Football World Cup Final in 1966, the old Wembley Stadium was the most important sports and entertainment venue in Britain. The challenge in reinventing it for a new century was to build on its extraordinary heritage and yet create a venue that would be memorable and magical in its own right. With 90,000 seats, standing almost four times the height and covering twice the area of the original, the new stadium is the largest covered arena in the world.

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Architects: Foster + Partners

Location: London, United Kingdom

Area: 170000.0 m2

Project Year: 2007

Photographs: Nigel Young

Collaboration: HOK sport architecture

Main Contractor: Multiplex
Foster + Partners Team: Norman Foster, Mouzhan Majidi, Ken Shuttleworth ,Angus Campbell, Richard Hawkins, Huw Thomas, Alistair Lenczner, Colin Ward ,Vincent Westbrook ,Juan Frigerio ,Zak Ayash, Tony Miki ,Carlo Negri ,Dion Young ,Nathan Barr,David Goss, Trevore Grams Edward, Highton Phyllis, Fat Yin Lam, Richard Locke, Eyal Nir, Erik Ramelow, Horacio Schmidt, Jonathan Scull, Chee Huang Seah, James Speed, Pearl Tang

Hok Sport Architecture Team: Rod Sheard, Ben Vickery, David Manica, Richard Breslin, Dale Jennings, Alastair Pope, Warrick Chalmers, Megan Ashfield

Structural And Civil Engineer: Mott Stadium Consortiu

Mechanical And Electrical Engineer: Mott Stadium Consortiu

Cost Consultants: Fr...