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BRC is working with its Dutch partners, Heijmerink Wagemakers, on the designs / World Food Center
BRC is working with its Dutch partners, Heijmerink Wagemakers, on the designs / World Food Center

BRC selected to design new World Food Center – will explore sustainability and global food supply

by Tom Walker | 19 Jan 2021
Design specialist BRC Imagination Arts (BRC) has been selected to design and produce the World Food Center Experience in Ede, the Netherlands. The attraction will become an interactive platform exploring the impact of the world’s food choices and the importance of sustainable and healthy food production. BRC's concept will take guests on a personalised journey that will "challenge what they know about how food is produced and consumed, worldwide". The design will also look to encourage social discussions among visitors
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Situated on the water’s edge, approximately 90 per cent of the Museum’s ground floor will be transparent to maintain a view of the dockside / Scott Brownrigg
Situated on the water’s edge, approximately 90 per cent of the Museum’s ground floor will be transparent to maintain a view of the dockside / Scott Brownrigg

Scott Brownrigg-designed Museum of Military Medicine in Cardiff given planning approval

by Tom Walker | 12 Jan 2021
The Museum of Military Medicine in the UK has received planning approval for a new building in the city of Cardiff. As a result, the historic attraction will move from its current home in Surrey to a new flagship facility designed by architects Scott Brownrigg. The new building – set to be located in Cardiff Bay – will host the museum's comprehensive collection of archives and exhibitions documenting the legacy of British military medicine. It will also host the UK’s
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The 6,000-seat arena is expected to open in 2024 and is expected to host around 300 events each year / SuperGen Group
The 6,000-seat arena is expected to open in 2024 and is expected to host around 300 events each year / SuperGen Group

Work starts on US$898m e-sports arena in Shanghai

by Tom Walker | 12 Jan 2021
Construction work has begun on the huge Shanghai International New Cultural and Creative esports Center. The 500,000sq m venue is estimated to cost around 5.8 billion yuan ($898.2m) and forms part of a larger, US$1.5bn project. Built by Chinese property company SuperGen Group – the parent company of Chinese esports organisation Edward Gaming (EDG) – the venue is located in the city's Minhang District. The 6,000-seat arena is expected to open in 2024 and is expected to host around 300
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ReefLine will become a large-scale environmental public art project / OMA/Reefline
ReefLine will become a large-scale environmental public art project / OMA/Reefline

OMA designs Miami Beach's ReefLine – a seven mile-long underwater sculpture park

by Tom Walker | 03 Jan 2021
Architecture firm OMA has revealed designs for an ambitious underwater sculpture park which will stretch across seven miles off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, US. Called ReefLine, the park is being developed by BlueLab Preservation Society in partnership with the City of Miami Beach and Coral Morphologic. It will feature art installations located around 20ft under water, which can only be viewed while snorkeling or diving. Conceived by cultural placemaker and BlueLab chair Ximena Caminos as a large-scale environmental
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The project was first announced by disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2012 and the attraction opened its doors in February 2017 at a cost of around CHF500m / FIFA
The project was first announced by disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2012 and the attraction opened its doors in February 2017 at a cost of around CHF500m / FIFA

FIFA files criminal complaint over funding of €459m world football museum

by Tom Walker | 28 Dec 2020
Football's world governing body FIFA has filed a criminal complaint over what it describes as "criminal mismanagement" of the World Football Museum project in Zurich. The project was first announced by disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2012 and the attraction opened its doors in February 2017 at a cost of around CHF500m (€459m, £415m). The 3,000sq m (32,300sq ft) museum is part of a larger development which includes luxury apartments, a restaurant, a sports bar, a shop, FIFA
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Using technology and innovative design, Heya can be dramatically reconfigured by guests to suit their purpose / ReardonSmith
Using technology and innovative design, Heya can be dramatically reconfigured by guests to suit their purpose / ReardonSmith

