UK architecture studio Reed Watts has created a timber clubhouse for an amateur cricket team in London's Bushy Park that is designed to be both modern and familiar.
The sports pavilion was built to provide changing facilities and social spaces for Teddington Cricket Club, which has been based in Bushy Park ? a Royal Park alongside Hampton Court Palace in Richmond upon Thames, south-west London ? since 1863.
Teddington Cricket Club's pavilion is in Bushy Park
Reed Watts designed the building to replace the club's previous clubhouse in a pair of prefabricated huts that were built in world war two.
The studio wanted Teddington Cricket Club's new pavilion to reference these former structures and be respectful to its scenic location in the Royal Park. The clubhouse is for an amateur cricket team
"The core concept responded to the dual brief of club and landowner to create a discrete but identifiable building that maintains the beautiful setting of the Bushy Park, while doubling the amount of floor space of the club's current building," explained Reed Watts' co-founder Jim Reed, who describes himself as a local resident and "reluctant part-time cricketer".
"We were keen to design a distinctly modern structure but also one that imbued a sense of familiarity that would put users and park visitors at ease," he told Dezeen.
"The new building works better for spectators as well as players, providing better views and facilities while referencing the f...