All Leisure & culture articles – Page 31
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FeaturesA view from the gods
Looking out over this nondescript part of Leicester, and almost entirely suspended from this roof, will be the UK’s most exciting new theatre – and the first building in this country to be designed by US architect Rafael Viñoly.
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NewsThe bad old days
This £9m scheme at the RAF museum in Cosford, near Wolverhampton, holds the world’s first display on the cold war.
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NewsNew image: Foster in Kazakhstan
Architect unveils entertainment centre in the country made famous by Borat
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NewsNew images: Museum of Childhood
The Museum of Childhood in east London has undergone a £4.7m makeover designed by Caruso St John
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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.