Plans to build a new £10.7m Dunfermline Museum and Art Gallery have been given the green light by the City of Dunfermline Area Committee. A public consultation will now begin on the plans which have been designed by architecture firm Richard Murphy Associates in partnership with Fife Council. Plans for the building include a landscaped entrance for the combined library, museum and art gallery and purpose-built museum exhibition and gallery

Image: The Trocadero will house the LDN pod hotel Plans for a Japanese-style pod hotel and rooftop bar at London's historic Trocadero complex have been approved by Westminster City Council (WCC). The council's planning committee gave the green light to Criterion Capital's plans for the hotel, which will offer accommodation in 583 bedrooms measuring between 9sq m and 17sq m (97sq ft and 183sq ft). Plans to create a 495-bedroom

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) has moved forward with efforts to offload the site of the town's existing leisure centre at Majuba Road and Lobster Road. It comes as specialist drilling machinery returns to the site of a replacement facility, which is being built as part of a new £31m leisure, business support and community complex. Members of the council's cabinet resolved to proceed with a marketing process detailed

Image: Bolliger and Mabillard designed GateKeeper Cedar Park - the amusement park and resort in Sandusky, Ohio, US - has announced plans to build one of the longest winged rollercoasters in the world ahead of its 2013 season. GateKeeper is currently scheduled to debut in May and will feature one of the longest drops of any winged coaster in the world, with the ride spanning 3.5 acres (1.4 hectares). Swiss

A new independent design panel has been established by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) to shape the future of the capital's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The LLDC will be taking on planning powers for the entire site, as well as the surrounding areas, from October and will be supported by the 16-member Quality Review Panel. English Heritage adviser Peter Studdert will chair the panel, which will test the fundamental

Image: The new gym has 60 exercise stations Work has begun on a £400,000 refurbishment of Putney Leisure Centre in West London. The revamp is funded by DC Leisure, which manages the leisure centre on behalf of Wandsworth Council. The revamp includes includes new CV equipment for the kinetika gym, which will feature 60 stations from Precor's next generation Experience Series, including treadmills, crosstrainers, upright and recumbent bikes, as well

Image: the resort spa will have 40 treatment rooms IMC Octave - the real estate and hospitality arm of Singapore-based diversified company IMC Group - has started work on a 28,000sq m (301,389sq ft) wellness retreat resort at Yangcheng Lake just outside of Shanghai, China. Due to open in early 2015, the 90-bedroom property is being designed by US-based Tsao and McKown Architects and will include a 6,000sq m (64,583sq

Image: A new entrance is planned for the theatre Scottish Opera has announced the start of work on an £11.5m redevelopment of Glasgow's historic Theatre Royal, which will provide "much-needed" new public spaces at the venue. It is hoped the redevelopment will be completed in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with Glasgow-based architects PagePark behind the design of the new-look Theatre Royal. Plans feature a new entrance on the

Image: S&P Architects designed the £20m stadium Rotherham United Football Club (RUFC) has returned to its home town in South Yorkshire after a four year absence, with the new £20m New York Stadium hosting its first match. Although the 12,000-seat venue was not at full capacity for a friendly against Barnsley on 21 July, the club confirmed it will be fully complete in time for the start of the 2012-13

Image: Facilities include a 60-station fitness suite Waverley Borough Council (WBC) has announced the opening of a new £6m Godalming Leisure Centre in Surrey, which has been unveiled just over a year after work first started. ISG was responsible for delivering the Pozzoni -designed facility, which is operated by DC Leisure and houses a 60-station gym - 40 of which are cardiovascular equipment. The rest of the first-floor fitness suite

Image: One of the revamped Garden Wing bedrooms A new CHI-branded spa is to open at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore in October as part of the wider SG$66m (US$53.1m, EUR43m, £34.1m) revamp of the property's Garden Wing. Further details regarding the spa are yet to be revealed, although it will become the first CHI, The Spa in Singapore when it opens. Maps Design have worked on the new Garden Wing. Located

Image: Duncan Hendry/Richard Lewis at King's Theatre City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) has unveiled the new-look King's Theatre following the completion of an initial £2.6m refurbishment of the historic cultural venue. Historic Scotland and The Nancie Massey Trust funded the project in conjunction with the local authority, with work starting in September 2011 and including "essential" repairs. Structural engineers Will Rudd; mechanical and electrical engineers Rybka; and architects Smith Scott

Image: The project is part of the new cultural district Five design teams have been shortlisted for the Xiqu Centre - the first of 17 proposed new landmark buildings forming part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. Due for completion by 2016, the arts complex is to be built on a site on the eastern edge of the district and will incorporate a 1,100-seat main theatre and

