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The design draws on "the geometry and rhythm of traditional Thai architecture" to create a sculptural façade / Kohn Pedersen Fox

Residents to enjoy $42m of amenities at Bangkok's SCOPE Langsuan tower

by Stu Robarts | 21 Jan 2020
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and Thomas Juul-Hansen have designed a $300m (€270m, £230m) apartment tower for Bangkok, Thailand, that will boast 2,500sq m (27,000sq ft) of entertainment and health amenities for residents. SCOPE Langsuan, which is scheduled for completion in early 2023, will cover an area of 42,000sq m (452,000sq ft) and rise 34 storeys. KPF's design for the tower comprises three stepped, vertical elements and draws on "the geometry and rhythm of traditional Thai architecture" to create a sculptural
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The design for Forum Groningen was first developed for a competition in 2006 / Deon Prins
The design for Forum Groningen was first developed for a competition in 2006 / Deon Prins

NL Architects create "cultural department store" in Groningen

by Stu Robarts | 21 Jan 2020
NL Architects and ABT Engineering have created what they describe as a "new type of public space" in Groningen, Netherlands, filled with books, images, exhibition spaces, movie halls, assembly rooms and restaurants. The design for Forum Groningen was first developed for a competition run by the local municipality in 2006, running out the winner. It has now finally been brought to fruition, with a form that is at once monolithic, carefully crafted and contemporary. A single volume covers 17,000sq m
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Installations have been created at five sites along the route / 11h45
Installations have been created at five sites along the route / 11h45

Reiulf Ramstad Architects create steel installations along former railway

by Stu Robarts | 20 Jan 2020
Reiulf Ramstad Architects have created a series of steel installations along a trail that follows the former Rosheim-St Nabor railway in Alsace, France. The Chemin des Carrières – literally the Quarries Path – stretches for 11km (7mi), joining a number of formerly industrial quarry sites. The installations have been created at five sites along the route, with each conceived to tell its own story. At Rosheim, intertwined sculptural circles of corten steel around which visitors can roam with benches for
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The new stand will increase the capacity of Emirates Old Trafford to 26,700, making it the largest cricket ground outside of London / Lancashire Cricket
The new stand will increase the capacity of Emirates Old Trafford to 26,700, making it the largest cricket ground outside of London / Lancashire Cricket

New BDP-designed stand gets go-ahead at Old Trafford cricket ground

by Tom Walker | 20 Jan 2020
Plans to build a new BDP -designed 4,850-seat stand at Old Trafford cricket ground have been approved, meaning the venue's capacity will rise to 26,700 and that it will become the UK's largest cricket ground outside of London. As well as the extra seating, the plans will see the creation of a cricket museum and a shop. The current Red Rose Suite will be replaced with a more modern suite with a pitch view and the Hilton Garden Inn hotel
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The museum will cover an area of 41,800sq ft (3,900sq m) / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The museum will cover an area of 41,800sq ft (3,900sq m) / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Construction of the International African American Museum is underway at Gadsden’s Wharf

by Stu Robarts | 20 Jan 2020
Construction has begun on the International African American Museum, which has been designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners to honour the site at which enslaved Africans were brought into the US. Initially proposed in 2000 and now scheduled for completion in late 2021, the 41,800sq ft (3,900sq m) facility is being constructed on Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina. It is estimated that up to 80 per cent of African Americans in the US today can trace their ancestry
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The spa garden is claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the UK
The spa garden is claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the UK

Carden Park welcomes brand new £10m spa with Bollinger garden bar

by Megan Whitby | 20 Jan 2020
Nicki Kurran, working alongside Barr + Wray, Pave Always and HB Architects, has created a new £10m ($13m, €12m) spa at Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire, UK. Kurran told CLAD sister title Spa Business : "It’s been an absolute pleasure working with the spa team at Carden Park over the past two years, we’ve created a truly exclusive experience for our guests with some magnificent show-stopping touchpoints." Covering 4,500sq m (48,500sq ft), the destination spa has 14 treatment rooms, three
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New public spaces will include a floating garden island connected by a new water navigation system / Carlo Ratti Associati
New public spaces will include a floating garden island connected by a new water navigation system / Carlo Ratti Associati

Carlo Ratti Associati creates vision for newly joined-up Lugano waterfront

by Stu Robarts | 17 Jan 2020
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MIC) have unveiled a new vision for the waterfront of Lugano, Switzerland, aimed at better linking the city to its glacial lake with a system of innovative public spaces. The plan addresses a current disconnection between the city and Lake Lugano by partly pedestrianising the congested waterfront and creating a dynamic road system that can be configured to have zero, one or two lanes for traffic as required. A system of smart
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The Xiangjiang Gate will comprise two bipedal towers that will rise gracefully together to 177m (581ft) / RMJM Shanghai
The Xiangjiang Gate will comprise two bipedal towers that will rise gracefully together to 177m (581ft) / RMJM Shanghai

