Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the "home of cricket" and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum. It was Establishment in 1814. First Test was played on 21 July 1884 between England and Australia in this ground.
The present Lord's ground is about 250 yards (230 m) north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. Its Capacity is 28,000. A major redevelopment has been proposed for Lord's which would increase capacity by another 10,000 as well as adding apartments and an ice rink.
The Media Centre of Lord's Cricket Ground was commissioned in time for the 1999 Cricket World Cup and was the first all aluminium, semi-monocoque building in the world. It was built and fitted-out in two boatyards and uses boat-building technology. The Building was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture in 1999.
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