To celebrate the stadium’s 50th anniversary Norman Foster and his team were given the task of ‘restructuring’ Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium. It is one of the world’s greatest football venues and is the largest in Europe but it will increase its capacity further with the new design to 106,000.
The cost is expected to be 250 million Euros. The new designs are said to be inspired by Gaudi’s that can be seen all around Barcelona. The exterior, made of a mixture of polycarbonate and glass panels, will be able to change colour allowing the outside of the stadium to be used for light displays at night or as a giant TV screen.
Construction work will begin in 2009 and is due to be completed by the start of the 2011-2012 season.