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Now in its seventh edition, the three-day IMCC attracts museum leaders from around the world / IMCC
Now in its seventh edition, the three-day IMCC attracts museum leaders from around the world / IMCC

Seventh International Museum Construction Congress to be held in Norway this year

by Tom Walker | 11 Aug 2022
The International Museum Construction Congress (IMCC) will take place in the Norwegian capital city, Oslo, from 6 to 8 November 2022. Now in its seventh edition, the three-day IMCC is designed for international museum leaders, architects, project managers, museum leaders and any other professionals involved in the construction, renovation and expansion of museums. The planning committee for this year's event is chaired by Göran Joryd, project manager for the new Museum of the Viking Age. The committee includes Sonja Abracen,
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The museum has been designed by Heneghan Peng Architects / Heneghan Peng
The museum has been designed by Heneghan Peng Architects / Heneghan Peng

The 'world's most anticipated museum' to finally open this year

by Tom Walker | 11 Aug 2022
The Grand Egyptian Museum is set to finally open its doors after a design and construction project which has taken more than 20 years to complete. Touted as the world's most anticipated museum – thanks to both its unique design and the treasures it will house – the attraction was first announced to the world in 2001. A design competition in 2002 received more than 1,500 entries, from which Heneghan Peng Architects were selected for the development in 2003. After
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Anchored by a ten-story tower, the building will mark the epicenter of the Nike campus / Skylab
Anchored by a ten-story tower, the building will mark the epicenter of the Nike campus / Skylab

Nike's Serena Williams Building, designed by Skylab, follows the concept of flow

by Tom Walker | 08 Aug 2022
The new Serena Williams Building at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, US, has been declared open. The 1m sq ft building, designed by architects Skylab, is the largest structure on the Nike campus and establishes new links to the existing campus through restored wetlands, public plazas, and view corridors. The building consists of four parts a 12-story tower with shared amenities for all of the Nike Campus – including a wide range of farm-to-table healthy eating restaurants and cafes
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The exterior of The Line will be mirrored / NEOM
The exterior of The Line will be mirrored / NEOM

Saudi Arabia's Neom mega-development to include 100-mile long 'horizontal skyscraper city'

by Tom Walker | 03 Aug 2022
Plans have been revealed for a 100-mile-long structure that is set to become the centrepiece of the ambitious Neom mega-development in Saudi Arabia. Called The Line, the "horizontal city" will be 200m wide and built on a footprint of just 34sq km. Designed to run on 100 per cent renewable energy The Line will eventually accommodate nine million people, with housing, parks and public spaces, retail and leisure facilities and a transport network. Its reduced infrastructure footprint has been designed
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Adjaye Associates has been appointed to lead the architectural design / National Museums Liverpool
Adjaye Associates has been appointed to lead the architectural design / National Museums Liverpool

David Adjaye and Ralph Appelbaum selected for £57m International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum project

by Tom Walker | 07 Jul 2022
Adjaye Associates and Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) have been named as the preferred bidders to lead the design of a £57m redevelopment of the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum in Liverpool, UK. National Museums Liverpool (NML) picked the two design firms for the project which will see the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building become a prominent new entrance to the International Slavery Museum. According to NML, the work will create not only improved visitor orientation and a "more
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The exterior of Milan’s Bocconi University with architecture by SANAA / Mike Dotta/Shutterstock
The exterior of Milan’s Bocconi University with architecture by SANAA / Mike Dotta/Shutterstock

Virgin Active opens at Milan’s sleek new Bocconi University by SANAA

by Frances Marcellin | 06 Jul 2022
Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness centre at Milan’s new Bocconi University. The entire campus was designed by Pritzker-prize winning architects, SANAA, whose work includes the New Contemporary Art Museum in Manhattan, the Christian Dior building in Tokyo and La Samaritaine department store in Paris for LVMH. The fitness and wellness facilities are located on the first floor of the Bocconi Sport Centre and include Virgin Active’s 3,000sq m health club,
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A highly themed family hotel, the Grand Curiosa will have 457 family rooms / Liseberg
A highly themed family hotel, the Grand Curiosa will have 457 family rooms / Liseberg

