Cornwall's Watergate Bay Hotel has unveiled a new spa following the completion of a £3m project to create "active relaxation spaces" and a 25m infinity swimming pool. The new space boasts three treatment rooms; a manicure and pedicure room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean; a fitness room with cardiovascular machines: and a café bar. A traditional Canadian hot tub; a timber boardwalk direct to the beach; poolside terraces; and a new

Image: Belfast's Windsor Park is to be redeveloped Hamilton Architects have been appointed by the Irish Football Association (IFA) to lead the integrated consulting team for Northern Ireland's National Stadium Project. The Belfast-based design practice joins Edmond Shipway, Arup, Rider Levett Bucknall and Ben Veenbrink on working on the multi-million pound stadium development. Designs are to be drawn up for an 18,000-capacity venue on the site of the existing national

Image: Reiach and Hall led the design of the centre Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has helped mark the start of construction work on a new multi-million pound visitor centre designed to celebrate the Battle of Bannockburn. Mansell Construction Services has been appointed to deliver the new attraction near Stirling, which has been designed by a team led by Edinburgh-based architects Reiach and Hall. Sinclair Knight Merz; Turner and Townsend;

A new £18.5m visitor centre has opened today (3 July) at the Giant's Causeway - Northern Ireland's sole UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the County Antrim coast. The building - designed by Dublin, Ireland-based heneghan.peng - is inspired by the site's 40,000 hexagonal basalt stones and the legends of giants Finn McCool and Benandonner. Event Communications has worked on the interpretative design of the centre, which includes interactive experiences

Image: UCD's new 50m swimming pool is now open A 10-lane, Olympic-sized swimming pool is among the facilities at a new EUR50m (£40m) leisure complex at University College Dublin (UCD) - one of Ireland's largest universities. The 11,000sq m (118,403sq ft) UCD Student Centre has been funded by past and present students, with Dublin-based architects Fitzgerald Kavanagh and Partners behind the design. PJ Walls was the main contractor. Located at

Image: More than £40m has been spent on the project London's former Hippodrome Theatre is to reopen as a casino this month (July), following a major transformation led by father and son team Jimmy and Simon Thomas. More than £40m has been invested in creating the new Hippodrome Casino gaming and entertainment venue - housed in the theatre and adjacent Cranbourn Mansions in Leicester Square. The casino will offer three

The reopening of the historic Café Royal in London, UK, has been pushed back to October as work continues on its transformation into a 159-bedroom luxury hotel. It had been intended the hotel would open last month (June) ahead of the 2012 Games, with the 800sq m (8,611sq ft) Akasha Holistic Wellbeing Centre among its facilities. However, general manager Louis Sailer confirmed the launch date had been delayed due to

Image: A new hotel is one of six "Big Ideas" London's Alexandra Palace is to be transformed into a "major entertainment destination" under extensive regeneration plans drawn up by the historic venue's trustees. Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust is working with Terry Farrell and Partners, Donald Insall Associates and transport advisers WSP on the development. A total of six "Big Ideas" have been proposed for the transformation of Alexandra

Image: The hotel's spa is located across two floors Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening date for its new flagship hotel in the heart of Toronto, Canada - the hospitality group's hometown for more than 50 years. Launching on 5 October, the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto showcases the "next generation" of Four Seasons properties and is located in the city's Yorkville shopping quarter. The 2,700sq m (29,063sq

Image: Forty Hall has been entirely refurbished The London Borough of Enfield will relaunch the historic Forty Hall and Estate on 30 June, following the completion of an extensive multi-million pound revamp. More than £4m has been invested by the local authority in transforming the 17th century property, while a further £2m has been provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund. PLB, the North Yorkshire-based heritage and design consultancy, has been

Image: Buckingham Palace features on the route Santander, the bank and lead sponsor of the British Formula One Grand Prix, has unveiled its vision for a street-race route incorporating some of London's most iconic landmarks. Populous were appointed to compile the detailed feasibility study for the proposals on behalf of Santander, which has included the production of a concept film detailing how a London Grand Prix could look. The plans

Image: The gardens are Singapore's latest attraction Gardens by the Bay has officially opened today (29 June) to become Singapore's newest tourist attraction, while also forming a key part of the city's wider City in a Garden vision. UK-based Wilkinson Eyre Architects has worked with Grant Associates, Atelier One, Land Design Studio and Atelier Ten on the 101-hectare (249-acre) first phase of the project. The gardens' main features include the

Image: Most elements will be constructed off-site The development of a new £15m Park Plaza hotel on London's Western Avenue, which is to use a "fast-built" system where most elements are built off-site, has been approved. Capita Symonds' ESA design practice has come up with proposals on behalf of the PPHE Hotel Group, which will see the 160-bedroom hotel built opposite Park Royal tube station. Many of the hotel components

