Jan Kaplický Jan Kaplický Jan Kaplický (; ; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a world-renowned Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was best known for the neofuturistic Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England, and the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Jan Kaplický, the only child of a sculptor and a botanical illustrator, was born on 18 April 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in a suburb of Prague called Ořechovka. Between 1956 and 1962
The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) was a stadium located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It was where Walton & Hersham F.C. play their home matches and it was also used by the Walton Athletic Club. Stompond Lane consisted of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There was a brick grandstand on the north side, which contained 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes. The seats had to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms are beneath them. On