Tottenham Hotspur are persisting in their ambition to build the Premier League’s most spectacularly ugly new ground on the site of their current stadium.

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Following the success of their local rivals, Arsenal, in their move to the 60,000 seater Emirates Stadium, Spurs are pushing ahead with ambitious plans to redevelop White Hart Lane.

It seems that the primary brief of their architects (MAKE, KSS and Martha Schwartz Partners) was to make the £400 million development blend in with style of the area – therefore it has been designed around the theme of an alloy wheel surrounded by dilapidated mid twentieth century council blocks – obviously inspired by the beauty of the nearby Broadwater Farm Estate.

As well as the stadium, the plans include new homes, a hotel, a supermarket and an ice rink.

They submitted a planning application to Haringey Council on Monday, are hoping to start construction work next year and to be playing in their new home by 2012.

There is more on the story at Spurs’ official site

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