# Rod Sheard

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'''Rod Sheard''' is a British / Australian [architect](/source/architect) and Senior Principal at [Populous](/source/Populous_(company)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portfolio.populous.com/people/sheard_rod.html|title=Rob Sheard|work=Populous.com|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sheard was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1951 and attended Graceville State School and Indooroopilly High School. Originally intending to pursue a career in professional [tennis](/source/tennis) (he was a [ball boy](/source/ball_boy) at the 1969 [Australian Open](/source/Australian_Open)), Sheard settled instead on working as an architect, and studied architecture at the Queensland Institute of Technology (now [Queensland University of Technology](/source/Queensland_University_of_Technology)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/big-game-player-creates-icons/story-e6frep2o-1111117088392|title=Rod Sheard is a big-game player, creating iconic venues|work=The Courier Mail|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
His experience in sport architecture began in 1975 when he completed his studies in Australia and travelled to England, joining Howard V. Lobb and Partners, a long-established architectural practice.  In 1981, after working on a number of sports projects in Nigeria and India, Sheard became a partner in the firm, and in 1993 became chairman, and changed the name of the firm to LOBB Sports Architecture.

He was responsible for a number of successful sports stadia projects throughout this period including: [Galpharm Stadium](/source/Galpharm_Stadium) in Huddersfield; the first sports stadium to win the [Royal Institute of British Architect's](/source/RIBA) ‘Building of the Year Award’ now known as the [Stirling Prize](/source/Stirling_Prize),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galpharmstadium.com/history|title=Galpharm Stadium: History|accessdate=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426160949/http://www.galpharmstadium.com/history|archivedate=26 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the [Reebok Stadium](/source/Reebok_Stadium) in Bolton for Bolton Wanderers Football Club, and the [Millennium Stadium](/source/Millennium_Stadium) in Cardiff (Europe's first opening roof stadium)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atkinsglobal.co.uk/projects/the-hub|title=Atkins Global: The Hub|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> for the Welsh Rugby Football Union.  Projects abroad included: the design the [ANZ stadium](/source/Stadium_Australia) for the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, [Melbourne's Etihad Stadium](/source/Docklands_Stadium) (the first moving roof stadium in Australia) and the [Westpac Stadium](/source/Westpac_Stadium) in Wellington, New Zealand, in collaboration with Warren and Mahoney.

In 1998 Sheard's firm- LOBB Sports Architecture- merged with HOK Sport. In 1999 he led Populous to win the competition to design the new [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium), in collaboration with [Foster + Partners](/source/Foster_%2B_Partners). The redesign removed the stadiums two iconic towers, replacing them with the present arch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.dunhill.com/day8/en/articles/2010/10/populous|title=Populous|work=Dunhill.com|accessdate=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124171047/http://sites.dunhill.com/day8/en/articles/2010/10/populous|archivedate=24 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Throughout the following years Sheard led the London studio through projects such as  [Ascot Racecourse](/source/Ascot_Racecourse) and the redevelopment of the [All England Lawn Tennis Club](/source/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_Club) at Wimbledon, including the new Centre Court's closing fabric roof.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/8593379/Wimbledon-2011-diary-roof-architect-relives-nightmare.html|author=Simon Briggs|title=Wimbledon 2011 diary: roof architect relives nightmare|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

Sheard's latest project is London's [Olympic Stadium](/source/Olympic_Stadium_(London)), making him the only architect to have designed two Olympic Stadiums in the modern era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23973371-the-aussie-who-has-overseen-the-olympic-buildings.do|title=The Aussie who has overseen the Olympic Buildings|author=Nick Curtis|work=London Evening Standard|accessdate=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818204143/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23973371-the-aussie-who-has-overseen-the-olympic-buildings.do|archivedate=18 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2002, the [University of Luton](/source/University_of_Luton) conferred on Sheard the distinction of an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. 
He is a member of the [Royal Institute of British Architects](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects), the [Royal Australian Institute of Architects](/source/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects) and a fellow of the [Royal Society of Arts](/source/Royal_Society_of_Arts).

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