Herzog & de Meuron’s Chelsea Football Stadium, New Ground in South West London
Herzog & de Meuron’s Chelsea Stadium
Stamford Bridge Football Ground in South West London – design by Herzog & de Meuron architects
30 + 26 Aug 2016
New Chelsea Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron
Design: Herzog & de Meuron, Architects
New Chelsea Football Stadium Planning Issue

Chelsea Football Club has been forced to provide more information on its proposed new stadium by Herzog & de Meuron after planners deemed their original submission inadequate.
If successful in their application, then work could begin in 2017, with the Club needing to groundshare for at least the 2017/18 season.
To put the proposed capacity into context, here are capacities at Chelsea’s London rivals: Tottenham Hotspur – Spurs (White Hart Lane, North East London): 61,000, from 2018

Arsenal (Emirates Stadium, North London): 60,432

West Ham United (redeveloped Olympic Stadium, East London): 54,000, from 2016/17 season

Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its final design for the revamp of Chelsea FC’s London stadium, with a brick and steel addition it describes as a “contemporary sculpted form”, reports Dezeen today.

Chelsea FC report that a planning application for a new stadium at Stamford Bridge with an expanded seating capacity has been submitted. This follows a successful consultation process during which we received very helpful fe...