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BY SOPHIE
TOLHURST‘THE BEST STADIUM in the world’ – what could
be more simple as a brief? This is what Spurs’
chairman Daniel Levy asked of the new
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC)
Stadium. To meet this challenge, Populous was
recruited as the architects, an unsurprising
choice given its reputation for stadia design
around the world and track record with many
of the UK’s landmark stadia, such as the Olympic
stadium (now London Stadium), Wembley and
the Emirates – home of Spurs’ rival team Arsenal.
The interiors were conceived and designed
by Jump Studios, an interiors practice that
merged with Populous in 2015. The stadium
was their first collaborative job and a daunting
challenge, taken on by Jump Studio’s project
lead Liam Doyle. His team was responsible for
the general admission (GA) concourses as well
as the overall interiors concept, while detailing
and delivery for the hospitality areas and player
areas were done by F3 Architects & Interiors –
a specialist in premium interiors, but more
importantly, a practice that has already done
significant work with the football club for the
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, the club’s
charitable arm, as well as The Lodge, which
provides player recovery facilities adjacent to
the THFC training centre in Enfield, north
London. F3 had hoped and dreamed it might
be involved in the ultimate THFC project – the
club’s new home and stadium.Tottenham
Hotspur Football
Club Stadium
Jump Studios and F3
Architecture + Interiors
had the difficult task of
delivering interiors for
‘the best stadium in the
world’, for the players,
the fans – and a very
demanding client
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