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The spa will be anchored by a central thermal area finished with a palette of earthy tones and bathed in warm lighting / Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
The spa will be anchored by a central thermal area finished with a palette of earthy tones and bathed in warm lighting / Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

First glimpses revealed of Mandarin Oriental, Mayfair's subterranean spa retreat

by Megan Whitby | 24 Nov 2023
Luxury hotel and spa operator Mandarin Oriental’s second London hotel will launch next January with a brand new spa designed as a boutique sister location to its flagship UK spa at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. Open to hotel guests, residents and the local community, the underground wellness retreat at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair will welcome its first guests in early 2024. Facilities will include an indoor heated swimming pool, a sauna, vitality pools, experience showers, steamrooms and a gym. The spa’s
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The exhibition occupies an expansive space of more than 3,000sq m / MAD Architects/Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning
The exhibition occupies an expansive space of more than 3,000sq m / MAD Architects/Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning

"Architecture is alive" says Ma Yansong, as Shenzhen art museum opens exhibition showcasing work of MAD Architects

by Tom Walker | 20 Nov 2023
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) has opened an exhibition which provides a retrospective of the research and practices of MAD Architects. Called Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion, the exhibition occupies an expansive space of more than 3,000sq m and takes visitors on a journey through 52 projects spanning almost two decades. MAD Architects is led by Ma Yansong, Dang Qun and Yosuke Hayano. The exhibition is the MoCAUP’s first solo exhibition of architecture since opening in
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SHA Mexico's architecture will replicate the structure of a DNA strand and feature a design that brings the outdoors in / SHA Wellness
SHA Mexico's architecture will replicate the structure of a DNA strand and feature a design that brings the outdoors in / SHA Wellness

SHA Mexico to debut in January 2024 with genome-inspired design by Sordo Madaleno

by Megan Whitby | 20 Nov 2023
Spanish wellness brand SHA Wellness will open its Latin American flagship in January in Costa Mujeres, a secluded beach destination just north of Cancun. Joining SHA’s Alicante flagship, SHA Mexico’s opening will mark the first phase of SHA’s global expansion plans with an additional Abu Dhabi forest destination set to debut in 2025. The two upcoming properties are part of AB Wellness, one of three divisions which fall under the newly-launched holding group AB Living – a global development firm
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Timbaland (L) and Freddie Morross (R) have collaborated to answer the rising demand for wellness music with physiological benefits / GWS
Timbaland (L) and Freddie Morross (R) have collaborated to answer the rising demand for wellness music with physiological benefits / GWS

Timbaland, music producer to the stars, joins forces with Myndstream to co-create music that improves health and wellbeing

by Megan Whitby | 15 Nov 2023
Timbaland, Platinum Grammy Award-winning producer, who's worked with artists such as Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Madonna, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Drake and Björk, has announced a partnership with health and wellbeing music provider, Myndstream. The new partners will collaborate to produce an album of wellness music to help improve the health and wellbeing of listeners, whether that be to destress, relax, unwind or focus. They will be available for use by operators across the wellness, health and fitness and spa markets.
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Siro is set to open its doors in February 2024 at the One Za'abeel development / Kerzner International/Siro hotels
Siro is set to open its doors in February 2024 at the One Za'abeel development / Kerzner International/Siro hotels

Kerzner's new 'fitness hotel', Siro One Zabeel, opens for reservations

by Tom Walker | 09 Nov 2023
The first ever Siro hotel, marketed as the "ultimate fitness and recovery hotel", is now accepting reservations. Set to open its doors in February 2024 at the One Za'abeel development in Dubai, the property marks the debut for Siro – a new, fitness and recovery brand developed by Kerzner International. Siro One Za'abeel will offer guests experiences built around the brand's five specific "biohacking pillars" – fitness, nutrition, sleep, recovery and mindfulness with tech integrations built in. Each room at
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As well as exhibits, visitors will be able to meet costumed characters and hear their stories / Black Country Living Museum
As well as exhibits, visitors will be able to meet costumed characters and hear their stories / Black Country Living Museum

