Eric Hollies Stand, Edgbaston

Birmingham

This 5900 seat stand makes an elegant, modern addition to Warwickshire’s ground and greatly increases the amount of covered seating.  It represents a breakthrough in stand design being simple and quick to construct and excellent value for money at one third the ECB benchmark price. Our design focused on the idea of a lightweight pitched canopy constructed from standardized components. We wanted to create a series of roof planes that appear to hover above the crowd almost unsupported. The resulting canopy is suspended from a simple steel mast structure that also supports the upper seating tiers.

Photos by Rod Dorling