Culturally relevant buildings are becoming increasingly difficult to find around the world. Like most countries, South Africa has not escaped the persistent commercialism of the Western world. “Critical regionalism is the approach to architecture that strives to counter collocation and meaninglessness in modern architecture by using contextual forces to give a sense of place and meaning” (Frampton 1983:92). It also tries to balance and connect the goal of having local and global architectural influences in a building. “Teaching and doing architecture cannot be based on the black box principle, because every new project triggers a new original solution” (Fawcett, 1985:17). The development and recreation of architecture reinforces this statement as architectural movements could be said to evolve and change periodically due to the discovery and exploration of new ideas and cultures by architects; leaving architectural styles either avant-garde or little considered. Frampton explained how our modern critical regional architecture can be classified into six points. These six points may seem like a practical way to evaluate your architectural typology and adapt to a country. At the same time it restructures the architects' way of thinking and returns to the cultural roots of the territory not only an international movement with which the building is constructed. In this essay I will choose four of the six points written by Frampton and discuss them in depth through a critical study of the FNB stadium, which is located south-west of Johannesburg; South Africa. These four points will allow me to critically decide whether the building is designed well to be labeled as a regionalism-based critical building. The FNB Stadium, which is widely regarded as... middle of paper... has a local connection and design for local atmospheric conditions. The stadium is an architectural design sensitive to climate constraints, the permanent space in the roof means that the design of a country with a warm climate has been taken into consideration, whereas if this stadium were in England it would have a designer roof as the climate is generally cold and rainy. End The FNB Stadium advocated an inclusive architecture that combined “visual and tactile”; "Culture versus Nature", "Resistance of Place and Form" and Culture and Civilization". FNB Stadium has successfully achieved the core concepts of critical regionalism, there are strong cultural aspects integrated into the design. It is not just a stadium or a structure in Johannesburg, is a structure that has meaning and careful thought has gone into the execution of the design, look and feel of the stadium.