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Coronavirus delays opening of teamLab SuperNature Macao
by Stu Robarts | 21 Feb 2020
The opening of teamLab 's SuperNature Macao museum of immersive digital artworks in Macau, China, has been delayed until further notice as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Originally due to open this month, the 5,000sq m (54,000sq ft), the attraction is located in an expo hall at Sands Resorts Macao 's Venetian Macao hotel. It comprises a "labyrinthine" layout of gallery spaces that visitors will make their way through
teamLab bring a world of immersive artworks to Macau
by Stu Robarts | 02 Jan 2020
Art collective teamLab, working with Sands Resorts Macao, are set to open a museum of immersive digital artworks in Macau, China, this February. teamLab SuperNature Macao is based on the collective's SuperNature concept, through which they create a world of interactive artworks aimed at blurring the boundaries between people’s bodies and art. The new attraction will be located at the Venetian Macao hotel in an expo hall covering an area
Aedas to build skybridge “landmark” in China’s new Hengqin District
by Andrew Manns | 25 Sep 2018
Aedas has been retained by the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to design a 200,000-metre skybridge at the Hengqin CRCC Plaza in Zhuhai, China. Designed by chief architect Andy Wen, the elevated, snake-like bridge will feature leisure facilities, green areas, and office spaces and will loop between four mixed-used towers. Aedas said that the bridge – strategically located a stone’s throw from Macau, between the Pearl River and South China
Zaha Hadid Architects' sculptural Morpheus hotel opens in Macau on Friday
by Kim Megson | 14 Jun 2018
Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) hotly-anticipated flagship hotel for the City of Dreams resort in Macau will open tomorrow (15 June). Conceived as an “urban window connecting the hotel’s interior communal spaces with the city”, Morpheus is notable for the series of sculptural voids carved through its centre – inspired by the fluid forms within China’s rich traditions of jade carving. Linked at ground level with the surrounding three-storey podium of
Jules Verne, Chinese folklore and rabbits inspire quirky French restaurant atop I.M Pei's Macau masterpiece
by Kim Megson | 10 May 2017
The tall tales of Jules Verne, the mysteries of the moon and the Chinese fairytale of the Jade rabbit have inspired a quirky new French restaurant on the roof of I.M. Pei’s Macau Science Center. New York design firm Wilson Associates were commissioned to create the design and concept for Le Lapin, which occupies a circular space at the peak of Pei’s distinctive conical building. As the restaurant is a
Wynn Palace Macau’s 48,000sq ft spa has its own Foucault pendulum
by Jane Kitchen | 26 Aug 2016
The US$4.2bn (€3.7, £3.2bn) Wynn Palace has opened in Cotai, Macau, with a 4,497sq m (48,403sq ft) room spa – one of Macau’s largest. Designed by TAL Studio and inspired by the royal residences of China’s most fabled dynasties, the 22-treatment-room spa is designed to honour the grandeur of the imperial court. Guests arrive at the Grand Court, where a solid brass Foucault pendulum is suspended in the air, its
Goddard Group's Hollywood-inspired US$3.2bn Studio City opens in Macau
by Tom Anstey | 30 Oct 2015
The multi-billion dollar Hollywood-inspired Studio City Resort in Macau, which as its centrepiece offers Asia’s tallest and the world’s only figure-8 ferris wheel, has opened its doors in China. Masterplanned and designed by the Goddard Group, the US$3.2bn (€2.9bn, £2bn) cinematically-themed gaming and leisure destination resort from Melco Crown Entertainment opened to the public on 27 October. At the heart of the 1,600-bedroom development is the Golden Reel – a
Plans unveiled for Zaha Hadid-designed hotel and spa in Macau
by Tom Anstey | 03 Apr 2014
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a 780-bedroom hotel to be built by property developer Melco Crown Entertainment in Cotai, Macau. The hotel will be located at Melco Crown’s flagship City of Dreams resort in an area that takes its visual inspiration from the Las Vegas Strip. The 40-floor hotel, which covers 150,000sq ft (13,935sq m) of space, will boast a number of amenities including a spa offering a
Grand Hyatt Macau opens its doors
by Martin Nash | 20 Oct 2009
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has opened the Grand Hyatt Macau on the territory's Cotai Strip in the new City of Dreams development. The 791-guestroom hotel houses one of the largest event spaces in Macau and, with 15 individual function areas spanning more than 968,000sq ft (90,000sq m), Hyatt sees the hotel as becoming the leading MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) venue in the region. The 424 rooms and suites
Man Utd attraction for Macau
by Tom Walker | 14 May 2009
A new visitor attraction, based on the English Premiership football club Manchester United, has opened at The Venetian Macao-Resort-hotel in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau. The £1.5m, 1,000sq m indoor attraction was designed by UK-based MET Studio. The walk-through attraction offers guests a number of interactive stations as well as exhibits portraying the history of the club. Facilities at the attraction also include a large retail area.
Macaulay Sinclair wins Urban Reef commission
by Luke Tuchscherer | 20 Jan 2009
Designers have been appointed to work on the new Urban Reef restaurant, part of the Boscombe Bay Overstrand Development in Dorset. Nottingham-based Macaulay Sinclair was commissioned for the PPP project, which is situated around Europe’s first artificial surf reef. Macaulay Sinclair will work in Urban Reef’s existing two-storey, glass-fronted site. Macaulay Sinclair’s John Macaulay said: “We have designed a mezzanine floor to give the space an auditorium feel and included
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