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Situated next to the Dubai Creek and Marasi Marina, The Lana will mark the Dorchester Collection’s debut location in the Middle East / Dorchester Collection
Situated next to the Dubai Creek and Marasi Marina, The Lana will mark the Dorchester Collection’s debut location in the Middle East / Dorchester Collection

Foster + Partners designs Dorchester Collection's first hotel in Middle East

by Megan Whitby | 06 Jan 2022
Hotel group Dorchester Collection and real estate development group Omniyat have joined forces to create a new luxury hotel named The Lana. The 225-room destination will open in Q4 2022 in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa district inside a 30-storey tower designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners. Situated next to the Dubai Creek and Marasi Marina, The Lana will mark the Dorchester Collection’s debut location in the Middle East. Parisian interior design duo Gilles & Boissier are designing the hotel and
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Neil Jacobs has served as Six Senses CEO since 2012
Neil Jacobs has served as Six Senses CEO since 2012

Neil Jacobs reveals Six Senses Places concept for major cities

by Megan Whitby | 04 Jan 2022
Global hotel and spa operator Six Senses is incubating the launch of a new global wellness concept called Six Senses Place. CEO Neil Jacobs and his team have indicated that new ‘clubs’ could potentially open at urban Six Senses properties in New York – where the company is busy on a property designed by Bjarke Ingels Group – as well as London, Bangkok, Shanghai, the Loire Valley, Istanbul, Rome and Lisbon. “People’s interest in wellness has increased significantly as a result
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The new Orient Express La Dolce Vita service will welcome passengers from 2023 / Accor/Orient Express
The new Orient Express La Dolce Vita service will welcome passengers from 2023 / Accor/Orient Express

Orient Express returns to Italy after 46 years with six trains designed by Dimorestudio and new Rome hotel

by Tom Walker | 22 Dec 2021
The iconic Orient Express luxury train is set to return to Italy following a hiatus of 46 years. The new Orient Express La Dolce Vita service will welcome passengers from 2023, with six trains embarking through itineraries across 14 regions – including three international journeys from Rome to Paris, Istanbul and Split (Croatia). Orient Express – which is owned by French hotel giant Accor Group – will work in partnership with Italy-based Arsenale S.p.A, an investor in major real estate
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The new hydrotherapy experience is set to open later this month / Preidlhof
The new hydrotherapy experience is set to open later this month / Preidlhof

400-year-old mineral spring will power Preidlhof’s €2m medicinal bath experience

by Megan Whitby | 10 Dec 2021
Destination spa and health resort Preidlhof in Naturno, South Tyrol, will open a new medicinal bathing facility later this month, following a five-year development programme. Costing €2m (US$2.26m, £1.7m), the new hydrotherapy experience will include an 80sq m indoor pool and a number of private whirlpool baths. The main pool is a retrofit of an existing swimming pool tank, which has been excavated and rebuilt to accommodate the specialist pipework needed to cope with the water's mineral content. All will
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Beijing Universal currently has seven themed lands and 37 rides and attractions / Universal Beijing
Beijing Universal currently has seven themed lands and 37 rides and attractions / Universal Beijing

Universal Beijing Resort reveals expansion plans for second phase

by Tom Walker | 10 Dec 2021
Universal Beijing Resort in China is preparing to embark on the second phase of its construction programme. The project will add around 2.2sq km to the total park area and will include up to five new hotels. This means the second phase will more than double the current size of the 1.8sq km park. The announcement comes less than three months after the park opened its doors to the public, becoming the fifth Universal Studios-branded theme park in the world
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Stadium 974 has been constructed using 974 shipping containers / Fenwick Iribarren Architects
Stadium 974 has been constructed using 974 shipping containers / Fenwick Iribarren Architects

Pop-up stadium built with shipping containers opens ahead of 2022 World Cup

by Tom Walker | 30 Nov 2021
A fully demountable stadium, designed by Fenwick Iribarren Architects and built from shipping containers, is now open and ready to host games during the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Called Stadium 974, the innovative design has been inspired by Qatar’s worldwide trade and seafaring. The name comes from 974 being the international dialling code for Qatar, as well as the exact number of shipping containers used in construction. Located across the water from Doha's West Bay skyline, on the site of
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A rooftop restaurant overlooks the new Al Baraha square / John McAslan + Partners
A rooftop restaurant overlooks the new Al Baraha square / John McAslan + Partners

John McAslan + Partners-designed M7 cultural hub and museum opens in Doha

by Tom Walker | 23 Nov 2021
A new creative hub in Doha looks to position itself as the new heart of Qatar’s fashion and design industry – as well as a public showcase for innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. The M7 Design and Cultural Hub, designed by John McAslan + Partners, is the architectural anchor of the 31-hectare Msheireb mixed-use development. Established by Qatar Museums, under the leadership of Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani – the sister of Qatar's ruling Emir
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Spa programming highlights will include a traditional Nordic thermotherapy experience / Shutterstock/MJTH
Spa programming highlights will include a traditional Nordic thermotherapy experience / Shutterstock/MJTH

LPO Architects and GrecoDeco create vast subterranean wellness retreat for Oslo

by Megan Whitby | 19 Nov 2021
Nordic Hotels & Resorts is creating an urban wellness retreat in Norway’s capital city of Oslo as part of its 231-room hotel project. Owned by Norwegian hotelier Petter Stordalen, the luxury destination will be named Sommerro and welcome guests in the city’s Frogner neighbourhood as of September 2022. Sommerro will be housed in a restored 1930s building – formerly the headquarters of the city’s original electrical company – and encompass Vestkantbadet, one of Norway’s last remaining public baths. Nordic Hotels
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Tribe hotels provide collaborative workspaces and have been designed to act as social destinations / Ennismore/Tribe
Tribe hotels provide collaborative workspaces and have been designed to act as social destinations / Ennismore/Tribe

