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Fletcher Priest creates new design for Therme Manchester
by Megan Whitby | 05 Jul 2023
Following a public consultation, Therme Manchester, the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, has submitted a refined new design for approval to Trafford Council. The concept for the project has transitioned, from primarily a single building with zones and an undulating roofline, to a flowing pavilion-style concept and will contain wellness, health and fitness, a waterpark and attractions as well as arts installations and a hydroponic farm. This new design features
BIG's designs Prague concert hall to be vibrant centre of life
by Tom Walker | 18 May 2022
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have been selected as the architect for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall in Prague, Czech Republic. The first national concert hall to be built in the country in 100 years, the venue will be the home of the famous Prague Symphony Orchestra and will have an audience capacity of more than 1,800. BIG – which won an international competition between 19 other architectural practices to secure the
Stretchmarks Asia create climbing and social hub in Kuala Lumpur
by Stu Robarts | 08 Jan 2020
Stretchmarks Asia have designed a new activity park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that is aimed at not only providing climbing and adventure sports facilities but also at being becoming a social and community space. Beast Park is housed in a 2,000sq m (21,500sq ft), 15m (49ft)-high warehouse-like space in the Bukit Bintang shopping and entertainment area of the city. Around 978sq m (10,500sq ft) of the interior walls are fitted
Stretch of LA river famous from Terminator 2 to be revitalised by Perkins+Will
by Kim Megson | 29 Mar 2018
Plans to revitalise a 19-mile strech of the Lower LA River have been revealed, with new renderings showing how desolate concrete stretches – famously providing the dystopian backdrop to Terminator 2 – could be transformed into vibrant community hubs. Architecture firm Perkins+Will have worked with the County of Los Angeles, Tetra Tech Engineers and the LA River Working Group – formed of 13 stakeholder communities – to create the Lower
James Corner chosen to masterplan one-mile stretch of historic Washington DC park
by Kim Megson | 17 Mar 2017
Landscape architecture studio James Corner Field Operations have been appointed to “restore, reimagine and revitalise” a one-mile stretch of Washington D.C’s historic Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park. The practice will work with local group Georgetown Heritage and the National Park Service to masterplan a section of the park focused around a canal network. The park’s locks, towpath, plazas, stones, landscaped areas and street crossings will be improved to “maximise
Letchworth Garden City inspires development of Chinese city of Chengdu
by Tom Anstey | 10 Oct 2013
Developers of a new district in Chengdu, China - designed to house two million people - have turned to Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire, UK for inspiration. Letchworth was designed as a self-contained, sustainable community with proportionate areas for homes and recreation, and Chinese developers believe the plan can be adapted for cities of up to 14 million people. Industrial areas in Letchworth were set aside and all parts of
Fletcher's Cottage spa to open next month
by Tom Walker | 17 Jan 2012
A 750sq m (8,000sq ft) luxury day spa is to open next month at the Archerfield Links championship golf course near Edinburgh, UK. Facilities at the spa, which were designed and supplied by Nola 7, include a marine salt steam room, herbal aroma sauna, a mud cure room, an ice fountain, and contrast adventure showers. The spa also boasts a total of seven treatment rooms – including a double treatment
Comments sought on Bletchley Park proposals
by Martin Nash | 07 Dec 2010
An event on 8 December will allow the public to view plans for the regeneration of part of the historic Bletchley Park WW2 codebreaking site in Buckinghamshire into a museum and education resource. The Prince's Regeneration Trust (PRT) is project managing the scheme and envisages the restoration of buildings in several areas, including some of the huts in which the code breaking took place and which are now derelict. Elsewhere,
Bletchley Park nets council funding boost
by Pete Hayman | 13 Mar 2009
A historic World War II codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire is set to undergo vital repair work after Milton Keynes Council (MKC) agreed to match a funding pledge by English Heritage. When English Heritage announced in November that it was investing £330,000 to fund repairs to the Grade II-listed mansion's roof, it also pledged a further £100,000 a year over a three-year period starting in April providing match-funding
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