Lords Media Centre
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Lord's Cricket Ground
St John's Wood
London
NW8 8QN
United Kingdom
coordinates:
51.5300102 -0.1716614
Building names(s): Lords Media Centre / Investec Media Centre
Architect/Designer:
Future Systems
architect website: http://www.future-systems.com/
Other Information:
Completion date: 1999
Function:
contract value: £5 millionTours:
Mon-Fri: 10am; 12pm & 2pm
Sat & Sun: 10am; 12pm & 2pm
Cost: £14
Last update: 3 June, 2009 | Suggested By M2S
The centre stands 15 metres above the ground and its sole support comes from the structure around its two lift shafts – it is approximately the same height as the Pavilion directly opposite it on the other side of the ground. The lower tier of the centre provides accommodation for over 100 journalists and the top tier has radio and television commentary boxes. The centre’s only window is in the broadcasting box used by Test Match Special. The Building was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture in 1999.
There exists at Lord’s a tradition of patronage of innovative structures. The objective of the design has been to respect and savour the essential nature of Lord’s while bringing to it a building that will herald the coming millennium and provide the most elegant and state-of-the-art media centre in the world. The NatWest Media Centre at Lord’s is one of the most innovative buildings this century. It is the first all aluminium semi-monococque building in the world and represents a breakthrough, not just in the creation of a new three-dimensional aesthetic but in its method of construction. This building was built and fitted out not by the construction industry but by a boatyard, using the very latest advances in boat building technology. Raised 15m above the ground, the aerodynamic contours of the building reflect the sweep of the plan of the Ground with the enclosing skin formed by a smooth, white, seamless shell. The west facing glazing is inclined to avoid any glare or reflections while providing unobstructed views of the game for the world’s media.