Week's top news: Heatherwick unveils design for NYC's Hudson Yards, Nike's avatar running track and a new museum from Peter Zumthor
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a trio of mini forests being installed across London to Thomas Heatherwick’s latest high-profile landmark.
Monday
• Architect Asif Khan is bringing tiny forests to the streets of London for the city’s design festival. Read here.
• Sports architects Populous are aiming to secure 10 major projects in China over the next five years as the nation seeks to improve its sporting infrastructure. Read here.
Tuesday
• Work has been completed on a unique project for Norway’s National Tourist Route (NTR), with a cluster of prefabricated structures by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Read here.
• Legacy plans for Dubai’s 2020 Expo will reuse more than 80 per cent of the site once the event is complete. Read here.
• The architect behind the Rio 2016 Olympic Park masterplan has encouraged the organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Games to collaborate with Paralympians. Read here.
Wednesday
• American architect Steven Holl has been honoured for creating urban environments that actively use daylight to boost quality of life. Read here.
• A photographer to the stars has launched a Kickstarter campaign to open a design-led hotel chain he believes can change the world. Read here.
• Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale global prize for architecture. Read here.
• Nike have opened a “reimagined running track” in the centre of Manila where sprinters could race against avatars of themselves. Read here.
• The UK government has launched an international contest to design a £40m (US$53m, €47m) Holocaust memorial near the Houses of Parliament in London. Read here.
Thursday
• Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled a climbable public landmark that will be the towering centrepiece of New York City’s Hudson Yards development. Read here.
• David Marks, chair and designer of the recently-launched i360 vertical cable car in Brighton, UK, has apologised after a series of breakdowns suffered by the attraction. Read here.
• Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has said that modern-day stadiums lack individuality and a wider range of studios should design them. Read here.
Friday
• Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been chosen to build the multi-million Euro extension to the Fondation Beyeler art museum in his home city Basel. Read here.
• Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter have completed work on the Norwegian Mountaineering Center, designed to resemble a snow-topped peak. Read here.
• Australia’s top venue for tennis and concerts, the multipurpose Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, will be refurbished and expanded. Read here.
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