Back in time – visitors experience 1960s healthcare in Black Country Museum's new living history centre

by Tom Walker | 01 Nov 2023
Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, UK, has opened a life-sized replica of a healthcare centre for infants, offering visitors an opportunity to discover how new and expectant mothers in the early 1960s were cared for and supported. The new Lea Road Infant Welfare Centre is housed in its own building, allowing visitors to explore a waiting room, doctor’s surgery, a dispensary and other exhibits – as well as meet costumed characters. One of the characters, a midwife named ‘Cicilyn
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The club has a 20m pool / Virgin Active
The club has a 20m pool / Virgin Active

First look at Virgin Active's all-new luxury Wimbledon club with wellness offering

by Tom Walker | 29 Oct 2023
Virgin Active has opened the doors to its Wimbledon club following a comprehensive redevelopment and refurbishment of the site. The company said the property – described it as an 'all-new club' – has been meticulously planned to the highest standards. Facilities now include a 375sq m gym floor with10 Lifting Stations, Ski-Ergs, Echo Bikes, Eleiko weights and Technogym cardio equipment. A total of 10 personal trainers will also be available. Wet areas include a 20m swimming pool, sauna, steamroom and
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the wheelchair-accessible Jette’s Wonder Bikes will have six, hang-glider-style cars / Morgan's Wonderland
the wheelchair-accessible Jette’s Wonder Bikes will have six, hang-glider-style cars / Morgan's Wonderland

Morgan’s Wonderland reveals plans for largest expansion in its history

by Tom Walker | 24 Oct 2023
Morgan’s Wonderland – a Texas-based theme park which caters specifically to people with disabilities – has revealed plans to add attractions worth US$6 million in 2024. The major additions will include a 4D cinema giving, a passenger boat ride across the park’s eight-acre fishing lake, a zipline soaring above the lake and a wheelchair-accessible "bike ride". The 4D theatre, located at the park's Sensory Village, gives guests the sensation of riding a thrilling roller coaster. Designed to accommodate guests in
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The spa is home to an outdoor yoga and meditation deck with soothing waterside views / Banyan Tree Group
The spa is home to an outdoor yoga and meditation deck with soothing waterside views / Banyan Tree Group

Hacienda Xcanatun’s new Angsana Spa brings the outdoors in with nature-centric design

by Megan Whitby | 20 Oct 2023
Banyan Tree Group has refreshed its luxury hotel in Mérida, Mexico, with a new Angsana Spa inspired by Asian and Mexican therapies. Located in four acres of lush green tropical gardens, the newly built wellness pavilion is part of Hacienda Xcanatun, Angsana Heritage Collection’s property-wide expansion project. The spa stands above a tranquil pond and blends discreetly into the surrounding natural foliage thanks to a design blending the boundaries between the indoors and out. Carefully chosen materials sourced from the
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The first Sports Illustrated Resorts college campus will open in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 2025 / Sports Illustrated Resorts
The first Sports Illustrated Resorts college campus will open in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 2025 / Sports Illustrated Resorts

Sports Illustrated Resorts to expand across US with active lifestyle at their core

by Megan Whitby | 19 Oct 2023
A network of Sports Illustrated branded resort and lifestyle complexes will launch in the US following a deal between Travel + Leisure Co and Sports Hospitality Ventures (SHV) – the hotel and resorts licensee for the Sports Illustrated brand in North America and the Caribbean. Each Sports Illustrated Resort campus is expected to feature a full-service hotel, a vacation club and residences, as well as a host of branded attractions from live-action sports and entertainment to dining, wellness and relaxation
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The Hvn's raison d'etre is to help guests improve how they feel both inside and outside / The Hvn
The Hvn's raison d'etre is to help guests improve how they feel both inside and outside / The Hvn

Conscious wellbeing inspires Knightsbridge’s newest urban retreat, The Hvn

by Megan Whitby | 16 Oct 2023
A new urban wellness retreat is set to launch in Knightsbridge, London, backed by a trio of professionals from the beauty and medical fields, including ex-Aromatherapy Associates interim CEO Muriel Zingraff. Designed for conscious wellbeing, The Hvn will launch on 17 October. The two-level facility will operate with a 360˚ integrated approach using heritage therapies – including traditional Indian, Japanese and Chinese medicines – functional medicine and medical aesthetics, acupuncture, vitamin infusions and bodywork, as well as therapies to support
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Forest House is an adult-only, high-end health club / Forest House
Forest House is an adult-only, high-end health club / Forest House

