All Leisure & culture articles – Page 31
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FeaturesHarmonic progression
RHWL’s Arts Team has refurbished and extended Frank Matcham’s Victorian nonpareil, the Belfast Grand Opera House. Sonia Soltani reports on how the two styles have been made to work together
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NewsImage: Foster's Russian cultural centre
Foster and Partners is selected to design music and cultural centre in North Ossetia
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NewsFirst image: Rem Koolhaas' Latvian art museum
Design unveiled for Latvia's first art museum for more than 100 years
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NewsBluewater expansion wins approval
Work on the exhibition and events centre designed by Denton Corker Marshall is expected to start next year
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NewsFirst images: Fort Dunlop opens for business
Iconic former tyre warehouse has been bought back to life by Urban Splash and architect shedkm
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NewsNew chapter for Barking and Dagenham
Architecture plb has unveiled these designs of a public library for Barking and Dagenham in east London.
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NewsMiddle heaven
Tees Valley Regeneration and developer Bioregional Quintain have agreed a deal for the £200m regeneration of this site in Middlehaven, Middlesbrough this week.
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FeaturesSpiritual awakening
Mario Botta’s Swiss Mountain Oasis lifts body, mind and architecture to new levels
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NewsSporting Salford
Arup Sport has designed this £35m 22,000-seat stadium, part of a £130m development for Salford in Greater Manchester.
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NewsHappy Hackney
Lord Rogers and Ken Livingstone are to open the first of London’s 100 Public Spaces today in Hackney, east London.
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FeaturesCost model: Hotels
A hotel lives and dies on the quality of its service, but that relies on constructing the right kind of environment in the first place. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs
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Libeskind brings Eden to North
Rainforest attraction is expected to be located in Blackpool or Liverpool and will feature hotel and giant greenhouse
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NewsCoffee and cobbles
Architect Snell Associates has unveiled this design for a new cafe at the Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol.
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News£4bn plan for Brent Cross
Hammerson, Multiplex and Standard Life have started a public consultation process on plans for the £4bn regeneration of Brent Cross and Cricklewood in north-west London.
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NewsYoung Vic rejuvenated
Architect Haworth Tompkins has completed the renovation of the Young Vic theatre, originally designed by Bill Howell in the 1960s.
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NewsFrench Frank
Frank Gehry has unveiled his design for a Paris museum of contemporary art. It consists of a series of enclosed galleries with glass-covered roof terraces.
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FeaturesCost model: Museums
Museums and galleries have to be more high-tech, sustainable and visitor-friendly than ever before. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon runs through the funding, design and environmental issues as well as breaking down the costs of a new-build extension for a museum
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NewsAnother landmark for south London
Architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has unveiled this design for a mixed-use development in Southwark, south London.
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NewsExtreme gardening
Developer Land Securities has been given the go-ahead for its revised 37-storey tower in the City of London, at 20 Fenchurch Street, which includes a public sky garden.
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NewsPyramid of peace
A 21st-century reinterpretation of an ancient Egyptian pyramid by Foster and Partners opened this week in Kazakhstan.