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Places Leisure is working with Roberts Limbrick to build £60m wellness flagship in Basingstoke
by Kath Hudson | 10 Jul 2026
Places Leisure has exchanged contracts to build and operate a flagship £60m water and wellness destination on behalf of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. This will be the biggest investment in wellbeing the borough has seen for decades. The landmark facility will replace Basingstoke Aquadrome. Subject to planning permission, the complex will be built in a new location on the site, enabling the existing Aquadrome to remain open until the new
Urban Prairie Architectural Collaborative convert brick warehouse into vast bouldering gym
by Stu Robarts | 23 Mar 2020
Urban Prairie Architectural Collaborative (UPAC) have converted a large brick-built warehouse in Kansas City, Missouri, into a bouldering gym with a variety of other fitness facilities. Sequence Climb was the result of a two-year search across the US for the right building by founders Graham and Dara Hess. The 20,000sq ft (1,900sq m) warehouse that they settled on not only provides ample room, but also features a barrel roof under
Week's top news: Bjarke Ingels' LEGO House takes shape, two Oscar Niemeyer icons restored and robot bricklayers build in Shanghai
by Kim Megson | 18 Mar 2017
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Bjarke Ingels’ LEGO House to the return of the world's biggest property fair. Monday • Asia’s best designed hotels have been celebrated at an awards ceremony held in Singapore. Read here. • Alberto Rolla, one of the architects behind the recently-constructed Juventus Stadium, has designed a 40,000-capacity venue for Serie A rival Fiorentina. Read here. • International
Robots use recycled bricks to build sinuous and striking Shanghai art studio
by Kim Megson | 15 Mar 2017
A crack team of robots have comprehensively renovated a community art gallery in Shanghai, predominantly using recycled bricks. The innovative project is the work of Chinese design studio Archi-Union Architects, who programmed the robots to build a new exterior facade for the West Bund Art Exhibition Area in the city’s Xuhui district. Grey-green bricks were taken from the existing gallery building, which had been deemed unfit for purpose, and carefully
Studio Pei-Zhu design Chinese pottery museum shaped like a giant brick kiln
by Kim Megson | 31 Aug 2016
Beijing architects Studio Pei-Zhu have developed a reputation for their sculptural leisure buildings across China, and they have just started work on another: a museum for, and inspired, by pottery. The Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln will be located in China’s ‘porcelain capital’ in Jiangxi province. The building – surrounded by clusters of china workshops dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties – is designed in the vault-like
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