Sports buildings

NOTES: The Hippodrome was formerly an ancient chariot course. This drawing was probably produced by a local draughtsman for Charles Felix Marie Texier for use in his publications and later presented to the RIBA.

NOTES: The Hippodrome was formerly an ancient chariot course. This drawing was probably produced by a local draughtsman for Charles Felix Marie Texier for use in his publications and later presented to the RIBA. The releif is now in the Museum for Byzantine Art in Berlin.

NOTES: Thamesmead was planned in 1965-1966 as a new town on the riverside marshes of south-east London between Plumstead and Erith. It was scheduled for completion in 1974 but was never fully finished and the projected population of 60,000 for the new town was downgraded to 45,000 by the end of the 1970s. From then around 400 houses were being built annually and by 1982, the population stood at 20,000. Since 2014 the managment and regeneration of the area has come under the aegis of Peabody.

NOTES: Thamesmead was planned in 1965-1966 as a new town on the riverside marshes of south-east London between Plumstead and Erith. It was scheduled for completion in 1974 but was never fully finished and the projected population of 60,000 for the new town was downgraded to 45,000 by the end of the 1970s. From then around 400 houses were being built annually and by 1982, the population stood at 20,000. Since 2014 the managment and regeneration of the area has come under the aegis of Peabody.

NOTES: The MCG broke ground in 1853 and the first grandstand was opened in 1854. In 2001 much of the original stadium was demolished and reconstructed by Jackson Architecture and Arup with Connell Mott MacDonald for the Commonwealth Games in 2006. It is also much used for Australian rules football.

NOTES: The LTA headquarters moved from Queen's Club, West Kensington, to this purpose-built National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, designed by Hopkins Architects and engineered by Arup, in February 2007. This low energy design facility comprises six new naturally ventilated indoor courts, flanked by changing rooms, a medical centre, administrative offices, student accommodation and fitness rooms. There are also 20 outdoor courts of varying surfaces.