Swedish architects Wingårdhs create year-round resort with waterpark and hotel for Liseberg

by Tom Walker | 30 Jun 2022
Liseberg theme park in Sweden has confirmed the opening date for its new Grand Curiosa hotel. A highly themed family hotel, the Grand Curiosa will have 457 family rooms, a restaurant with a fully functional merry-go-round from 1923, and a rooftop bistro with a view of the park and several bars. The theming has been inspired by the history of its home city, Gothenburg, and the West Swedish East India Trading Company – combined with Liseberg's own unique DNA. The
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BIG's design for the museum will use materials such as heavy timber / BIG
BIG's design for the museum will use materials such as heavy timber / BIG

Juneteenth Museum by Bjarke Ingels Group has been designed to inspire spiritual uplift

by Tom Walker | 22 Jun 2022
Detailed plans have been revealed for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, US. Designed by architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the 50,000sq ft visitor attraction will anchor a larger mixed-use development on the Historic Southside of Fort Worth. It will explore the events of June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger issued Order No. 3, in essence declaring that “all slaves are free” in the state of Texas. His actions took place months before the 13th Amendment
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The new Dock A is composed predominantly of regional wood / HOK/BIG
The new Dock A is composed predominantly of regional wood / HOK/BIG

BIG and HOK's timber concept wins Zurich Airport competition

by Tom Walker | 20 Jun 2022
A team of architects led by BIG and HOK have won an international competition to design the largest dock of Zurich Airport in Switzerland. Composed predominantly of regional wood, The new Dock A and adjacent buildings seek to strengthen the airport’s continued status as the gateway of Switzerland. Bjarke Ingels, BIG founder and creative director, said: “As airports grow and evolve and as international guidelines and safety requirements change, airports tend to become more and more complex: Frankensteins of interconnected
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The visitor attraction celebrates the history of 'runaway weddings' at Gretna Green / Mather & Co
The visitor attraction celebrates the history of 'runaway weddings' at Gretna Green / Mather & Co

Mather & Co-designed Gretna Green Experience opens to the public

by Tom Walker | 10 May 2022
A visitor attraction celebrating the history of the Scottish parish of Gretna Green – and its heritage as a destination for 'runaway marriages – has opened to the public. Gretna Green, located just inside Scotland on the border with England, first became famous for its weddings nearly 260 years ago, following the Clandestine Marriages Act 1753. The act prevented couples under the age of 21 from marrying in England or Wales without their parents' consent. In Scotland, a couple over
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The foundry now houses a popular visitor attraction and museum / Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust/Tommy Pengilley
The foundry now houses a popular visitor attraction and museum / Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust/Tommy Pengilley

Project to save last major bellfoundry which cast bells for St Paul's and Washington National Cathedral

by Tom Walker | 28 Apr 2022
A project to save the UK's last major bellfoundry has moved to the next stage, with the launch of a tender to find contractors for the redevelopment work. The Loughborough Bellfoundry was built in 1859 and has since ​​cast and sent 25,000 bells to more than 100 countries. Bells made at the foundry can be found at some of the world's most iconic buildings, including London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, the Washington National Cathedral in the US capital and the National
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Called North East Scarborough Community and Child Care Centre, the building has three levels / Perkins & Will
Called North East Scarborough Community and Child Care Centre, the building has three levels / Perkins & Will

Perkins & Will reveals designs for net-zero sports and cultural centre in Toronto

by Tom Walker | 28 Apr 2022
Global design practice Perkins & Will has unveiled plans for a net-zero operational carbon community sports centre, health club and cultural hub in Toronto, Canada. A first-of-its-kind for Ontario, the multi-purpose centre is set to achieve net-zero status through energy-efficient design and renewable energy systems, while adding much-needed facilities for the local community. Called North East Scarborough Community and Child Care Centre, the building has three levels. The lower level of the building will host both two swimming pools with
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The stepped design allows access to a rooftop square with a restaurant and café

