Indoor Cricket School
- Status
- Completed 1993
- Client
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Value
- £2.1m
- Procurement Method
- Traditional
- Services
- Architect and Lead Consultant
- Scale
- 2,400m²
Awards
- RIBA Award for Architecture
- RIBA Award for Sports & Leisure
- Structural Steel Award - Structural Steel Innovation Award
- Euro Roof Best New Roof Award
- Balthasar Neuman Prize - Commendation
- British Construction Industry 1996 - Commendation
- Civic Trust Award 1996 - Commendation
- AIA Award 1996 - Runner Up
- Financial Times Award 1996 - Commendation
- RIBA Stirling Prize 1996 - Runner Up
- RICS Efficient Building Award 1996 - Commendation
Since 1994, David Morley Architects has carried out 15 developments at Lord’s, the International Headquarters of Cricket. The first – the New Indoor Cricket School – was a groundbreaking building in that it was the first indoor facility to utilise natural light for the playing area.
- Status
- Completed 1993
- Client
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Value
- £2.1m
- Procurement Method
- Traditional
- Services
- Architect and Lead Consultant
- Scale
- 2,400m²
Awards
- RIBA Award for Architecture
- RIBA Award for Sports & Leisure
- Structural Steel Award - Structural Steel Innovation Award
- Euro Roof Best New Roof Award
- Balthasar Neuman Prize - Commendation
- British Construction Industry 1996 - Commendation
- Civic Trust Award 1996 - Commendation
- AIA Award 1996 - Runner Up
- Financial Times Award 1996 - Commendation
- RIBA Stirling Prize 1996 - Runner Up
- RICS Efficient Building Award 1996 - Commendation
A very detailed analysis of light was carried out to ensure that the ingress of light into the hall wouldn’t have a detrimental effect on play. A bespoke blind system was designed, employing sail fabric, which reduced the school’s running costs by £30,000 a year. The multi-award winning facility was a runner-up for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize.
Interior view
“This building represents the very vision of Britain’s new sports facilities, it is exemplary. A well researched training building, which actively fosters the next generation of sporting heroes.”
