All Leisure & culture articles – Page 16
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FeaturesThe best seats on earth: South Africa’s World Cup stadiums
On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it’s been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three
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FeaturesThat’s all, Folkwangers
David Chipperfield Architects has completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany
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FeaturesTwist and shout: RMJM’s Abu Dhabi Capital Gate tower
RMJM’s Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi leans at a stomach-lurching 18º, making it a project that largely consisted of geometrical and structural problems – not least of which was finding out where the building had moved to each morning
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NewsPlans submitted for Greenwich hotel
450-bed hotel by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands will include a triple-height pavilion adjacent to O2 arena
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FeaturesWorcester Library and History Centre's roof
The Worcester Library and History Centre’s geometrically complex roof needed to bring light into the building as well as get air out. Luckily, a powerful parametric model came to the rescue, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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NewsGreen light for Warrington sports hub
Capita Symonds worked with council to get £30m sports project through planning
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NewsMilton Keynes welcomes £18m leisure centre
Holder Mathias' scheme is part of first phase in revitalisation programme for Bletchley area
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NewsGreen light for Rogers' British Museum extension
Mace will start on £135m extension next month despite opposition from heritage groups
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NewsVideo: Olympic Stadium topped out with cable net roof
Watch the ODA's timelapse video of the four-week job to lift the 450 tonne structure into position
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RMJM to masterplan Vladivostok's new gambling zone
Architect wins contract for massive new leisure zone including casino, marina, ski centre and hotels at Russian city
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NewsGoggle-box: Ron Arad's shopping centre in Belgium
Ron Arad Associates’ Médiacité shopping and entertainment centre in Liège, Belgium, has opened to the public
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FeaturesAll’s well that ends well: Stratford-upon-Avon theatre
Ripping the guts out of the RSC’s Stratford-upon-Avon theatre and building a new auditorium in the existing one was Bennetts Associates’ bold remedy to the many poetic injustices being done to the Bard
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FeaturesRome improvements: Hadid's Maxxi museum
Zaha Hadid’s long-awaited Maxxi art museum has given the Eternal City a bit of a shake-up
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NewsBDP designs for £200m Old Trafford revamp revealed
'New Trafford' plans include media facilities, grandstands and a reorientation of the wicket
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NewsBell Phillips + Kimble's gas garden gets thumbs up
Architect wins competition to reinvent King's Cross gasholder
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NewsJewel of the Adriatic: Make's Montenegro resort
Make has beaten off competition from Foreign Office Architects, MVRDV and Heatherwick Studio to masterplan and design a luxury resort on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast
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FeaturesThe right formula: Abu Dhabi's Yas Hotel
With its dramatic architecture, precise engineering and top-speed construction, the Formula One-themed Yas Hotel has outlapped most of Abu Dhabi’s other buildings
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FeaturesZaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
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NewsRotating hotel planned for Croatian coast
Hotel will rotate 1.3 times a day within an infinity edged swimming lake
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NewsSmart Korea move: the Asian Games stadium
Populous, working with local firm Heerim Architects and Planners, has designed the £190m main stadium in Incheon, South Korea, for the 17th Asian Games in 2014