Week's top news: Time Square's radical revamp, Studio Gang's paper tube pavilion and Anoni Gaudí's hidden Barcelona gem
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Thomas Heatherwick’s New York staircase to nowhere to Studio Gang’s Summer Block Party paper tube installation.
Tuesday
• The public will soon get an inside look inside one of Antoni Gaudí lesser-known architectural landmarks in Barcelona. Read here.
• South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai has opened “car culture experience park” in Goyang in the north of the country. Read here.
• Thomas Heatherwick, Sou Fujimoto and James Corner are judging a pavilion contest for Hong Kong’s planned cultural district. Read here.
• Architecture studio Lemay are adding a protective glass envelope to Victor Prus’ 1971 landmark Grand Theatre in Quebec. Read here.
Wednesday
• Snøhetta are celebrating the official completion of their hotly-anticipated revamp of the most visited destination in the United States – New York’s Times Square. Read here.
• An international design competition is to be held in the next few months for a new concert venue in the heart of Kaunas, Lithuania. Read here.
• The sweeping Dolomites mountain range in northeastern Italy has inspired a dramatic new hotel designed by architecture firm Network of Architecture. Read here.
• US architecture practice Studio Gang have revealed the first details of the interactive installation they are creating for the National Building Museum’s 2017 Summer Block Series. Read here.
• Kengo Kuma and Associates have added yet another large-scale leisure project to their growing slate of work: a museum formed of stacked wooden boxes. Read here.
Thursday
• Skyrocketing costs and lengthy delays are holding up the long-awaited Los Angeles’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, according to new reports. Read here.
• ‘Vessel’, Thomas Heatherwick’s centerpiece for the public square and gardens at the Hudson Yards development in New York, is rising from the ground. Read here.
• Global finance firm AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has joined forces with Denmark’s largest pension fund, ATP, to acquire a 650-room lifestyle hotel designed by OMA. Read here.
Friday
• Sir David Adjaye has been named the world’s most influential architect by Time magazine. Read here.
• A seemingly doomed plan to build one of the world's largest indoor ice rinks inside a huge New York armoury has been given a new lease of life by state governor Andrew Cuomo. Read here.
• W Hotels Worldwide has launched a new concept: a private music studio, writer’s room and lounge for musicians and producers to use while on the road. Read here.
• Yabu Pushelberg and KEO International have created the 923sq m (9,935sq ft) spa at the upcoming Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya. Read here.
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