RMJM Shanghai's Xiangjiang Gate elegantly mixes heritage with a modern aesthetic

by Stu Robarts | 17 Jan 2020
RMJM Shanghai has won a competition to design a monument for the Hengyang in Hunan Province, China, with a design aimed at reflecting the city's status as a fast-evolving tech hub as well as its cultural heritage. The Xiangjiang Gate will comprise two bipedal towers that curve up from their feet and rise gracefully together to 177m (581ft), joining and torquing at their midriffs, before separating again at the top. In addition to being a monument, the structure will serve
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The structure's tanks would be converted to become a habitat and part of its iron frame glazed to create a conservatory / Avanton
The structure's tanks would be converted to become a habitat and part of its iron frame glazed to create a conservatory / Avanton

Avanton considers alligator farm for old gasholder

by Lauren Heath-Jones | 17 Jan 2020
Avanton, a London-based property developer, has announced potential plans to create an alligator farm and enclosure inside a Grade II-listed Victorian gasholder on the city's Old Kent Road. The enclosure would form the centrepiece of a housing and office development worth a reported £230m (US$300m, €270m). The structure's tanks would be converted to become a habitat, while part of the 160ft (49m) iron frame would be glazed to create a multi-storey conservatory with the humid, Florida-style climate necessary to accommodate
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Building occupants will b able to choose from a variety of food and drink outlets / Rockwell Group
Building occupants will b able to choose from a variety of food and drink outlets / Rockwell Group

Rockwell Group bring luxury hospitality and wellness to 550 Madison

by Stu Robarts | 17 Jan 2020
Rockwell Group have unveiled designs for luxury hospitality and wellness amenities at Manhattan's 550 Madison office tower, which is currently being renovated by co-owners Olayan Group. The updated amenities will complement work like the development of a new public garden designed by Snøhetta that will increase the amount of public open space at the tower by 50 per cent and bring new green space to the area. They are intended to make the New York building feel not just like
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The theme park land will feature Nintendo’s well-known worlds, characters and adventures / Nintendo
The theme park land will feature Nintendo’s well-known worlds, characters and adventures / Nintendo

Immersive Super Nintendo World will put visitors inside Nintendo’s games

by Tom Anstey | 16 Jan 2020
New details have been revealed about the immersive, game-themed Super Nintendo World, which is due to open at Universal Studios Japan in Tokyo this summer. The theme park land has been conceived for visitors to feel as if they are playing inside their favourite Nintendo video games and will feature Nintendo’s well-known worlds, characters and adventures. Technology and design will be used to blend the physical world with a digital, video game layer, offering interactive gameplay throughout the land. In
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The pavilion covers an area of 350sq m (3,770sq ft) / Aurelien Chen
The pavilion covers an area of 350sq m (3,770sq ft) / Aurelien Chen

Aurelien Chen pavilion reimagines the mountains, forest, clouds and water of Chinese landscape

by Stu Robarts | 16 Jan 2020
Aurelien Chen has created a pavilion in China that reimagines the traditional Chinese landscape of mountains, forest, clouds and water. The 350sq m (3,770sq ft) Dragon Mountain Landmark Pavilion, so-called because of its location in Zhulongshan – literally Dragon Mountain, was created to draw the attention to the entrance of the Dragon Mountain Natural site. Described by Chen as "an ethereal and abstract version of a traditional Chinese landscape", the installation comprises 200 steel poles that, together, create an undulating
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The car-park will cover 19,300sq m (208,000sq ft) and will be constructed from cross-laminated timber

Open Platform and JAJA's car-park is a transport and community hub

Open Platform and JAJA Architects have won a competition to create a new multi-storey car-park and mobility hub in Aarhus, Denmark, with a wooden design
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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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CopenHill is a “crystal clear example of hedonistic sustainability,” says BIG founder Bjarke Ingels

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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Equinox Hotel Hudson Yards is housed in 35 Hudson Yards, a tower building designed by SOM’s David Childs

Hospitality: Sleep well

Further hotels have been confirmed for Los Angeles, Santa Clara, CA, Seattle, Chicago and Houston
Rockwell Group and Joyce Wang on the inspirations behind the guest rooms, public spaces, spa and gym at Equinox Hotel Hudson Yards
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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 resort has been designed to blend into the landscape

Wellness: Room with a view

Sam was such a champion for the team, and my goal is simply to carry that same torch
As Blackberry Mountain resort opens in Tennessee, we find out why the project is a deeply personal one for owner Mary Celeste Beall
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Last word: Tina Norden

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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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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Houston’s Memorial Park is being restored following hurricane damage

Landscape design: Thomas Woltz

Thomas Woltz
I am very proud of stewarding the largest public space to be built in Manhattan in a century
The Wall Street Journal’s Design Innovator of the Year on designing the gardens at Hudson Yards and looking to the Native Americans for ideas on how to create a resilient future
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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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Ritz-Carlton Reserve Dorado Beach

Interview: Blurred lines

Scott Lee became president of SB Architects in 2000. Tracy Lee founded TLee Spas in 2015
We design to connect the guest to the place, positioning people at the centre of the design
Architect Scott Lee and spa consultant Tracey Lee on marrying the worlds of design and wellness in a series of interesting projects
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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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Grigoriou’s interiors work focuses on boosting wellbeing and reducing stress

Elina Grigoriou

Elina Grigoriou
Temperature, noise level and colour affect our stress levels. As designers we should be asking ourselves, how do these things match up?
The London-based interior designer and wellness expert hopes her new book will help readers understand how to design with wellbeing in mind
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