Heatherwick Studio has been selected to design a new stadium for Birmingham City Football Club, in collaboration with Kansas-based architectural powerhouse MANICA, and Steven Knight,
the iconic film director, writer and lifelong Blues fan.  

The new stadium will be the centrepiece of the Sports Quarter in the heart of east Birmingham, which includes plans for high performance training facilities and other mixed-use real estate, and will add an estimated £760m annually to Birmingham’s economy by 2035. 

Thomas Heatherwick, founder and design director of Heatherwick Studio said:  

“This is going to be an incredible piece of city built around the passions of the Blues fans and the community. Not another spaceship dropped in a car park which feels dead when there’s not a match, but somewhere that’s alive, connected, grown from the site and from the history of Birmingham itself.
We couldn’t be prouder.”  

David Manica, president and owner of Manica Architecture, added.  

“We’re thrilled to partner with Heatherwick Studio to design an extraordinary new home for
Birmingham City Football Club. This new stadium will not only usher in a new era for Birmingham fans
but will honour the Club’s passionate supporters and storied history.” 

Images will be revealed in the coming weeks.    

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