BIG's designs Prague concert hall to be vibrant centre of life

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have been selected as the architect for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall in Prague, Czech Republic. The first national concert hall to
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The new luxury health resort creates bespoke programmes for guests by blending modern medicine and diagnostics with natural healing methods

Christoph Ingenhoven reveals Lanserhof Sylt, featuring the largest thatched roof in Europe

Medical spa brand, Lanserhof Group, has welcomed the first guests to its all-new coastal health resort on the German island of Sylt. With plans for
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Arts: The art of hospitality

Arts: The art of hospitality

The innovative, art-led seaside boutique hotel that’s providing quirky accommodation that makes guests think
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Montreal’s Esplanade Tranquille will feature 36 geothermal wells

Extreme Climates: Into the wild

Funding woes and murky timelines are common problems. It can be easier to make a difference one small project at a time
From parks designed to mitigate the effects of flooding to warming huts for one of the world’s coldest cities, these projects have been designed for increasingly extreme climates
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Marianne Shillingford

Last word: Marianne Shillingford

The technology involved in paint is extraordinary
Used cleverly, colour has the power to influence how people use the spaces they inhabit, says the creative director of Dulux
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Profile: Daan Roosegaarde

Profile: Daan Roosegaarde

I want to demonstrate that creativity is our true capital as humans 
Rather than feeling fearful and helpless about the future, we must design a way out of the environmental problems we have created, argues the innovative Dutch designer, artist and inventor Daan Roosegaarde
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The James-Simon-Galerie translates the historical theme of colonnades into modern form

Culture: Alexander Schwarz

Alexander Schwarz
Our aim was to create a place celebrating public space and accessibility
The opening of the James-Simon- Galerie on Berlin’s Museum Island completes two decades of work for David Chipperfield Architects. The lead designer talks us through the building
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CopenHill urban ski centre

Regeneration: Power to the people

It was born from the sheer anxiety of having to submit something brilliant in a very short timescale
How a moment of desperation led to BIG’s CopenHill, the clean power plant that’s doubling as a skiing and leisure destination. Magali Robathan speaks to the architects that made it happen
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Health & Fitness: Working it

Health & Fitness: Working it

We’ve designed the space so that the atmosphere is intimate
Les Mills’ new studio spaces at its iconic Auckland City Gym showcase a trend away from masculine ‘grunty’ gyms to something altogether different
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The spa is on the 57th floor and features an infinity pool and treatment rooms overlooking the city

Interview: Dana Kalczak

Dana Kalczak
If we had focused entirely on high tech in the hotel, the artistry we normally strive for would have been compromised
Four Seasons’ vice president of design speaks to CLAD about working with Norman Foster and creating magical moments
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The reception features a Karel Teige collage artwork

Last word: Tina Norden

Tina Norden
We have created an approach which is playful, provocative but also functional
Conran and Partners’ Tina Norden on playing with colour at Prague’s newly redesigned Hotel Maximilian
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Manuelle Gautrand

Interview: Manuelle Gautrand

The cities where you have good cultural buildings and facilities – it’s a way for people to mix, to share the city in a much deeper way
The French architect and winner of the 2017 European Prize for Architecture tells us why she is determined to surprise
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The orchard view platform has a glass floor and railings at 40ft-high

Landscape design: Back to nature

Alan Metcalfe
When people are a bit scared, they gather together
Featuring a vibrating glass platform and one of the US’s longest tree canopy walks, Whiting Forest has been designed to bring visitors closer to nature and to one another
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The twist

Museums: Crossing the line

These museums double as bridges and bring art to the lives of ordinary commuters
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