Image: A 120-station gym is among the facilities A new £9m sports complex is to be unveiled by the University of York (UY) and the City of York Council (CYC) near the Grimston Bar Park and Ride site in August. Sir Robert McAlpine has been the contractor tasked with building York Sport Village, which was designed by Space Architects and will include a 120-station fitness suite. Technogym and Schwinn have

Image: The spa's inspiration is the "journey of water" Japan's first Evian-branded spa has been unveiled at Palace Hotel Tokyo - part of a US$1.2bn (EUR965m, £771m) mixed-use development in the heart of the city. Located on the fifth floor of the hotel, the 1,200sq m (12,197sq ft) spa is inspired by the Alpine journey taken by the France-based company's natural mineral water. Facilities include five treatment rooms and a

Image: Work has started at the site of the complex Work has started on the construction of the new £18m Portway Lifestyle Centre, a complex bringing leisure, health and social care services under one roof in Oldbury, West Midlands. Financial and legal contracts have now been signed for the project, which is led by Sandwell Council and Sandwell Primary Care Trust. The centre is due to open in summer 2013.

Image: Bar Studio will design the new Rosewood hotel Rosewood Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to make its first move into China with the opening of a 279-bedroom property in Beijing's Chaoyang District. Located opposite the city's iconic CCTV Tower, the Bar Studio -designed Rosewood Beijing will open in mid-2013 and will be owned by New World Group. Facilities will include a Rosewood Sense-branded spa. The spa will house

Image: Mayor Boris Johnson launched the new service Emirates Air Line, the new 1.1km (0.7-mile) cable car service linking Greenwich with the Royal Docks in London, has embarked on its first passenger flight today (28 June). Mayor Boris Johnson officially launched the new service spanning the river Thames, which offers panoramic views overlooking the capital and has taken nearly a year to construct. A total of 34 cabins will cater

Image: An extension has been added to the building Kunsthalle Zürich, one of Switzerland's leading contemporary art attractions, has opened following a major transformation of its home at the city's Löwenbräukunst. A team formed of Swiss architectural practices Gigon / Guyer and Atelier ww was chosen to lead the redesign of the Löwenbräu complex in 2002. Work started in late 2010. The Löwenbräukunst is located on the former Löwenbräu brewery

Image: London's citizenM is located in Bankside Netherlands-based hotel company citizenM has announced that its first property in London, UK will open on 4 July - in time for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 192-bedroom hotel is in Bankside, the area located near sites such as the Globe theatre and the Tate Modern art attraction, and is designed to meet the needs of "modern tourists". citizenM has worked

Image: Swissôtel's planned new Bodrum beach resort Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to extend its portfolio in Turkey with the addition of two new resort properties in Bodrum over the next two years. The first of the two new openings proposed by the Switzerland-based hotel group will be a beach resort in Turgutreis with 66-bedroom and 72 private residences. Meanwhile, a city resort situated in the hills overlooking

Image: Ypres' new-look In Flanders Field Museum In Flanders Field Museum, the heritage attraction examining the events of World War One (WWI), has reopened its doors in Ypres, Belgium, following an extensive renovation and expansion. The 5,000sq m (53,819sq ft) museum is housed in the town's iconic Cloth Hall and its redesign has been led by Brussels-based design practice noAarchitecten. A new WWI research centre has been created at In

Image: The concept offers flexible leisure solutions Scape and Willmott Dixon have launched the new version of their standardised build concept Sunesis for the UK's leisure industry, following its success in the education sector. Sunesis Leisure - unveiled at the Local Government Association conference today (26 June) - is designed to offer public sector clients a quick procurement route and ready-made design solutions. It is anticipated the approach will reduce

Image: The new hotel will house a "world-class" spa Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced its plans to open a property on Jumeirah Beach Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in partnership with Bright Start LLC. The new Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach will cover an 11-acre (4.5-hectare) site overlooking the Arabian Gulf and has been designed by architectural firm WATG. Due to open in mid-2014,

Image: How the new sports pavilion could look Harrow Council has resolved to commission the Whitchurch Consortium to develop a new community sport and leisure facility at Whitchurch Playing Fields, north west London. A derelict pavilion will be transformed into a modern venue offering a number of facilities – including a gym, a sports hall, a health/beauty clinic and a training room. The Whitchurch Consortium was selected as the council's

Image: The 98-year-old baths have been restored The historic Tepid Baths have reopened in the centre of Auckland, New Zealand, following the completion of a restoration and upgrade programme costing NZ$15.8m (US$12.4m, EUR9.9m, £8m). First opened to city residents in 1914, the Tepid Baths closed in early 2010 to undergo work – including repairs to its infrastructure and conservation of the building's historic features. The scheme also included the relocation

Image: Next year is the 70th birthday of the vessel Musaic Design Group has been appointed to develop a new museum experience masterplan for USS Yorktown - the floating attraction located at Patriots Point, South Carolina, US. The Patriots Point Development Authority said the scheme, which will cost around US$2m (EUR1.6m, £1.3m) over the next three to four years, would revitalise the visitor experience. USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1943