Image: Foster + Partners designed the new hotel ME by Meliá, the "experienced-based" hotel brand owned by Meliá Hotels International, is to open its latest property near Covent Garden, London, UK, next month (September). The 157-bedroom ME London - housed within Marconi House, the former headquarters of BBC Radio - is designed by Foster + Partners and is the brand's fifth location worldwide. It had been initially proposed that the

Image: Bounce features cocktails, high-end dining and table tennis Bounce, a new social club mixing a late-night setting with table tennis, is to open its doors in central London later this year. The £2.5m venue, designed by Russell Sage, has been built on site where the game of table tennis was originally invented by John Jaques III. The 12,500sq ft (1,161sq m) space will feature a raised restaurant seating up

Image: DLA have designed the planned development Rushbond, the Leeds-based development company, has announced its plans to open a new luxury hotel and spa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The company has worked in collaboration with architects DLA and hotel consultancy EPR on proposals for the refurbishment of an existing Grade II*-listed mansion house at YSP. Interiors of the building will be restored and a contemporary

Image: The resort boasts the 4,000sq ft Ho'ola Spa The Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa will reopen fully later this year following the completion of a US$16m (13m euro, £10.1m) redevelopment of the property in Hawaii, US. As part of the work, the resort will be renamed as Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay on 1 September. The redevelopment has included a radical upgrade of all its

Image: A 25m pool is among the centre's facilities The £8m Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre is set to open in at De Montfort University in Leicester later today (30 July). Facilities include a 25m, six-lane swimming pool; a poolside sauna; an eight-court sports hall; a dance studio; a climbing wall; and a café. There will also be a 485sq m (5,220sq ft) fitness suite containing more than

Image: How the planned South Plaza area will look Plans for the new South Plaza at the post-Games Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park have been submitted for consideration by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Located at the heart of the South Park area, the landscaped public realm has been designed to provide a major new entertainment and activity hub for Londoners and visitors alike. James Corner Field Operations - the

Image: The galleries' gold iridescent steel roof More than 2,500 objects from the Louvre's collection of Islamic art will go on show across nearly 3,000sq m (32,292sq ft) of new gallery space at the Paris attraction on 22 September. The opening of new Islamic Art Galleries - designed by architects Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti - is the first major addition to the Louvre since I M Pei's glass pyramid

Image: The hotel is in the building's upper third Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has held an official opening ceremony for its 88th hotel in the upper third of the 103-storey Guangzhou International Finance Center (IFC) in China. The landmark 440m (1,444ft)-tall building has been designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and was built by Yuexiu Property Group at a cost of £280m (US$441m, EUR357m). Guests enter Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou

Image: The new galleries open on 18 November Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is to unveil its newly-renovated contemporary wing on 18 November - the first phase of a US$24.5m (EUR19.9m, £15.6m) upgrade programme. A total of 16 galleries have been revitalised and will showcase works from the contemporary collection by Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, as well as new and existing artists. The project has featured a new exhibition

Image: The community hub plans have been approved The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has gained planning approval for a new "ecology-themed" community hub to the north of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Located amid the parklands of the North Park area, it is thought the new building and kids' play space will become a new attraction. It has been designed by erect architecture. Some of the UK's most "imaginative"

Image: The tower has been designed by Broadway Malyan Ground has been broken in the construction of the new 250m (820ft) Trump Tower Manila skyscraper, which will become one of the tallest buildings in the Philippines when complete. Broadway Malyan have designed the US$150m (EUR122m, £96m) tower - the centrepiece of Century Properties' 4-hectare (9.9-acre) mixed-use scheme at Century City, Makati. Due for completion in 2016, the iconic 58-storey skyscraper

Image: The current national stadium opened in 1958 Japan Sport Council (JSC) has announced the launch of an international design competition for a new national stadium - a project on a "scale unprecedented this century". The organisation's president Ichiro Kono said the new venue - scheduled for completion in 2018 - will be at the heart of the 2020 Olympic Games if Japan is selected to host the event. It

Image: How the Helix's new public realm will look RJ McLeod has been awarded the public realm construction contract worth £8.5m as part of the wider £41m Helix regeneration project between Falkirk and Grangemouth in Scotland. The public realm elements include the revitalisation of 100 acres (40 hectares) of vacant land into an innovative 'people park' and the creation of a canal hub with visitor facilities. Andy Scott's Kelpies -

Image: The theme park will have five themed areas A groundbreaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on the 230-hectare (568-acre) Adventure World Warsaw theme park in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near the Polish capital city Warsaw. Companies involved with the scheme include JoraVision, Vekoma Rides Manufacturing and AGS Architects - all based in The Netherlands, as well as Poland-based RCK and Imtech. German water ride manufacturer Hafema