All Leisure & culture articles – Page 10
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FeaturesCenter Parcs: The place beyond the pines
Center Parcs’ £250m resort will cater for 4,000 visitors in a forest in the green belt just outside Milton Keynes. So how do you build a self-sufficient small town in the middle of a wood? And get permission to do it?
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NewsProbe into West End theatre collapse
Investigators on site after section of ceiling came down, injuring 76
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NewsRevised designs for £120m Southbank scheme revealed
Southbank Centre reveals architect Feilden Clegg Bradley’s revised designs for controversial redevelopment
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NewsTwo killed in Brazil World Cup crane collapse
Crane falls during construction of stadium that will host opening match of 2014 World Cup
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NewsNatural History Museum reveals shortlist
Architects Stanton williams and Fielden Clegg Bradley among five-team shortlist for grounds revamp
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NewsMCC members back £200m Lord's plan
Populous-designed scheme set to go ahead after internal challenge is defeated
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NewsArchitect sought by Natural History Museum
World-famous museum launches design competition as it seeks to redesign its grounds
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NewsKier lands £50m Plymouth Argyle contract
Contractor promises to maximise use of local subcontractors and labour on football ground revamp
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NewsFit-out delays push Shard hotel launch back ‘to 2014’
Exclusive: Luxury hotel ‘unlikely’ to open fully this year as contractor after Sisk is replaced on £40m fit-out project
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NewsMuseum of Liverpool architect ordered to pay further £1.2m damages
Judge has now awarded museum more than £2m from Manchester-based AEW due to project’s major technical problems
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NewsPlymouth football stadium set for £50m revamp
City council approves redevelopment of Plymouth Argyle’s stadium despite local objections
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FeaturesMuseum of Liverpool: Nightmare at the museum
The £72m Museum of Liverpool may have opened in 2011, but problems with the design and build mean parts of the iconic building are still inaccessible to the public. Last week’s £1.13m court judgment highlights the dangers for small consultants on big projects
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NewsCourt orders Liverpool museum architect to pay £1.1m
AEW Architects and contracting consortium including Galliford Try found liable for faults on £72m building
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NewsCommercial development at highest since 2007
Savills index shows workloads rising faster than any time since the credit crunch
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NewsBalfour Beatty bags £120m hotel scheme
Project, next to London’s O2 arena, to use off-site construction methods
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NewsNational Theatre boss slams £120m Southbank revamp
Nicholas Hytner objects to architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios expansion plan for the Southbank Centre
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NewsZaha's aquatics centre takes shape
Balfour Beatty begins work on glazing to realise original Zaha Hadid design
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NewsMass protests in Brazil linked to construction spending
Street protestors rail against sums spent on Olympic and World Cup building
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NewsGlasgow arena 'still on schedule' after blaze
Hydro arena in Glasgow still set for Rod Stewart gig in September despite blaze