All Leisure & culture articles – Page 31

  • Foster's entertainment centre
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    New image: Foster in Kazakhstan

    2006-12-15T06:00:00Z

    Architect unveils entertainment centre in the country made famous by Borat

  • Museum of Childhood
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    New images: Museum of Childhood

    2006-12-14T10:48:00Z

    The Museum of Childhood in east London has undergone a £4.7m makeover designed by Caruso St John

  • Arts Team’s modernist extension, on the right, had to be different from Matcham’s facade to avoid unbalancing its symmetry
    Features

    Harmonic progression

    2006-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Cultural centre in Vladikavkaz
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    Image: Foster's Russian cultural centre

    2006-12-07T14:22:00Z

    Foster and Partners is selected to design music and cultural centre in North Ossetia

  • Rem Koolhaas' Latvian art museum
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    First image: Rem Koolhaas' Latvian art museum

    2006-12-05T11:19:00Z

    Design unveiled for Latvia's first art museum for more than 100 years

  • Bluewater  events and exhibition centre
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    Bluewater expansion wins approval

    2006-12-04T18:38:00Z

    Work on the exhibition and events centre designed by Denton Corker Marshall is expected to start next year

  • Fort Dunlop
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    First images: Fort Dunlop opens for business

    2006-12-04T08:47:00Z

    Iconic former tyre warehouse has been bought back to life by Urban Splash and architect shedkm

  • News

    New chapter for Barking and Dagenham

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Architecture plb has unveiled these designs of a public library for Barking and Dagenham in east London.

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    Middle heaven

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Tees Valley Regeneration and developer Bioregional Quintain have agreed a deal for the £200m regeneration of this site in Middlehaven, Middlesbrough this week.

  • A man-made grotto on the top floor glows seductively with the aid of underwater spotlights
    Features

    Spiritual awakening

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Mario Botta’s Swiss Mountain Oasis lifts body, mind and architecture to new levels

  • News

    Sporting Salford

    2006-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Arup Sport has designed this £35m 22,000-seat stadium, part of a £130m development for Salford in Greater Manchester.

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    Happy Hackney

    2006-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Lord Rogers and Ken Livingstone are to open the first of London’s 100 Public Spaces today in Hackney, east London.

  • Features

    Cost model: Hotels

    2006-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-10-20T05:00:00Z

    Rainforest attraction is expected to be located in Blackpool or Liverpool and will feature hotel and giant greenhouse

  • News

    Coffee and cobbles

    2006-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Architect Snell Associates has unveiled this design for a new cafe at the Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol.

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    £4bn plan for Brent Cross

    2006-10-13T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Young Vic rejuvenated

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Architect Haworth Tompkins has completed the renovation of the Young Vic theatre, originally designed by Bill Howell in the 1960s.

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    French Frank

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • The Lowry Centre in Salford combines art galleries and theatres. It was designed by Michael Wilford & Partners
    Features

    Cost model: Museums

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Another landmark for south London

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has unveiled this design for a mixed-use development in Southwark, south London.