They are the champions
Tottenham Hotspur鈥檚 stadium has made it into this year鈥檚 黑洞社区 Project of the Year shortlist, but it鈥檚 not the first football ground to feature in the semi-finals of the award.
Arsenal football club鈥檚 Emirates stadium won the overall gong in 2007. The 拢275m ground was completed on time and under budget by Sir Robert McAlpine 鈥� 鈥漸nlike another stadium up the road,鈥� 黑洞社区 wrote, referring to the problems at Wembley.
鈥淚t came with severe planning constraints but it was still designed and built with the minimum of fuss,鈥� said Robin Nicholson, chairman of the judges. They liked the fact it didn鈥檛 stand out in the local area until fans turned the corner and saw 鈥渁 vast gleaming drum beneath a clean-cut disk like a flying saucer鈥�.
The judges said: 鈥淭he whole process was an example of how important teamwork should be to a project, with everyone from the client to the contractor and subcontractors coming together and working successfully.鈥�
Arsenal might have lost out in the Premier League that year, after leading for two-thirds of the season, but I鈥檓 sure winning our prize made up for it.
No comments yet