All Leisure & culture articles – Page 21
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FeaturesOn your marks: Countdown to 2012, London's Olympic stadium
No false starts here. Construction at London’s 80,000-seater Olympic stadium has got off faster than Usain Bolt (well, almost). Martin Spring watches the sprint towards that now famous deadline
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NewsNatural History Museum unveils the Darwin Centre
Images released of windowless cocoon by Danish architects that will exhibit 20 million specimens and house its 200 researchers
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NewsKeith Williams Architects raises curtain on £25m Canterbury theatre
The play's the thing for London-based architect after Kent project gets green light
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NewsCapita completes work on new luxury resort in Dubai
Atlantis, The Palm features the tallest freefall water slide in the Middle East, 65,000 marine creatures in a special underwater lagoon
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NewsGustafson Porter follows Diana Memorial with paddling pool in Woolwich
Greenwich council names Diana fountain architect as winner of competition to redesign General Gordon Square and Beresford Square
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FeaturesBlood, sweat and fixed gears: Building’s cycling track day
When dozens of the industry’s most fanatical cyclists descended on a London velodrome for Building’s inaugural Track Day, an afternoon of frenetic racing ensued – stirring memories of a certain sporting extravaganza held in the stadium 60 years earlier …
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FeaturesA fine winery: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Spanish project
In between its airport terminals and office towers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners manages to find time for the odd small but perfectly formed project. Martin Spring visits a wine factory in northern Spain
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NewsBeijing Olympics: Let the Games begin
Beijing carries out last-minute preparations for Olympic opening ceremony
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NewsBeijing Olympics: The real stars of the show
More than 1.5 million visitors are expected to descend upon Beijing over the next month to see the athletes, and the grand architectural statements, of the 2008 Olympics
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FeaturesWe were there – Construction’s Olympians tell their stories
Construction is full of people who’ve lived the Olympic dream. As the Beijing Games kick off, eight of them tell Emily Wright about their years of training for moments of glory. Photography Michael Clement
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NewsThe Aedas touch: Cultural centre in Singapore
A flamboyant 54,000m2 civic, cultural and retail complex in Singapore has been designed by the Hong Kong office of Aedas.
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NewsAt last! The theatre that goes to you
The Mobile Performance Venue, a 3,900m2 transportable theatre designed by Ramboll Whitbybird and Norwegian practice Various Architects, will tour the world in 2009.
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NewsAylesbury Waterside Theatre: Leading role
Willmott Dixon, which handled the preconstruction work on the the £35m Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, has been appointed main contractor on the scheme.
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NewsPark hopes for sweet success in world-breaking attempt
Office workers use 250,000 Smarties to create largest ever mural depicting London landmarks
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NewsTate Modern unveils redesign by Herzog & de Meuron
Glass box is replaced with 'brick pyramid', while Tate director admits credit crunch could delay completion beyond 2012
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NewsPlans unveiled for £135m Weymouth seafront redevelopment
Barlow Henley has drawn up masterplan for Howard Holdings’ Weymouth Pavilion and ferry terminal
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NewsTurf-topped terraces: Make Architects
Glasgow council has unveiled plans for a £100m project at Speirs Lock, masterplanned by Make Architects.
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NewsBlink and you'll miss it: Sculpture at Goodwood
This sculpture was on show last weekend at this year’s Festival of Speed in Goodwood, West Sussex
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FeaturesChaos theory: Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion
Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion may look like timber and glass thrown together, but precise planning went into getting it just right, says Martin Spring
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NewsChipperfield and Gormley go concrete in Sweden
Architect and artist collaborate for temporary pavilion in Sweden made entirely from concrete