All Leisure & culture articles – Page 14
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Bidders wanted to take on Zaha's Aquatic Centre
Olympic legacy company advertises for post-games operator for £268m venue
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FeaturesHeat, Dust and opportunity in Iraq: Back to Basra
Improved security and oil-funded mega projects make Iraq a land of rising opportunity for British companies starved of contracts at home. That’s not to say working there is a picnic … Building reports from the country’s biggest construction site
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NewsBennetts Associates completes New City Inn hotel
Nine-storey, £65m hotel was built by Laing O’Rourke
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V&A unveils design shortlist for London museum extension
Museum invites seven architectural practices to submit proposals for its Exhibition Road extension
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NewsTrack goes down at 2012 velodrome
Facility on course to be first Olympic park venue to reach completion
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NewsFunding problems hit National Football Centre
Football Association’s financial troubles threaten construction of £100m flagship coaching centre
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NewsShortlist for £400m Lord's revamp narrows to three
The Marylebone Cricket Club drops Grosvenor and Londonewcastle from bid process
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NewsFoster masterplan in West Kowloon: Water music
Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong
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NewsOne Ocean Pavilion by Soma: Fluid dynamics
Austrian architect Soma has unveiled designs for its One Ocean pavilion, which will be built for the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, South Korea
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NewsRivergate centre, Barking: Starting gate
Van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ Rivergate Centre in Barking, east London, has started on site
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Centrepiece of £450m Slough scheme wins planning
A library and cultural centre which will anchor the Heart of Slough redevelopment has been given a green light
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NewsConverting 2012 stadium into West Ham's ground will cost £180m
Karren Brady says extension of roof and other modifications would cost up to £180m
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NewsGiant Brazilian mega-church gains planning approval
Rogério Silva de Araújo’s 55m-tall design will seat 10,000 worshippers
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FeaturesJunk Jellyfish theatre emerges on Bankside
Theatre designer Martin Kaltwasser struggles with buiding bureaucrats to deliver this pop-up recycled theatre in Southwark
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NewsTravelodge plans £10m refurb programme
Hotel chain to spruce up estate after buying 52 properties
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NewsStarry opening night for Foster's Khan Shatyr
Dignitaries attend entertainment centre opening timed to celebrate Kazakhstan president’s 70th birthday
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Features2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they’re over. So they’ve made the whole thing demountable
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?