A new and improved leisure centre is set to replace the ageing Scartho Swimming Pool in Grimsby by 2014. North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) has approved plans for the new facility which will include an eight-lane, 25m pool, a separate learning pool and a heath and fitness club. As part of the council's commitment to build a legacy following the 2012 Games, local disability groups have been consulted about the

Image: Mayor of Lewisham, Sir Steve Bullock with pupils from Sydenham School at the reopened pool Forest Hill Pools leisure centre in Lewisham, South London has reopened following an £8.9m redevelopment of its facilities. Designed by Roberts Limbrick Architects and built by Willmott Dixon, the venue is owned by Lewisham Council and operated by Fusion Lifestyle. The improved facilities at the centre now include a 25m swimming pool with spectator

Image: Plans include a new pool at Garstang Wyre Council has backed plans to invest £7.4m in the borough's leisure centres. The improvements will include the creation of an extreme sports facility at Thornton Leisure Centre, a luxury day spa facility and dance studio at Poulton Leisure Centre and an upgraded centre and new swimming pool at Garstang leisure centre. The plans follow a comprehensive review of leisure provision, which

Image: The spa will use exclusively Brazilian products The first '100 per cent Brazilian spa' is set to open at the Botanique Hotel & Spa mountain retreat, created by AOL co-founder, David Cole, founder of The Body Shop, Gordon Roddick and Brazilian entrepreneurs, Ricardo and Fernanda Semler. Set in 700 acres (283 hectares), in the mountains of Campos do Jordao, half way between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the

Image: The revamp has been designed by Capita Symonds Plans to restore the historic Ynysangharad Lido at the Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd, Wales, have received a major boost in the form of a £2.3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The grant will be used to restore and reopen the Grade II-listed lido and will also help visitors learn about its history. The refurbishment works - designed by

Image: The complex will include a 7,000-capacity stadium and 17 full-size pitches Manchester City Football CLub (MCFC) has unveiled details of its plans to develop a new £100m training and education complex next to its Etihad Stadium. BAM Construction, part of the Royal BAM Group, has been selected to build the 80-acre City Football Academy which will include a 7,000-capacity stadium, 17 full-size football pitches, an academy building with classrooms,

Image: Johnson will personally oversee the Olympic Park's legacy plans London Mayor Boris Johnson has taken over the chairmanship of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). The announcement follows news that Johnson moved Daniel Moylan, who'd only been chair of LLDC since June, to spearhead a new aviation policy unit. Making the announcement, Johnson said the Olympic Park and the continued regeneration of east London were "top priorities" and ones

Image: Part of the hotel will be underwater Plans are moving forward on a futuristic underwater hotel project in Dubai, which will allow guests to sleep with fish swimming outside their bedroom windows. The Water Discus Hotel will have 21 submerged rooms, as well as 30 above the surface, a dive centre, luxury spa, two restaurants, a swimming pool and a helipad. According to Bogdan Gutkowski, CEO of Big Invest,

Image: The Minnesota Children's Museum The Minnesota Children’s Museum is in line for a US$26m (£16m, 20m euro) revamp, which will include a physical adventure gallery, an entire floor dedicated to imagination and creativity and numerous galleries with content incorporating the latest research on early learning. Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle of Minneapolis have been appointed as design architects, who have more than 30 years’ experience designing spaces for children, including

Image: Peter Davies, mayor of Doncaster (centre) at the topping out ceremony A topping out ceremony has been held for a new £20m performance venue in Doncaster. When complete, the centre will house a wide range of spaces and facilities that include a 620-seat theatre kitted out to accommodate touring shows and a 200-seat or 400 standing flexible space for live music and smaller productions. There will also be modern

A joint venture between ISG and Trebor Developments has been appointed by Greenwich Leisure (GLL) to design, develop and construct five leisure centres for London Borough of Waltham Forest. The five projects, which will consist of refurbishments, extensions and new build leisure centres, will see the leisure provision in Waltham Forest transformed over the next two and a half years with a capital value in order of £26m, funded by

Image: An artist's impression of the Aniyana resort Initial plans have been announced for the creation of a 41-acre beachfront luxury resort on the island of Grand Caicos in the West Indies. Aniyana, which takes its name from the native Lucayan Indian name for Grand Caicos, will comprise a limited number of exclusive beach and lagoon-front luxury residences available for ownership, each in its own private setting and nestled in

Image: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's chief conductor Vasily Petrenko (left) with mayor Joe Anderson Liverpool City Council has given its backing to a £11.5m redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. At a mayoral cabinet meeting, the council agreed a capital contribution of £2m towards the plans to refurbish the Grade II* -listed building. The city's contribution will help Liverpool Philharmonic lever a further £9.5m of investment to complete the

