The Eden Project has signed a deal to create a new £100m (US$152m, €135m) Eden centre in China. The UK-based educational charity has teamed up with developer China Jinmao Holdings to design and develop an iconic tourism and education project in the city of Qingdao on the east coast. Grimshaw Architects, designers of the original Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, have been appointed to work on the Chinese version. The

Spa consultant and designer Sylvia Sepielli is leading the US$8 m (€7.1, £5.2) renovation of the spa at Henry Flagler’s historic hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, The Breakers. Sepielli, who has just finished work on Bath, England’s Gainsborough Bath Spa, is working in conjunction with Peacock + Lewis architects and landscape architect Gregory Lombardi Design on the indoor/outdoor spa, which will include 17 treatment rooms and a private courtyard and

Hotel giant Marriott International is to expand its partnership with hotel pioneer Ian Schrager with the opening of the group’s first hotel in Iceland. To be operated under the luxury lifestyle brand Edition, the 250-bedroom property in the capital Reykjavik will be located on the city's waterfront adjacent to Harpa – the country’s premier concert hall. Engineering firm Mannvit and T.ark architects have been contracted for the engineering, design and

Construction work has begun on the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Village in South Korea. A groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the occasion at the site of the 42,000sq m Yongpyong Dome, located in what will become the mountain cluster for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Designed as multi-functional resort to provide an athlete-oriented environment, the village will include a number of environmentally-friendly innovations and will be fully accessible – as

New York-based Robert D. Henry Architects are working on Ivanka Trump’s flagship spa in development at The Old Post Office in Washington, D.C., and part of the property’s US US$200m (€144.4m, £119m) redevelopment. The spa will be a prototype introducing Ivanka Trump’s “unique positioning within spa and wellness,” said Henry, and will be rolled out in the Trump collection of existing hotels, as well as future properties. “Ivanka has mandated

London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) is to undergo a multi-million pound transformation of its grounds as part of an overall redevelopment of the popular tourist attraction. Niall McLaughlin Architects, in collaboration with Kim Wilkie, won a competition to redesign the grounds of the London attraction in April 2014. As part of a larger strategy, NHM is adopting "three great narratives", which will guide visitors around the museum based on the

Massage and body treatment practice Wonder Woman Wellness has launched a pop-up office at the pioneering Washington, D.C. tiny house community Micro Showcase. Founded by Brian Levy, Micro Showcase has a growing display of micro structures – all under 350sq ft (32.5sq m) – and showcases micro tech (sustainable technologies), micro furnishings (space saving solutions) and micro grow (an orchard, garden and apiary). It also includes Levy’s Minim House, designed

The 397-bedroom Shangri-La Bengaluru has opened in Bangalore, India, with traditional Indian motifs and interiors. Designed by Adarsh Design Studio in Bangalore and with interior design by Singapore-based Wilson Associates, the 19-storey Shangri-La Hotel, Bangalore features an impressive 9m (30ft) high lobby with nine cylindrical chandeliers – each weighing nearly half a ton – as well as imposing marble columns with intricate Indian motifs. The interiors reference Bangalore (known as

Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has revealed plans to create real-life versions of the landscapes from his imaginative anime films, with designs for a 10,000-acre (40,000sq m) nature park on a remote island off the coast of Japan. Miyazaki, who retired from filmmaking in 2013, will recreate the magical worlds seen in classics such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbour Totoro, at the theme park on Kume Island

Zaha Hadid has been awarded the 2016 Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) – becoming the first woman to win the prestigious honour in her own right. Hadid, whose trademark dynamic swoops and complex curves have made her a global architecture star, was approved personally by the Queen for the award, which is presented in “recognition of a lifetime’s work.” Previous winners include Frank Gehry

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (Spurs) has revealed further details of the transformation of its White Hart Lane stadium into a 61,000 multi-purpose stadium – set to become the largest club stadium in London. Plans released yesterday show the £400m project will include four asymmetrical stands, a stadium wrapped in a sculptured mesh and a glass facade to the new home end. There will also be special design features to allow

Resort and real estate developer The Hartling Group is opening The Shore Club next year, a 110-suite resort in the Turks & Caicos that will include a luxury spa. The Hartling Group also developed and manages the Turks & Caicos property The Palms, which includes a 25,000sq ft (2,323sq m) spa. Building on the success of The Palms, the Spa at The Shore Club will offer the same quality experience,

A re-configured London Olympic Stadium will host its first major event since its radical £272m (US$424m, €390m) transformation when France line up against Romania for a Rugby World Cup game tonight. Designed by sports architects Populous, the stadium has been completely remodelled from its London 2012 configuration and is now the only stadium in the UK specifically designed to host football, athletics, rugby, cricket and concerts. Work since London 2012

