Phil Mastores

Rupert Truman

Paul McMullin

David Millington

Commission Air

Karen Hewitt

Karen Richardson

LCCC and Paul Easton

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