Jon Williams and Tom Edwards launch nature-inspired Forest House

by Frances Marcellin | 15 Oct 2023
Fitness entrepreneurs Jon Williams, CEO, and Tom Edwards, COO, have co-founded a new high-end club in central Watford, Forest House Health and Wellness, with a group of health and fitness specialists. Along with Williams and Edwards, the co-founding members are: Steve Lewis, chairman, Bharat Hindocha, CFO, Raj Rattan and Rob Marsh. The first club will be opening its doors to the public in June 2023 which will be the sixth club they have opened together. Forest House’s 20,000sq ft site
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Plans for the 171-room hotel include comprehensive wellness and fitness facilities plus 70 branded residences

PLP Architecture's Mandarin Oriental Bankside will be part of UK's first operationally fossil fuel-free mixed-use development

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG) is set to open its third London hotel and spa in the British capital in 2028, with design by PLP
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The studio's design has been developed in collaboration with design studio, Anotherform

Anotherform and Fluxprojects create immersive fitness concept for Blok in London

Boutique fitness operator, Blok, has launched a new studio concept which mixes curated fitness classes with the opportunity to explore the world of art and
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The US hotel group will open in locations near national parks, beaches, mountain and ski towns

Starwood launches Field & Lodge hospitality brand targeting outdoor enthusiasts

Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and real estate and hospitality company, Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital), have unveiled a new outdoor-focused hotel group
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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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Kuma won the competition to design the V&A’s Dundee outpost in 2010

Culture: V&A Dundee

Has Kengo Kuma’s V&A Dundee been worth the wait?
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Ed Ng and Terence Ngan founded AB Concepts in 1999 in Hong Kong. The practice has three offices

Interview: Ed Ng on creating a stylish restaurant for Four Seasons' London landmark hotel

Ed Ng
Of all hospitality design, we feel that F&B is the most fun. You can be creative and it’s where you get all the limelight
When ABConcept’s co-founder got The brief for the Four Seasons’ Mei Ume restaurant, he jumped straight on the plane to London. He tells us why
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The double height living and dining room provides a space for the whole family to gather

Jason McLennan: A love of nature

If you look closely at the walls, they almost look like layers of the Grand Canyon. When you use rammed earth, you get wavy lines where the material has been compacted
Well building guru Jason McLennan opens his home and shares his thoughts about environmental design with Well Home
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The spa and fitness centre on the 57th floor end in an infinity-edge pool with views across Philadelphia

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 museum consists of four galleries, built into the surrounding sand dunes

Finn Norkjaer: Finn Norkjaer on Bjarke Ingels and the very early days of BIG

Finn Norkjaer
The Tirpitz Museum is very special. We have created a very clean and simple building, and we’ve been very honest with the materials.
On the Tirpitz Museum and his love of music
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Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara

People news: What is 'Freespace'? Grafton Architects explains Venice Architecture Biennale theme

Freespace describes a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architecture’s agenda
On the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale theme
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Assemble’s Folly for a Flyover transformed a London motorway undercroft into a temporary arts venue

Temporary architecture: Is architecture finally shaking off its obsession with eternity?

Architecture is finally sloughing off its obsession with eternity
Celebrating ephemeral architecture
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Pods feature a double-height mezzanine and panoramic views from inside

CLAD people: Soohyun Chang, founder, Atelier Chang

Soohyun Chang
On her low cost glamping pods
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Ruya opened in Dubai in November 2016

Interview: Conran and Partners' Tina Norden on the trends shaping hospitality design

Norden studied architecture at Westminster, before joining C&P in 1997. She completed her MA at the Royal College of Art in 2000
We didn’t want in-your-face sporting references; just subtle things that allow you to tell a story
The Conran & Partners director outlines the trends shaping hospitality design
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Boeri’s first vertical forests are neighbouring residential towers in central Milan, each with 900 trees and 20,000 shrubs

Interview: Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri is working on a number of major green schemes in China
We’re creating new spheres, where people, trees and animals can coexist in an environment of wellness
On how the vertical forest model promotes wellness
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The Beijing Conrad Hotel represents the “subtle invasion of nature into our built landscape”

Method in the MADness: Ma Yansong on battling conservatism

Chinese architect Ma Yansong
We as humans can learn from nature and then move beyond it
The founder of MAD on nature and urbanism, the Harbin Opera House and battling conservatism
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