A £215m (US$329m, €296m) extension for London’s Tate Modern will open next year, the gallery’s director has said. The announcement should assuage fears that construction work for the popular visitor attraction was running behind schedule. The designs have been on the table since 2008, and the extension was originally slated to open in time for the capital’s 2012 Olympic Games. The 11-storey addition, designed by acclaimed architecture firm Herzog &

Trump Hotels is partnering with Indonesian investment firm MNC Group to develop resorts in Bali and West Java, Indonesia. The six-star Lido, West Java location will include a “wellness destination spa” along with an 18-hole Ernie Els championship golf course, a Lifestyle Country Club, and high-end residential villas and condominiums. Details of the spa are not yet available. Trump Hotels is also developing an “opulent resort and residential development in

Trump Hotels is partnering with Indonesian investment firm MNC Group to develop resorts in Bali and West Java, Indonesia. The six-star Lido, West Java location will include a “wellness destination spa” along with an 18-hole Ernie Els championship golf course, a Lifestyle Country Club, and high-end residential villas and condominiums. Details of the spa are not yet available. Trump Hotels is also developing an “opulent resort and residential development in

Trump Hotels is partnering with Indonesian investment firm MNC Group to develop resorts in Bali and West Java, Indonesia. The six-star Lido, West Java location will include a “wellness destination spa” along with an 18-hole Ernie Els championship golf course, a Lifestyle Country Club, and high-end residential villas and condominiums. Details of the spa are not yet available. Trump Hotels is also developing an “opulent resort and residential development in

Trump Hotels is partnering with Indonesian investment firm MNC Group to develop resorts in Bali and West Java, Indonesia. The six-star Lido, West Java location will include a “wellness destination spa” along with an 18-hole Ernie Els championship golf course, a Lifestyle Country Club, and high-end residential villas and condominiums. Details of the spa are not yet available. Trump Hotels is also developing an “opulent resort and residential development in

London’s Science museum has set a November deadline for architects to submit plans for its latest development as part of its ongoing five-year £60m (US$93m, €83m) transformation. In 2015, Zaha Hadid and Muf were awarded separate contracts to redevelop the museum’s Maths Gallery and Interactive Gallery respectively. Now the museum is seeking a world-class architect to work on it Exhibition Road entrance, which will welcome more than 3.3 million people

Construction is now complete on the Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower, an eco-themed mixed-use structure in the Gaoxin District of Nanchang, China. The architects were Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The development – a 268m (879ft), 56-storey tower – is an elegant new addition to the city’s skyline and is owned by one of the country’s biggest development companies, the Greenland Group. Its rectangular shape is emphasised by a strong

Serie A giant AC Milan has confirmed it has abandoned plans to build a new stadium in the north of Milan. The seven-time European champion had already been given the green light by city administrators to develop a new €330m (US$363m, £236m) venue in the Portello region of Milan. Concerns over the condition of the land needed for the development, however, resulted in the club withdrawing its plans. It is

Newcastle-based architects Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall’s (JDDK) long-touted Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian's Wall in England’s Northumberland National Park is set to be realised after contractors for the scheme agreed cost proposals, with development now underway. The most recent plans for ‘The Sill’ were announced in October 2014, outlining that the project needed at least £11.2m (US$17.9m, €14.3m) to get it off the ground. A Heritage

The architectural team behind director George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art have revealed revised renderings of the plans, which have been drawn up to counter a lawsuit filed by green space advocates. Images by Beijing-based MAD architects, which will be officially presented to the City Council this week, show a significantly smaller but similarly-designed version of the lakefront buildings, with more green space for recreational use. Earlier this month, a

One of the entries for the Chicago Architecture Biennial Lakefront Kiosk Competition featured an idea for a 2,000sq ft (186sq m) urban Urban Therme spa created by designers Kyle Bigart, Andrew Sommerville and Alex Paulette. The Chicago Architecture Biennial is a new event that the City of Chicago is putting on this year to open up a dialogue with the public about architecture and design. Hosted by the Biennial, the

The Broad, a new contemporary art museum, has become the latest addition to the Los Angeles cultural sector, with the free-to-visit attraction opening to the public on Sunday (20 September). Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) in collaboration with Gensler, the museum cost US$140m (€123m, £91.6m), with funding coming from billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, founders of the The Broad Art Foundation. The dramatic honeycomb structure cladding the

The ongoing saga of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium job took a new twist last night when ZHA and partner Nikken Sekkei issued a statement saying they were throwing in the towel, citing an inability to secure a construction partner. Getting the stadium built for an acceptable price has been at the heart of the difficulties. ZHA originally won the contract to design the stadium

Dusit International will open a new dusitD2 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. It will be located within the mixed-use Palm Mall development, which will also include Oman’s first snow village and a large aquarium. The dusitD2, scheduled for completion in 2017, will include 150 guestrooms and 100 suites, some of which will offer views of the aquarium and snow village. Leisure facilities will include a spa, pool and gym. The