# KSS Design Group

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**KSS** is a design group founded in 1991 that specializes in [architecture](/source/Architecture), [interior design](/source/Interior_design), branding and graphics.

Their first major sports stadium project was the redevelopment of [Stamford Bridge](/source/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)) in 1991, commissioned by former [Chelsea FC](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) chairman Ken Bates,[1] integrating retail, commercial, hotel and residential usages around the football stadium.[2][3] Recent years have seen the completion of [Falmer Stadium](/source/Falmer_Stadium) in [Brighton](/source/Brighton),[4] [Twickenham Stadium](/source/Twickenham_Stadium) Players’ Facilities,[5] London 2012 Basketball Arena,[6] [Tottenham Hotspur FC’s](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) training centre and [Brighton & Hove Albion FC’s](/source/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C.) training complex.

The practice has recently completed the Main Stand expansion at [Anfield](/source/Anfield) for Liverpool FC,[7] [Sammy Ofer Stadium](/source/Sammy_Ofer_Stadium) in [Haifa, Israel](/source/Haifa) which achieved UEFA Category 4 status, and [Stade Océane](/source/Stade_Oc%C3%A9ane) in [La Havre, France](/source/Le_Havre), which is Europe’s first energy positive stadium.[8]

KSS have recently unveiled plans for [Crystal Palace FC's](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.) [Selhurst Park](/source/Selhurst_Park) redevelopment[9] and new training facilities for [Leicester City FC](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.)[10] and [Liverpool FC](/source/Liverpool_F.C.).[11]

KSS has also acted as technical advisers for [Manchester City F.C.](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.)'s move from [Maine Road](/source/Maine_Road) to the [City of Manchester Stadium](/source/City_of_Manchester_Stadium) which hosted the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) and was also the external technical reviewer for post-2012 Summer Olympics transformation at the [Olympic Stadium](/source/Olympic_Stadium).

## References

1. [Ken Bates](/source/Ken_Bates)

1. ["Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific announces KSS as Event Sponsor | PanStadia & Arena Management"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141014114601/http://www.psam.uk.com/stadia-arena-asia-pacific). *www.psam.uk.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.psam.uk.com/stadia-arena-asia-pacific) on 2014-10-14.

1. ["Stamford Bridge | OpenBuildings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110625164640/http://openbuildings.com/buildings/stamford-bridge-profile-9007). *openbuildings.com*. Archived from [the original](http://openbuildings.com/buildings/stamford-bridge-profile-9007) on 2011-06-25.

1. ["Stadium & Arena News from Stadia Magazine | Mark Allen Group"](http://www.stadia-magazine.com/news.php?NewsID=31742)

1. ["England connect with history in new look changing room"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141016230952/http://www.rfu.com/news/2013/november/news-articles/131113_new_england_changing_room). Archived from [the original](http://www.rfu.com/news/2013/november/news-articles/131113_new_england_changing_room) on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

1. Pearce, Nick (18 May 2011). ["London 2012 Olympics: Basketball Arena to be lit up like Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8523306/London-2012-Olympics-Basketball-Arena-to-be-lit-up-like-Bayern-Munichs-Allianz-Arena.html). The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

1. ["Liverpool's new Main Stand boosts Anfield capacity to 54,000"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-37319956). *BBC News*. 9 September 2016.

1. ["Sony is the technology partner of Le Havre's Stade Océane - the new home venue of Le Havre Athletic Football Club"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141014225417/http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/press/pr-le-havre-stade). Sony. 31 July 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/press/pr-le-havre-stade) on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

1. ["Selhurst Park Redevelopment: A New Crystal Palace"](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2017/december/selhurst-park-redevelopment-a-new-crystal-palace). Crystal Palace F.C. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

1. Martin, Dan (27 June 2018). ["New pictures show how Leicester City's planned £100m training ground will look"](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/new-pictures-show-how-leicester-1719906). Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

1. ["LFC confirm Kirkby redevelopment"](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/axa-training-centre/307364-liverpool-training-ground-update-kirkby). Liverpool F.C. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

## External links

- [www.kssgroup.com](http://www.kssgroup.com)

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