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Warner Bros. to open Harry Potter studio attraction in Japan
Set to open in the first half of 2023, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo will feature sets used in the popular Harry Potter movies / Shutterstock.com/COO7

Warner Bros. to open Harry Potter studio attraction in Japan

by Tom Walker | 25 Aug 2020
Warner Bros. has revealed plans to develop a Harry Potter studio tour attraction in Japanese capital Tokyo. To be located on the grounds of the Toshimaen Amusement Park in the city's Nerima ward, the attraction will become the second Harry Potter studio site, following the opening of the inaugural Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, UK. Since its launch in 2012, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter has welcomed more than 14 million visitors Set
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Eureka! reveals new designs for Eureka! Mersey – construction to begin in 2021
Designed by a team led by K2 Architects, the £11.75m science attraction is set to take over the existing Spaceport building at Seacombe ferry terminal / Eureka!/Real Studios

Eureka! reveals new designs for Eureka! Mersey – construction to begin in 2021

by Tom Walker | 30 Jun 2020
New concept designs and visuals have been released for the Eureka! Mersey project – a £11.75m children's visitor attraction being developed in Liverpool, UK. The science and discovery centre is being developed by Eureka! – the national children's museum – in partnership with Merseytravel, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Wirral Council. Designed by a team led by K2 Architects, the £11.75m science attraction is set to take over the existing Spaceport building at Seacombe ferry – which is
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BIG creates spiral museum for Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet
The museum has been designed as a spiral-shaped glass pavilion / Audemars Piguet/Iwan Baan

BIG creates spiral museum for Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet

by Tom Walker | 07 May 2020
Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet will open a museum celebrating the company history next month (June 2020). Located next to the company HQ in the village of Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, the museum has been designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and will immerse visitors in the manufacturer’s "cultural universe past, present and future". BIG won an architectural competition to design the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in 2014. The firm's design is based on a
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Expo 2020 Dubai likely to be postponed until 2021
Expo 2020 Dubai is working with the Bureau International des Expositions to determine whether it should postpone the event

Expo 2020 Dubai likely to be postponed until 2021

by Lauren Heath-Jones | 31 Mar 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it will likely be postponed by a year as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Representatives of the event have been working in consultation with key UAE and international stakeholders, as well as the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the governing body for World Expos, to ascertain the impact of the coronavirus and determine whether or not to go ahead as planned. A proposal made by the Steering Committee, supported by Expo 2020, on
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Feilden Fowles to create National Railway Museum's Central Hall
Proposals were sought for a £16.5m ($22m, €20m), 4,500sq m (48,400sq ft) centrepiece building / Feilden Fowles

Feilden Fowles to create National Railway Museum's Central Hall

by Stu Robarts | 26 Mar 2020
A team led by Feilden Fowles has won the National Railway Museum 's competition to design its new Central Hall with an elegant timber-frame rotunda. Run in partnership with Malcolm Reading Consultants, the competition was launched in September 2019, with a shortlist of five teams announced in February 2020. Proposals were sought for a £16.5m ($22m, €20m), 4,500sq m (48,400sq ft) centrepiece building to provide a new entrance space and integrate the museum estate, which is located in the historic
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Google Arts & Culture offers virtual tours of museums and galleries during closures
Google Arts & Culture will offer virtual tours for more than 500 museums at art galleries, including the Musée d'Orsay, that have been forced to close due to the coronavirus / ©Google

Google Arts & Culture offers virtual tours of museums and galleries during closures

by Lauren Heath-Jones | 25 Mar 2020
Google Arts & Culture has partnered with more than 500 cultural institutions to offer 'virtual museum exploration', following the temporary closure of thousands of art galleries and museums during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online platform designed to provide public access to gallery and museum collections across the globe, Google Arts & Culture uses the same technology developed for Google Maps Street View to enable users to 'walk' through world-famous galleries and museums and explore collections and exhibits, via clickable artworks
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"We set out by saying that our intention was to reflect the present with the Memorial Pavilion, whereas the two waterfalls going into the footprints of the two towers reflect the past"

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"I want people to have more respect for all the amazing things happening underneath our oceans"

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Using colour and energy for their vast ARos Aarhus Art Museum installation
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