Includes bibliographical references and index.

6 Introduction Alistair Fair --
12 1914- 1929 --
Beaconsfield Golf Clubhouse --
York Racecourse Clock Tower and Indicator Boards --
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club --
Longniddry Golf Clubhouse --
Cricket Pavilion, Upper Field, Uppingham School --
Tennis Clubhouse --
Rowheath Pavilion --
Victoria Bowling Club --
Stanley Park --
Ynysangharad Lido [National Lido of Wales] --
Northumberland Baths --
Highfields Parks --
Ramsgate Croquet and Bowling Pavilions --
Porchester Center --
Ibrox Stadium South Stand [formerly Ibrox Park] --
40 1930- 1939 --
Barrie [Cricket] Pavilion --
Summers Lane Sports Ground [grandstand] --
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club --
Tarlair Outdoor Pool --
Former Squash Court, Latymer School --
Walthamstow Sadium --
Jockey Club --
Smethwich Baths --
The Empire Pool, Wembley --
56 Lidos --
Alan Powers --
Royal Birkdale --
Golf Clubhouse --
Jubilee Pool --
Former Arsenal Stadium [East Stand] --
Tinside Pool [Late Lido] --
Mounts Baths Leisure Center --
Davyhulme Park Golf Club --
Former Polytechnic Stadium --
Broomhill Pool --
Swedish Dance Theatre / Gymnasium for the English Gymnastics Society --
Saltdean Lido --
Murrayfield Ice Rink --
86 1940- 1969 --
Bon Accord Baths --
Finnish Olympic Sauna --
Queen Elizabeth II Stadium --
Sports Pavilion, Llanrumney --
Cardross Golf Clubhouse --
Boathouse for Corpus Christi and Sidney Sussex Colleges, Cambridge --
Shirley Golf Club --
100 Sports stadiums --
Simon Inglis --
Sports Pavilion, Geoffrey Hughes Athletics Ground --
North Stand, Hillsborough Stadium --
Coventry Central Baths and the Elephant, Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre --
Dam Park Stadium --
Cricket Pavilion, Jesmond Cricket Ground --
Gala Fairydean Football Club Stand --
Latymer Upper School Boat House --
Crystal Palace Recreation Centre --
University of Hull Sports Centre --
Walker Activity Dome --
Richmond Baths --
Billingham Forum --
Canford Cricket Pavilion and theatre --
Bell’s Sports Centre --
Dollan Baths [Dollan aqua Centre] --
Former Civil Service Sports Pavilion --
146 1970- 1989 --
Wrexham Swimming Poll [Wrexham Waterworld] --
Royal Commonwealth Pool --
Sports Pavilion King Edward VI Grammar School --
Arnold Palmer Putting Course, Whitby --
Oasis Leisure Centre --
Concordia Leisure Centre --
Edinburgh Dome --
Richard Dunn Sports Centre --
The Rom Skatepark --
Wolverton Sports Club --
164 The Leisure Centre Boom --
Otto Saumarez Samith --
March Stand, Goodwood Racecourse --
Livingston Skatepark --
Plas y Brenin [National Outdoor Centre] --
Woughton Pavilion --
Plas Menai [National Outdoor Centre for Wales] --
Oxford Ice Rink --
Brixton Recreation Centre --
Henley Royal Regatta Headquarters --
Center Parcs --
Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground --
Perth Leisure Centre --
The Dome --
200 1990- 1999 --
Ships & Castles Leisure Pool --
East Sussex National Golf Clubhouse --
Kirkless Stadium --
Liverpool Watersports Centre --
Murrayfield Satium --
Grace Stand, Towcester Racecourse --
Lord’s Media Centre --
Millennium Stadium [Principality Stadium] --
218 2000- present --
Xscape --
Greenwich Yacht Club --
Commonwealth Games [Etihad] Stadium --
Clickimin Leisure Complex --
Ascot Grandstand --
Wembley Stadium --
Sunderland Aquatic Centre --
Hackney Marshes Sports Centre --
Lee Valley Velodrome --
London Aquatics Centre --
Antur Stiniog mountain Biking --
Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome --
246 Further Reading --
247 Acknowledgments --
248 Pictures Credits --
249 Index --

"A showcase of Britain's most architecturally significant sports and leisure buildings from the twentieth century and beyond. 100 20th Century Sports and Leisure Buildings gives a fascinating insight into the spaces where we play: from swimming pools and skate parks to ice rinks and cricket pavilions. These structures are not only an intensely evocative part of our shared social heritage but some of the most architecturally innovative constructions of the past century - as seen here in buildings by architects including Edwin Lutyens, Walter Tapper, John Burnet and Zaha Hadid. The twentieth century saw a rapid expansion in the public provision for sports and leisure as workers won the right to paid holiday, prompting a boom in the construction of municipal lidos, pools and sports grounds. Later in the century leisure centres brought together facilities for a whole range of sports with an emphasis on family fun, combining environmentally controlled environments with soaring engineering and playful pop imagery. Space-age geodesic domes, diamond-glazed pyramids, castellated forts, brutalist elephants and Moorish postmodern palaces are just a few of the highlights of this idiosyncratic genre showcased here. Expert essays on particular building types, including Alan Powers on lidos and Simon Inglis on sports stadiums, give further context to these spaces. Also included is an introduction with a strong campaigning element - with the decimation of local authority budgets forcing the closure of many centres and pools, this is a timely exploration that provides a crucial record of this key part of our cultural heritage"--Publisher's description.