Ennismore takes its lifestyle hotel brand Tribe to South East Asia

by Tom Walker | 11 Nov 2021
Ennismore, the hotel company behind brands such as ​​The Hoxton, Delano and Mondrian has announced plans to roll out its Tribe lifestyle hotel brand across Southeast Asia, targeting countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. Launched in 2019, Tribe is marketed as an "alternative lifestyle brand" and features properties which have been designed to focus on common areas to create multifunctional spaces that encourage connection between guests. As well as accommodation, Tribe hotels provide collaborative workspaces, decompression
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Therme Group is currently developing a £250m (US$333m, €274.3m) 28-acre wellbeing resort in Manchester, on track to open in 2023
Therme Group is currently developing a £250m (US$333m, €274.3m) 28-acre wellbeing resort in Manchester, on track to open in 2023

Therme Group announces plans to expand North American footprint

by Megan Whitby | 08 Nov 2021
Thermal wellbeing organisation Therme Group has outlined plans to introduce urban wellbeing centres to five US cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The organisation has appointed Robert Hammond as president and chief strategy officer for its Therme North America branch to manage its US expansion plans. Hammond will be responsible for overseeing the development of the Therme product and programming for the wellbeing company’s US expansion. Hammond joins Therme after serving for over two decades as co-founder
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The pavilion harnesses the geodesic design reminiscent of the Eden Project biomes in Cornwall, UK / Grimshaw
The pavilion harnesses the geodesic design reminiscent of the Eden Project biomes in Cornwall, UK / Grimshaw

Grimshaw partners with Eden Project for pavilion at COP26

by Tom Walker | 01 Nov 2021
Grimshaw has partnered with The Eden Project to create a special pavilion at the COP 26 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Located in the Blue Zone in the Scottish Exhibition Campus, the Eden Project Pavilion has been designed by Grimshaw as a showcase of – and call to arms for – the actions needed to regenerate the planet. It harnesses the geodesic design reminiscent of the Eden Project biomes in Cornwall, UK, designed by Grimshaw. The pavilion
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Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp is being designed as a soothing inner-city escape focused on community, sanctuary, healing and comfort / AIDarchitecten
Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp is being designed as a soothing inner-city escape focused on community, sanctuary, healing and comfort / AIDarchitecten

AIDarchitecten creates Urban spa sanctuary inspired by renowned apothecary in former monastery

by Megan Whitby | 29 Oct 2021
A 15th-century monastery and chapel in Belgium’s capital city of Antwerp is being transformed into a new five-star hotel and botanical spa; Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp. Developer IRET Development is working to retain the location’s identity and create an urban retreat that brings together a sense of the building’s history with contemporary sensibilities and sustainable design. So far, the sensitive restoration project has sought to strip away the fripperies of times past to reveal ancient stonework and structures. AIDarchitecten is acting
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Spela will become Serenbe's fifth hamlet and focus on the concepts of play and playfulness

Playfulness will inspire Serenbe’s new wellness community, Spela

Georgia-based wellness community, Serenbe, is getting a new wellness community dedicated to play, co-founder Steve Nygren, has told CLAD. Named Spela – which means play
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M+ will act as a cultural centre for 20th and 21st century art and design

Herzog and de Meuron’s M+ museum of visual culture distils essence of Hong Kong

M+, described as Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture, has opened in Hong Kong. Located in the city state's West Kowloon Cultural District,
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Diners will sit down at a platform among the treetops

Design trends: Soneva Fushi reveals fine-dining zipline experience

Soneva Fushi resort in the Maldives has unveiled a "world-first" dining experience, which will take guests high among the treetops. Called Flying Sauces, the new
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Danish landscape architecture firm SLA designed the rooftop park to attract a range of wildlife

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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The new building forms the backbone of the masterplan developed by DCA in 1999

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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Hospitality: High standards

Hospitality: High standards

We tried to take over in a friendly way
The Standard’s first London hotel is bold, fun and full of surprising touches
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The dramatic-looking Musée de la Romanité opened in June in Nîmes, France

Interview: Elizabeth de Portzamparc

Elizabeth de Portzamparc
We need to stop the destruction of our world through predatory practices. We need to think of the future
The architect behind Nimes’ Musée de la Romanité on designing to counter loneliness and the need for more cultural buildings
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The Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, US

Interview: José Alminaña

José Almiñana
We are committed to designing evocative landscapes informed by the best environmental science
The Andropogon principal on pushing the boundaries of landscape design for the benefit of humans and nature
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The suites are sleek, modern and calming, with natural colours and materials

Wellness: Mountain magic

Wellness embraces the entire holiday experience
The design of the newly-opened Lefay Resort and Spa Dolomitti in Italy aims to celebrate and protect its spectacular surroundings
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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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Museums: Crossing the line

These museums double as bridges and bring art to the lives of ordinary commuters
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The Ryan Fieldhouse and Water Athletics Center, Evanston

Analysis: Better together

Most clients are very focused on how buildings are used and experienced as the primary design driver
The MD of Schmidt Hammer Lassen and the CEO of PerkinsWill tell us why their merger will help create smarter buildings driven by human behaviour
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This 30ft-high sheltered pavilion provides views across the water

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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Dan Meis

Sport: Everton FC reveals final Dan Meis designs

The final designs for the Dan Meis-designed riverside stadium for Everton Football Club
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Guests are welcomed in the triple height Threshing Barn

New Opening: Dreaming big

CLAD visits Somerset’s hot new hotel, and speaks to the teams behind one of the most ambitious garden projects seen for many years
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