ReardonSmith leads design of Heya – a hotel room concept offering personalisation for each guest

by Tom Walker | 26 Dec 2020
A new hotel room concept which "shapes around the visitors" looks to transform the overnight experience for hotel guests. Called Heya, the concept was created by a team of designers, led by ReardonSmith Architects. Using technology and innovative design, Heya can be dramatically reconfigured by guests to suit their purpose and is built around the idea that guests shouldn’t have to settle into their room: it should take shape around them. The aim is to provide a flexible enough space
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The attraction will offer each guest a unique experience, as the choices they make during the two-day stay will affect the exact nature of their 'journey' / Disney/Lucasfilm
The attraction will offer each guest a unique experience, as the choices they make during the two-day stay will affect the exact nature of their 'journey' / Disney/Lucasfilm

Disney reveals first visuals of ambitious Star Wars attraction – including designs for hotel 'pods'

by Tom Walker | 15 Dec 2020
Disney has released the first visuals of its Star Wars -themed Galactic Starcruiser resort, which is set to open at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida next year. The ambitious new attraction will offer accommodation in hotel 'pods', which are part of a new type of "ultra-deep immersion" experience into the Star Wars universe. Each guest will be able to become the hero of their own adventure during a two-day, two-night stay. Guests will arrive and depart together at the
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Design consultancy Mather and Co has won a competitive tender to support the restoration of the building / Copyright Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Design consultancy Mather and Co has won a competitive tender to support the restoration of the building / Copyright Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Flaxmill Maltings – the world's first cast-iron framed building – is to be redeveloped as a visitor attraction by Mather & Co

by Tom Walker | 15 Dec 2020
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, one of the most important buildings of the UK's industrial past, is to be restored and redeveloped as a heritage visitor attraction. Built in 1797, the building is known as the "grandparent of the modern-day skyscraper", due to its pioneering cast iron frame, which was the first of its kind in the world and paved the way for the development of skyscrapers. It operated as a flax mill for almost a century, before being converted into a
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The design project will be sensitively curated by the Milanese architectural firm, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel / Bulgari
The design project will be sensitively curated by the Milanese architectural firm, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel / Bulgari

LVMH announces Bulgari Hotel for Miami Beach, with design by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

by Megan Whitby | 10 Dec 2020
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts will open a new property in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2024. The Bulgari Hotel Miami Beach will be a 100-key beachfront hotel, offering a luxury wellness retreat complete with a large spa and fitness centre and outdoor pool. The hotel will be housed inside a building originally created by Miami architect Albert Anis in the late 1950s, located in the National Register Architectural District. The design will be curated by Milanese architectural firm, Antonio Citterio Patricia
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The two-floor space, covering 3,500sq ft, is located in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District / Technogym
The two-floor space, covering 3,500sq ft, is located in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District / Technogym

Technogym opens retail store in Los Angeles

by Tom Walker | 09 Dec 2020
Technogym has opened the latest of its consumer-facing retail store concepts in Los Angeles, US. The two-floor store, covering 3,500sq ft, is located in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District and will showcase the full range of Technogym's equipment and services. Specifically targeting the high-end consumer market, the store will allow people to access and discover the company's at-home products and solutions. Staff at the site will include experienced personal trainers and interior designers, who will provide assistance
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AZPML and UKST have secured the commission for the £31.4m museum in Sejong, South Korea / AZPML
AZPML and UKST have secured the commission for the £31.4m museum in Sejong, South Korea / AZPML

AZPML and UKST win competition to design Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture

by Tom Walker | 09 Dec 2020
Architects AZPML and UKST have secured the commission to design the Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA), a £31.4m project in Sejong, South Korea. The competition was organised by the National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC), which is looking to establish a museum exploring the history and the development of the built environment across the country. With a total floor area of 17,050sq m, the museum will be part of a larger, 190,000sq m National Museum Complex planned
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Ole Scheeren and Shigeru Ban team up to design art and cultural destination in Hangzhou

Büro Ole Scheeren and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban have been appointed to create a masterplan for the Hangzhou Wangjiang New Town project in China.
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If we had focused entirely on high tech in the hotel, the artistry we normally strive for would have been compromised
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Heritage: Lucky dip

A renewed appreciation of the architectural merit of the UK’s historic pools are seeing many brought back to life. We take a look
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We have created an approach which is playful, provocative but also functional
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These museums double as bridges and bring art to the lives of ordinary commuters
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The waste-to-energy plant has a ski slope, hiking trails, an 85m climbing wall, restaurant and apres ski bar

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It was born from the sheer anxiety of having to submit something brilliant in a very short timescale
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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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