It’s been another busy week in the world of leisure architecture, design, investment and development, and CLAD has reported on some exciting trends and discoveries which will have big implications for the industry.

We covered an important new study into graphene, which found that by using biomimicry this nanometre thin material could be applied in buildings as ‘smart wallpaper’ to generate electricity from waste light or heat, potentially revolutionising how we create buildings.

UK scientists use biomimicry to create light-absorbing,ultra-thin "smart wallpaper" for buildings via @CLADglobal https://t.co/SmQITc9UzT

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