Image: MACBA is located in the San Telmo district Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires (MACBA) - a new contemporary art museum - has opened its doors to the public in the San Telmo district of the Argentinian capital. Vila Sebastian Arquitectos are behind the attraction's design, which comprises a glass façade measuring 15m x 12m (49ft x 39ft) that brings together activities from all floors. Museum activities are spread

Image: The museum will feature thousands of artefacts The new £35m Mary Rose Museum will open to the public in early 2013, slightly later than originally expected. Located at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the new Wilkinson Eyre-designed attraction was first slated to open in autumn 2012, although no exact date had been set. Construction work on the iconic museum - undertaken by Warings Group - has been completed but the final

Image: Plans adhere to Rafael Viñoly's masterplan The new Malaysian owners of London's Battersea Power Station have announced that work is expected to begin on the historic site's regeneration during the second half of 2013. A consortium comprising SP Setia, Sime Darby and the Employees Provident Fund secured the acquisition of the site earlier this summer and will start preparations later this year. The first phase of redevelopment will include

Image: The indoor lap pool at the Pudong hotel Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced the openings of its latest properties - one in the Azerbaijani capital Baku and the other in the Pudong area of Shanghai, China. Located to the east of the Huangpu River, Four Seasons Hotel Pudong, Shanghai forms part of the new 55-storey 21st Century Tower in the district's Lujiazui business hub. Gensler are behind

Image: Charles Jencks has designed the landform Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened Northumberlandia - one of the world's largest human landforms which has been created near Cramlington. The Charles Jencks -designed scheme features a reclining female figure standing taller than an eight-storey building and has been built on Viscount Ridley's Blagdon Estate. Northumberlandia and its adjacent water bodies are the result of around £3m of investment

Image: HNW Architects designed the new centre The Leadbitter Group has started work on a new leisure and community centre in Midhurst after being named as Chichester District Council's (CDC) preferred contractor. Midhurst Community and Leisure Centre and Library Development is being fronted by the local authority, with funding from West Sussex County Council and The Monument Trust. Due for completion in 2014, the new HNW Architects -designed centre will

Image: The lodge is located in the Punakha Valley Como Hotels and Resorts is to open a new 11-bedroom lodge - and a sister property to its Uma by Como, Paro boutique hotel - in Bhutan's Punakha Valley on 15 September. Bali-based Cheong Yew Khan is behind the design of the lodge - Uma by Como, Punakha - and previously worked on the Como Shambhala Estate and Uma by Como,

Image: The Morris Adjmi-designed West Penthouse Albany - the luxury resort community jointly owned by Tavistock Group and golfers Tiger Woods and Ernie Els in the Bahamas - has started work on its new Marina Residences. Three six-storey towers with a total floorspace of 275,000sq ft (25,548sq m) are being built to house the 35 residences, while two of the three buildings will house ground floor offices. The project has

Design World Partnership (DWP) has secured a new Memorandum of Understanding with NEXT Hospitality to form a new industry design concepts and solutions partnership. The agreement - signed in Bangkok, Thailand, on 23 August - will lead to the establishment of the dwp | next partnership, which will offer services to clients worldwide. DWP chief executive officer Brenton Mauriello said: "This is an exciting time for DWP, as we continue

Image: The stadium will be located at Burswood Western Australia's (WA) Liberal-National state government has set out the masterplan for Perth's new stadium and a surrounding recreation precinct on the Burswood Peninsula. International design firm Populous has already been appointed to work on the design of the complex, with the state investing AU$375m (US$3890m, EUR309m, £246m) of funding. The masterplan will provide a planning framework for the precinct and reflects

Image: The Touch Spa has four treatment rooms Marriott International has announced the launch of the 383-bedroom Renaissance Shanghai Caohejing Hotel - the group's sixth Renaissance-branded hotel opened in the Chinese city. The hotel is managed in partnership with Shanghai Caohejing Park Huagang Properties and includes the 360sq m (3,875sq ft) Touch Spa housing four treatment rooms and a foot massage lounge. Karen Wang Interior Consultant led the interior design

Image: The Rijksmuseum first opened in July 1885 Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has announced it will open its doors to the public in April 2013 following the completion of a renovation and restoration programme lasting nearly 10 years. The new-look attraction will explore the history of the Netherlands from the Middle Ages to the present, with the EUR375m (US$471m, £297m) project led by architects Cruz y Ortiz. First opened in July 1885,

Image: The project is on time and on budget Kirkcaldy's new multi-million pound leisure centre is "on target" to open to the public in July 2013, with work on the building's steel structure now having been completed. Graham Construction is responsible for delivering the project, with B3 Architects acting as lead consultant and joint architects with Cre8 Architecture. Work started earlier this year. It is anticipated the new Kirkcaldy Leisure

Image: Rem Koolhaas The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas as the recipient of the 2012 Jencks Award. The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution internationally to both the theory and practice of architecture. Koolhaas founded OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture) in Rotterdam in 1975 and his buildings include the Kunsthal Museum in