THE new North Stand development appeared in Bristol City Council’s weekly list of planning applications for the week commencing 15 th November. The applicant was listed as Bristol Rovers Football Club, “c/o The Miller Partnership – Duncan Maclean, 19 Royal Crescent, Glasgow G3 7SX”.

The Miller Partnership is a Glasgow-based firm of chartered architects and interior designers that specialises amongst other things in sports stadia.

Duncan Maclean is the partner in the Miller Partnership principally responsible for the delivery of the many stadium projects that the company has carried out. According to their website, although he has wide construction experience gleaned over some 25 years as an architect, “for the last 15 years he has immersed himself in stadium architecture”. He has spoken widely and given several papers on stadium design and served as a member of the Football Stadium Advisory Council, the Football Stadia Design Committee and the Working Group reviewing the Green Guide.

The Miller Partnership clearly have extensive experience in this field and claim on their website that they are at the forefront of stadium design in the UK. And judging by their client list it’s obvious that we haven’t just signed up with some two bob bit company. Those worried that Cowlin would be sticking it up with Colin Williams supplying the glass, Mike Turl doing the painting and Boycey fitting it out with Snackbox machines needn’t worry. The Miller Partnership have led on many of the new stadia that been been springing up around the country in recent years, including Leicester, Middlesborough, Southampton, Derby, Sunderland, Hull, Darlington and Stoke.

For more details see The Miller Partnership Website.

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